16:52 Kelso

Sunday 30 May 2021

All13:5714:3215:0715:4216:1716:5217:25

Kelso Annual Members Corinthian Spirit 'Grassroots' Hunters' Chase Series Final

Off time: 16:52 | Winning time: 6m 48.46s

Fortunes Hiding^t¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 12-1| J: Miss Alisa McClung⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss A McClung| OR: 123

12/1

Fair chaser for Lucinda Russell who is yet to score between the flags but has been placed on his last 2 starts. Others arrive with more pressing claims.

Form: F0P6-33

Magna Sam¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 12-1| J: Mr Huw Edwards⁽⁷⁾| T: G Slade-Jones| OR: 117

14/1

Fair chaser who was running well (in third) when falling at last in hunter at Ascot in March but he's merely added to patchy record with 2 poor runs since. Hard to know what mood he'll show up in.

Form: P/PF6-6P

Point The Way¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 12-1| J: Mr Lyall Hodgins⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs F Brewer| OR: 117| C

9/4

Fair chaser for Brian Ellison who struck at the third time of asking in hunters for this yard when beating the reopposing Killer Crow by 6½ lengths at Perth 18 days ago. Should go well again.

Form: 43/P22-1

Dark Mahler⁴²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss Becky Smith| T: Mrs F Brewer| OR: 100

10/3

Prolific pointer who ran his best race in hunters when runner-up at Musselburgh in March. Won a point since. One of 2 solid contenders for the stable.

Form: 2/65213-

Game As A Pheasant¹⁵

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr John Dawson| T: Mrs C Coward

40/1

Pulled up in sole hunter chase back in 2017. Plenty of good runs in points since, including a win this year, but not easy to know what to expect on belated Rules return.

Form: 5124-2F

Killer Crow¹⁸

Age: 12| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Connor Wood⁽⁷⁾| T: J C Clark| OR: 102

9/1

Fairly useful chaser for Gordon Elliott. Nowhere near that level for Nick Alexander but took a step back in the right direction when chasing home Point The Way at Perth this month.

Form: 24632-2

Nine Altars¹⁵

Age: 12| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss C Dun⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs E Dun| OR: 110

16/1

Dual point winner but ran poorly in a course hunter at the start of this month. Runner-up in a point since but probably still best to look elsewhere.

Form: 242/5-P2

Rattle The Cage^p¹⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr William Easterby| T: W Easterby

9/1

Multiple point winner who showed promise when fourth on Catterick hunter debut in February. Not in anything like the same form back there 3 weeks later but back on track with a point second recently.

Form: 242/4P-2

Six A Side^p¹⁵

Age: 13| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr W J Milburn⁽⁷⁾| T: W Milburn| OR: 100| C

5/1

Multiple point winner. Also landed a course novice hunter in May 2016 and was having just his second start under Rules since when third in Musselburgh hunter in March. In form in points since.

Form: 11/32-12

Son Of Suzie^p¹⁸

Age: 13| Weight: 11-12| J: Amie Waugh| T: Miss A Waugh| OR: 93| D

28/1

Veteran who has won plenty of points but he was a distant third to Point The Way and Killer Crow in a Perth hunter 18 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 0PP13-3

Non-Runners

Monbeg Chit Chat²

Weight: 12-1| Age: 10

T: Mrs G B Walford J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Point The Way (9/4), Monbeg Chit Chat (3/1), Dark Mahler (10/3), Six A Side (5/1), Rattle The Cage (9/1), Killer Crow (9/1), Fortunes Hiding (12/1), Magna Sam (14/1), Nine Altars (16/1), Son Of Suzie (28/1), Game As A Pheasant (40/1)

POINT THE WAY came good in a Perth hunter recently and can lead home a Freya Brewer 1-2, with Dark Mahler also likely to go well having been in good form in points since his Musselburgh second in March. Rattle The Cage is respected based on the first of his 2 runs in Catterick hunters this year.