Racecards
15:20 Kelso
Peter Doyle Handicap Hurdle (Class D)
- 18 Runners
- Distance: 2m 110y
- Going: Soft (Chase Course- Good To Soft In Places)
Lucky Duck
23- Form 3U11-26
- Age 7
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer Mrs A Hamilton
- Jockey Mr D Jewett
in touch, headway 3rd to track leaders, pushed along 4 out, outpaced next
- Form 04261-4
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
in touch, ridden and weakened approaching 4 out
Oliverjohn (IRE)
160- Form 22304-6
- Age 7
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer Miss Lucinda V Russell
- Jockey P Buchanan
held up in touch, headway and effort approaching 2 out, soon one pace
Dix Bay
149- Form 40-0242
- Age 9
- Weight 11-9
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey Mr T Greenall
towards rear, never dangerous
Tobesure (IRE)
126- Form 5236-25
- Age 10
- Weight 11-9
- Trainer J Charlton
- Jockey Mr A J Findlay
towards rear, never dangerous
Pilca (FR)
160- Form P6033-0
- Age 4
- Weight 11-7
tracked leader, led 3rd, mistake 4th, headed approaching 4 out, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up before last
The Biker (IRE)
183- Form P04FP0-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-5
- Trainer P Monteith
- Jockey Mr Sam Waley-Cohen
mid-division, headway 3 out, effort 2 out, stayed on to chase winner approaching last, kept on same pace
- Form 2-22432
- Age 12
- Weight 11-5
held up in rear, headway approaching 2 out, effort approaching last, kept on one pace
Town Crier (IRE)
436- Form 05F/1F1-
- Age 9
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer J Parkinson & S Smith
- Jockey D Elsworth
held up in mid-division, headway to lead approaching 34 out, clear 2 out, not fluent last, pushed out
Sir Night (IRE)
163- Form 0451-P
- Age 4
- Weight 11-3
- Trainer Jedd O'Keeffe
- Jockey B P Harding
in touch until weakened approaching 4 out
Cosmic Case
13- Form 000-334
- Age 9
- Weight 10-13
- Trainer J S Goldie
- Jockey G Lee
held up in rear, pushed along 3 out, stayed on one pace from next
- Form 534F11
- Age 9
- Weight 10-13
- Trainer Mrs K Walton
- Jockey R McGrath
led, headed 3rd, soon weakened, behind when pulled up before 4 out
Lanzlo (FR)
236- Form 320614-
- Age 7
- Weight 10-11
- Trainer James Moffatt
- Jockey Jim Crowley
mid-division, weakened 4 out
Mighty Fine
368- Form 13/3201-
- Age 10
- Weight 10-10
- Trainer Mrs E Slack
- Jockey D C Costello
mid-division, pushed along 4 out, headway under pressure next, soon weakened
- Form 5456-00
- Age 4
- Weight 10-3
towards rear, mistake 2nd,weakened halfway, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
Tullimoss (IRE)
301- Form P0/2620-
- Age 9
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer J Billinge
- Jockey F King
in touch, weakened approaching 4 out
Ho Pang Yau
137- Form 00-1R02
- Age 6
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer Mrs R Elliot
- Jockey O Nelmes
behind, weakened halfway, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
In depth
Verdict
Veteran Xaipete could roll back the years here to take the prize although cases can be made for Billie John, Basinet, and Cyborg De Sou. Larry McGrath has the ride on the evergreen twelve-year-old and the horse has at least been dropped two pounds in the handicap following a recent defeat in a seller. On that occasion he had an inexperienced pilot on board who set the horse alight much too early at Hexham and this allowed him to become a sitting target for the rest of them. With cut in the ground likely, Xaipete is sure to give a good account of himself. Billie John has shaped up into a nice chaser and is here off a 10lb lower mark vis-a-vis that discipline. A situation that is equally applicable to Gone Too Far. Basinet does not look the easiest of rides but he won well enough at Cartmel although the handicapper took a dim view of it. Cyborg De Sou reportedly finished distressed at Wetherby last time out. There is surely more to come from the ex-Irish import. Of the remainder Dix Bay is highly interesting. He consented to lose a claimer at Wetherby last May when looking all over the winner and it wouldn't be the greatest of surprises to see him fit and firing here this afternoon. Xaipete gets our vote in a tricky handicap.