16:40 Kelso

Monday 3 April 2017

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Queens Head Hotel Kelso Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 5m 33.20s

1^st

Trustan Times

1111-12

16/1

T: M WalfordJ: Jake Greenall

Tracked leaders, led narrowly after 2 out, ridden and edged right towards stands side rail after last, kept on under pressure flat op 14/1

2^nd

2 ½

Rhymers Stone

910-10

9/4j

T: Mrs H O GrahamJ: Thomas Dowson (5)

Tracked leaders, headway to challenge on outside after 3 out, upsides next, every chance last, ridden and kept on flat, no extra closing stages op 3/1 tchd 2/1

3^rd

Tantamount

811-1

10/1

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: Grant Cockburn (3)

Held up in rear, headway to track leaders 3 out, effort on outside next, soon ridden and one pace, no impression with front pair before last op 12/1

4^th

Bennys King

611-9

9/4j

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: L Treadwell

With leader, led narrowly 4th, headed after 2 out, soon ridden and one pace, no impression before last op 2/1 tchd 5/2

5^th

Monbeg Aquadude

611-4

7/2

T: M ScudamoreJ: T Scudamore

Tracked leaders, lost place after 4 out, soon beaten, tailed off 2 out

6^th

4 ½

Another Mattie

1011-3

14/1

T: N W AlexanderJ: Lucy Alexander

Led narrowly to 4th, with leader, driven and lost place after 4 out, weakened before 2 out, tailed off tchd 16/1

Also Ran

Jennys Melody

811-8

16/1

T: B ArtheyJ: P J Brennan

Tracked leaders, headway to dispute lead after 4 out to before 2 out, soon weakened, behind when pulled up approaching last op 20/1

Wyfield Rose

811-2

33/1

T: A C WhillansJ: Henry Brooke

Slowly away, soon prominent on outside, lost place and struggling after 6th, behind from next, tailed off when pulled up approaching 4 out op 28/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£22.40Pl:£4.10, £1.20, £2.40EX:£70.70Trifecta:£738.50Tricast:£390.96SF:£53.57Swingers:£7.50, £17.10, £5.60

Forecasts

Rhymers Stone (9/4), Bennys King (9/4), Monbeg Aquadude (7/2), Tantamount (10/1), Another Mattie (14/1), Trustan Times (16/1), Jennys Melody (16/1), Wyfield Rose (33/1)

Michael Scudamore is a fairly infrequent visitor to this track, but he has a couple of realistic opportunities this afternoon, and his six-year-old MONBEG AQUADUDE is of interest on his handicap debut. He cost connections a cool £80,000, and has been slow to show his best form, but having got off the mark at the fourth attempt at Ffos Las recently, an opening mark of 122 could prove exploitable. Bennys King will find this much easier than the Lanzarote Hurdle, with any Venetia Williams trained horse given maximum respect, whilst the in-form recent C&D winner Rhymers Stone might just find this step upto Class 3 company a shade too hot to handle.