Racecards
15:00 Kelso
gg.com Juvenile Novices' Hurdle
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 2m 110y
- Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places
- Surface: Turf
- Form 8551
- Age 4
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 108
- Trainer P Monteith
- Jockey N Mulholland
in touch, headway 4 out, led after last, stayed on strongly
- Form 21383P
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 88
- Trainer Mrs E Slack
- Jockey B P Harding
disputed lead 4th, weakened before next
Aston Lad
25- Form 435
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 103
- Trainer M D Hammond
- Jockey F Keniry
held up towards rear, hampered 4th, headway 4 out, effort 2 out, stayed on to chase winner flat
- Form 95662
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 88
tracked leaders, challenged 3 out, led before next, headed flat, no extra
- Form 6007
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer M A Barnes
- Jockey Jim Crowley
chased leaders, reminders and lost place after 3rd, behind when hampered next, no danger after
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer P Monteith
- Jockey D Da Silva
towards rear, saddle slipped and pulled up after 3rd
- Form 224422
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 92
- Trainer Miss Lucinda V Russell
- Jockey P Buchanan
disputed lead, led 4th, headed after 3 out, soon one pace
Nobel (FR)
161- Form 1
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer N G Richards
- Jockey Miss R Davidson
held up towards rear, headway and in touch when mistake and unseated rider 4th
- Form P9
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
held up in rear, headway and in touch halfway, weakened 3 out
Samaria (GER)
120- Age 4
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer N G Richards
- Jockey A Dobbin
towards rear, headway after 3rd, effort 2 out, 5th when lost action and pulled up before last
- Form P267F2
- Age 4
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer A C Wilson
- Jockey D McGann
behind, hampered 4th, never dangerous
In depth
Verdict
There is nothing to choose between Aston Lad and Andre Chenier on official ratings but the pair may have to settle for a minor role behind Samaria, who gets the vote. The Nicky Richards-trained filly showed plenty of promise without winning on the level for Chris Wall, earning a rating of 74 at her best, and would not need to be anything too special to win this on her hurdling debut. By comparison, Micky Hammond's Aston Lad is only rated 50 on the level but has shown respectable form in three starts over hurdles latterly when a close fifth behind the useful Rhapsody Rose at Bangor. Andre Chenier fulfilled earlier promise when opening his account over timber by landing a novice event over course and distance last month. He rates a bigger threat than Micky Hammond's gelding. Named At Dinner has shown a consistent level of form and should be thereabouts again, while Sylvie d'Orthe may have been freshened up by a break but Samaria makes plenty of appeal on her debut and gets the vote to win first time out.