Kelso

Clifford, Martin & Sarah Firth Memorial Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Distance: 2m7f96y
Going: Good To Soft
Prize: £5,281
Runners: 8
Winning time: 6m 8.87s (slow by 25.87s)
Age: 4yo+
Class: Class 4
1
J:Sam Coltherd T:Stuart Coltherd
Age:6 Weight:11st 9lbs
OR:99 SP:2/1F
In touch with leaders - awkward jump 12th - pressed leader 2 out - pushed along to lead last - ridden and edged left run-in - kept on final 110yds - gamely(op 7/4)
2 ½
J:Ryan Mania T:Sandy Thomson
Age:7 Weight:12st 0lbs
OR:104 SP:11/2
Prominent - led 3 out - faced challenge 2 out - headed last - bit short of room and switched right run-in - rallied final 110yds - just held(op 15/2 tchd 8/1)
3 8
J:Jonathon Bewley T:George Bewley
Age:6 Weight:12st 0lbs
OR:104 SP:15/2
Towards rear - not fluent 3rd - lost ground quickly 4 out - rallied from 2 out - went modest third last(op 9/2)
4 12 20½
J:Henry Brooke T:Dianne Sayer
Age:7 Weight:11st 12lbs
OR:102 SP:17/2
Led at steady pace - headed 3 out - lost second before 2 out - weakened quickly before last - finished tired(op 15/2 tchd 7/1)
5 4 24½
J:Jack Power(7) T:Lucinda Russell
Age:6 Weight:10st 13lbs
OR:89 SP:22/1
Towards rear - some headway 4 out - weakened from 2 out - mistake last(op 25/1 tchd 20/1)
6 30
J:Ross Chapman T:Rebecca Menzies
Age:6 Weight:10st 11lbs
OR:87 SP:11/4
Didn't jump with fluency - raced in last - mistake 1st - niggled along briefly after 4th - hit 10th - struggling from 13th - never on terms(op 3/1 tchd 5/2 and tchd 10/3)
PU
J:Alan Doyle(5) T:Ian Duncan
Age:8 Weight:10st 2lbs
OR:78 SP:80/1
In touch with leaders - lost ground quickly 4 out - weakened quickly 3 out - tailed off when pulled up after 2 out(op 66/1 tchd 50/1 and tchd 100/1)
PU
J:Derek Fox T:Lucinda Russell
Age:7 Weight:11st 5lbs
OR:95 SP:10/1
In touch with leaders - towards rear 3rd - struggling from 13th - lost touch 3 out - tailed off when pulled up before 2 out(op 12/1)

Betting breakdown

Tote win: £3
Tote place: £1.20 £1.40 £2
Exacta: £13
Trifecta: £61.50
Tricast: £66.01
CSF: £13.32