14:40 Kelso

Sunday 4 December 2022

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River Tweed Novices' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 5m 55.58s

Socks Off⁴²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁵⁾| T: R Menzies| OR: 102

25/1

Bumper winner who showed fair form at best for Alan Keatley over hurdles. Poor effort when last seen 14 months ago but worth a market check starting out for a new stable.

Form: 5/324F7-

Master Of The Malt²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Ross Chapman| T: D Bourke| OR: 99

22/1

Modest form on bumper debut. Yet to make an impact over hurdles but latest third at Ayr was a step in the right direction and has a more realistic chance now handicapping.

Form: 30P-03

Faithfulflyer^t¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Ryan Mania| T: A M Thomson| OR: 92

9/5

Left previous efforts behind when winning 13-runner handicap hurdle at Musselburgh (23.8f, soft, 8/1) 13 days ago. Unexposed as a stayer and can improve enough to go in again.

Form: 009-591

Ginger Pointe³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Sam Coltherd| T: K Scott| OR: 90

12/1

Maiden Irish pointer who is lightly raced over hurdles and looked on a fair mark making a quick switch to handicaps at Hexham a month ago. Could improve up in trip.

Form: 26-4234

Bushmill Boy¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Callum Bewley| T: D Thompson| OR: 90

28/1

Bit below form seventh of 12 in handicap hurdle at Newcastle (16.2f, soft, 25/1) 17 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Looks too high in the weights at present.

Form: 72/5367

Heritier De Sivola⁶⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Thomas Dowson| T: P A Kirby| OR: 87

9/1

Maiden Irish pointer who made little impact in maiden/novice hurdles earlier in the year. Yet to improve in handicaps but might strip fitter for latest effort and he's still unexposed.

Form: 40655-6

Pasture Beach^t⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: D R Fox| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 86WS

18/1

Modest form in bumpers and, while yet to match that level over hurdles, he could show more upped in trip after a short break.

Form: 935-540

Lewa House¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Bruce Lynn⁽³⁾| T: C Bissett| OR: 85

10/3

Lightly raced for current yard and dug deep to land a big-field handicap at Hexham last time. Only up 1 lb for that and seems likely to give another good account.

Form: 3F2-581

Economic Editor^t²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Dylan Johnston⁽⁷⁾| T: A Nicol| OR: 74

7/2

Just poor form over hurdles to date but there was more encouragement when fourth at Ayr last time and the extra distance should suit. Not a forlorn hope despite being out of the weights.

Form: 0/P720-4

Forecasts

Faithfulflyer (9/5), Lewa House (10/3), Economic Editor (7/2), Heritier De Sivola (9/1), Ginger Pointe (12/1), Pasture Beach (18/1), Master Of The Malt (22/1), Socks Off (25/1), Bushmill Boy (28/1)

FAITHFULFLYER seemed to relish the step up in trip when scoring at Musselburgh last time and, despite this slightly shorter distance, he's likely to improve enough to follow up. Economic Editor is a danger despite being wrong at the weights and recent Hexham scorer Lewa House deserves respect.