14:25 Kelso

Saturday 7 April 2018

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totescoop6 Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:25 | Winning time: 4m 17.86s

Mirsaale⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Callum Bewley⁽³⁾| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 139| CD

9/1

Drop in grade appeared to suit when finishing third at Carlisle (2m1f, good-to-soft) on his penultimate start. Held at Musselburgh (heavy) on the Flat since and interesting to see how he fares today.

Form: 459163

Keyboard Gangster^h1,t¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Callum Whillans⁽³⁾| T: D W Whillans| OR: 130| D

28/1

Novice hurdle winner at Ayr (2m, heavy) on his penultimate outing but held when attempting to follow up at Haydock (soft) subsequently. Wears a hood for the first time on handicap debut.

Form: 86-413

Nietzsche⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Henry Brooke| T: B Ellison| OR: 129| D

11/2

Seven time winner and placed in a valuable contest at the 2017 Cheltenham Festival. Handicap mark is falling following some defeats in Graded company this season and he drops in class today.

Form: 113-600

Ubaltique^b,t²⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 10-13| J: W T Kennedy| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 126| C| D

33/1

Dual winner over fences at Haydock on heavy ground earlier this season and has run well in defeat the last twice. Races off a mark just 2lb higher than for his latest chase success on his first hurdles start in over three years.

Form: 531134

Golden Jeffrey^b1¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Bruce Lynn⁽⁷⁾| T: I Jardine| OR: 125| CD

20/1

Struggled since finishing runner-up over hurdles at Musselburgh (good) and well held on both handicap starts to date. Wears blinkers for the first time today.

Form: 420506

Taxmeifyoucan^p⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: B S Hughes| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 130| CD

11/4

Winner of two of his last three starts on the Flat and made a winning return to hurdles when successful over C&D on heavy ground in February. One for the shortlist on handicap debut.

Form: 1U1

Card Game²⁹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-10| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: Ruth Jefferson| OR: 123

33/1

Some good efforts in defeat last spring including when 7L second at Hexham (2m4f, good) in June. Unraced since and best recent efforts have come on a sound surface.

Form: P534-32

Gassin Golf^b,t²⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-9| J: R Patrick⁽⁵⁾| T: Kerry Lee| OR: 122| D

5/1

Finished a good third at Sandown (2m, heavy) on his penultimate outing and highly tried when contesting a Grade 3 handicap there subsequently. Interesting runner dropping in grade.

Form: 0-83430

Treshnish⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Danny Cook| T: J Parkinson & S Smith| OR: 122| D

11/2

Successful twice from five starts over hurdles including off a 2lb lower mark at Musselburgh (soft) in January. Disappointed there the following month however.

Form: 3-21317

Reverant Cust^t⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: Finian O'Toole⁽³⁾| T: P Atkinson| OR: 121| D

7/1

Victorious on good-to-soft ground at Catterick in February and ran well when finishing runner-up at Newcastle (heavy) 12 days later. Races off a mark just 1lb higher than for that Newcastle second and is one to note in this contest.

Form: 862612

Monfass^h¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: Craig Nichol| T: R Dobbin| OR: 117| BF

14/1

Consistent sort and finished third on all three outings since winning on soft ground at Carlisle (2m1f, soft) in early December. Receives weight from all of his rivals today.

Form: 7-81333

Forecasts

Taxmeifyoucan (11/4), Gassin Golf (5/1), Treshnish (11/2), Nietzsche (11/2), Reverant Cust (7/1), Mirsaale (9/1), Monfass (14/1), Golden Jeffrey (20/1), Keyboard Gangster (28/1), Card Game (33/1), Ubaltique (33/1)

TAXMEIFYOUCAN was a useful handicapper on the Flat and he can make a winning handicap debut in this competitive looking contest. The form of the selections victory in February is working out well with the runner-up successful in a Grade 3 handicap since and he can register a third hurdles success for Keith Dalgliesh. Reverant Crust who remains open to improvement and has finished in the frame on all four previous starts on today's forecast heavy conditions can finish runner-up today while the drop in class can see Gassin Golf claim third.