14:10 Kelso
Monday 8 April 2019
All14:1014:4015:1015:4016:1016:4017:10
Racing To School Novices' Hurdle
- 4YO plus  |  Class 4  |  2m 2f 25y  |  Good to Soft (Soft in places in the back straight)  |  12 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 14:10Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 4m 35.50s
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Decisive 13L winner at this track (2m, good) in December, and there or thereabouts in both subsequent starts; sets the clear form standard based upon his 4+L third to Rouge Vif in the Grade 2 Premier Hurdle last month.
Bought for £25,000 in May 2018 as the winner of a 3m 4yo maiden PTP at Taylorstown (yielding to soft); disappointed on rules debut at Sedgefield in November - dismounted after the line; off since; ought to prove capable of better.
Fair Mix gelding; stayed on from the rear without ever looking threatening on debut in an Ayr bumper; slightly less encouraging on hurdles debut here last month (2m) when last of the five to finish to the Paul Nicholls-trained Oleg.
Sligo bumper winner for Charles Byrne; followed up on debut for this Glenfarg based handler at Ayr (20/1); early days, albeit lacked fluency when finishing 26¼L fourth to Largy Prospect on hurdles debut at Ayr (2m4+, soft).
Well beaten on hurdles/stable debut at Sedgefield (2m4f, good to soft) recently; newly hooded; tough to envisage him making the frame.
Very low-key in a couple of bumpers during the spring/summer of 2018; sports a tongue-tie for hurdles debut (dam was an unraced sister to a bumper/2m hurdle winner); difficult to be overly optimistic.
Hasn't shaped without a degree of promise on either start over hurdles (2m-2m1f), but the sneaking suspicion is that he'll be better suited when switched to handicapping; watching brief at present.
0-3 in Irish bumpers for Thomas S Costello; started at odds of 200/1 on stable/hurdles debut at Sedgefield (2m4f, good to soft) last month, finishing 12½L third to Arthur Mac.
Pulled up on all three starts over obstacles (fences and hurdles); drops back in trip having undergone wind surgery; could fare better, although will certainly need to; likely outsider.
Four-time Flat winner (1m4f-2m); massively underwhelming over obstacles so far (0-3), turning in a very laboured performance (not jump well) at Musselburgh 17-days ago; in excellent hands; difficult to enthuse over.
Former Irish racer (for Andrew Slattery); finished well down the field on sole hurdles start in a 2m maiden at Naas (yielding) in January; market a possible guide on first start for Chris Grant.
An outsider on both starts in bumpers; finished a tailed-off eighth of nine to Arion Sky at Ayr (2m, soft) in February; should do better over hurdles (debut today) with more time and experience; has stamina in her pedigree.
Forecasts
Elvis Mail (2/9), Curramore (5/1), Mahler Supreme (12/1), Court Jurado (14/1), Namazee (25/1), Get Help (28/1), Sebastian's Wish (33/1), Crumbs (33/1), Rocket Man Rodney (80/1), Elixer (125/1), Fixed Asset (150/1), Western Supernova (200/1)
A perfect opportunity for the penalised ELVIS MAIL to notch a second success over hurdles at Kelso. He finished hot on the heels of the first and second (Rouge Vif and Windsor Avenue) in the Grade 2 Premier Hurdle over C&D last month, and that form ranks as incredibly strong in the context of this lesser contest. An alternative to consider for the minor each-way honours is the dual bumper scorer Curramore.
- Elvis Mail
- Curramore
- Get Help
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £4,549.002nd: £1,336.003rd: £668.004th: £334.00
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