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Kelso Course Guide
The Scottish Borders track hosts racing throughout the winter and is one of the most charming jumps tracks in Britain, staging good quality racing throughout the season despite being in a relatively remote location.
The track’s most valuable meeting is in late February, where feature races include the Premier Kelso Hurdle, a Grade 2 race over 2m 2f and the Premier Chase, a listed race run just short of three miles and the Morebattle Hurdle, a conditions race staged in mid-February which features Simonsig and Peddlers Cross on its list of previous winners.
Left handed, generally flat, with the hurdles course separate to the chase one and around a furlong shorter in length. The position of the final obstacle on both tracks was placed closer to the winning post from October 2012, negating the formerly 2f run to the line, ensuring there is less emphasis on stamina than previously. It's true to say that conditions can get gruelling in mid-winter, but on anything other than soft/heavy ground it's a track which is essentially sharp in character. The chase course has one of the highest casualty rates in the country.
Kelso is a course which puts a premium on stamina. It certainly takes a fair bit of getting and, if you think you’re nearly home when you get to the final obstacle, you’re kidding yourself. They’ve altered the layout recently, making the run-in on the chase track shorter, but that doesn’t mean the shape of a race can’t change dramatically in the closing stages. The hurdles course is different, with longer gaps between jumps, but still demanding. It’s a stiff course, for both disciplines, but a beautifully fair one.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 1f 14y Cubomania (Good to Firm) 19 Sep 2018 4m 2.4s 2m 5f 133y Dimple (Good) 13 Jan 2019 5m 20.8s 2m 6f 70y Cultram Abbey (Good to Soft) 09 Dec 2018 5m 40s 2m 7f 96y Stellar Notion (Good) 27 May 2018 5m 51.98s 3m 2f 39y Dandy Dan (Good) 27 Oct 2018 6m 33.2s 3m 3f 189y The Wicket Chicken (Good) 08 May 2019 7m 23.1s 4m 90y Harry The Viking (Good to Soft) 09 Dec 2018 8m 34.1s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 51y Makethedifference (Good to Firm) 02 Oct 2016 3m 43.8s 2m 2f 25y Italian Riviera (Good to Firm) 02 Oct 2016 4m 12.8s 2m 4f 189y Chapmanshype (Good) 16 Sep 2020 4m 48.3s 2m 6f 151y Notnow Seamus (Good) 10 May 2017 3m 52.2s 3m 1f 170y Tawseef (Good) 11 Nov 2017 6m 27.3s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 51y Rubytwo (Good) 27 May 2018 3m 40.54s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L A M Thomson 33 9 £87,117 27.27% £6.84 Miss Lucinda V Russell 67 8 £69,834 11.94% -£31.88 W Coltherd 25 7 £43,855 28% £31.00 Miss S E Forster 21 6 £54,886 28.57% £7.21 N W Alexander 34 6 £34,798 17.65% £22.00 K Dalgleish 18 5 £26,058 27.78% £9.50 N G Richards 25 4 £40,043 16% £3.25 J P L Ewart 18 4 £28,331 22.22% £9.00 I Jardine 13 4 £38,274 30.77% £9.38 M Scudamore 9 4 £70,302 44.44% £17.75 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Miss Lucinda V Russell 85 11 £51,207 12.94% -£28.58 K Dalgleish 53 9 £45,942 16.98% -£22.09 N W Alexander 66 7 £40,324 10.61% -£42.07 D McCain Jnr 58 7 £43,792 12.07% -£30.98 A M Thomson 41 6 £28,551 14.63% -£22.20 A C Whillans 34 5 £20,794 14.71% -£17.67 Mrs H O Graham 21 4 £24,238 19.05% -£15.00 Ruth Jefferson 21 4 £53,298 19.05% £0.75 Mrs R Dobbin 40 3 £14,361 7.5% -£10.52 M A Barnes 23 3 £14,848 13.04% £65.50 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Mrs R Dobbin 4 2 £6,498 50% £4.00 N G Richards 6 1 £7,820 16.67% -£2.75 D W Whillans 3 1 £2,274 33.33% £4.00 Micky Hammond 3 1 £2,924 33.33% £0.25 A M Thomson 2 1 £2,599 50% £5.00 F O'Brien 1 1 £2,274 100% £1.38 Miss K Morgan 1 1 £2,924 100% £14.00 J C McConnell 1 1 £2,924 100% £2.00 J J Quinn 1 1 £2,924 100% £1.25 Jonjo O'Neill 1 1 £2,924 100% £2.50 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L B S Hughes 64 9 £72,132 14.06% -£34.18 Sean Quinlan 38 6 £46,278 15.79% -£14.97 Ryan Mania 19 6 £28,071 31.58% -£1.02 Lucy Alexander 19 5 £27,682 26.32% £31.00 D R Fox 35 4 £34,420 11.43% -£20.50 C O'Farrell 24 4 £41,198 16.67% £6.00 Jamie Hamilton 19 4 £22,353 21.05% -£6.92 Thomas Willmott 23 4 £36,323 17.39% £22.00 Sam Coltherd 26 4 £30,260 15.38% -£9.25 Danny Cook 16 4 £81,913 25% £9.38 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L B S Hughes 86 16 £119,940 18.6% -£23.82 Sean Quinlan 44 7 £35,256 15.91% £26.17 Blair Campbell 35 5 £25,668 14.29% -£11.17 Ryan Mania 22 5 £24,433 22.73% -£3.45 Craig Nichol 39 5 £25,537 12.82% -£1.13 R Johnson 13 5 £32,685 38.46% £0.62 Ross Chapman 30 5 £21,314 16.67% -£8.38 Lucy Alexander 42 4 £28,173 9.52% -£29.57 Callum Bewley 57 3 £15,661 5.26% -£55.83 Danny McMenamin 28 3 £12,867 10.71% -£20.92 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Tabitha Worsley 2 2 £10,431 100% £16.50 B S Hughes 11 1 £2,924 9.09% -£3.00 Callum Bewley 7 1 £2,599 14.29% -£1.00 Sean Quinlan 6 1 £3,249 16.67% -£2.50 Callum Whillans 4 1 £2,274 25% £3.00 R D Day 3 1 £7,820 33.33% £0.25 Craig Nichol 3 1 £3,249 33.33% £0.50 P J Brennan 2 1 £2,274 50% £0.38 C R King 2 1 £2,924 50% £0.25 Jonjo O'Neill Jr. 1 1 £2,924 100% £2.50
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