Racecards
15:35 Kelso
Ladbrokes 'Boost Your Bet Builder' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) (Class 4)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 2m 1f 14y
- Going: Good to Soft
- Surface: Turf
- £16,500 added
- Winner: £8,714
- 2nd: £4,010
- 3rd: £2,005
- 4th: £1,003
- Form 1-U5262
- Age 9
- Weight 12-0
- Official Rating 120
- Trainer J Ewart
- Jockey Danny McMenamin
jumped slightly right at times, led and set strong pace, headed 3 out, chased winner, ridden and well held when reached for next, kept on for clear 2nd
- Form 2-6721P
- Age 11
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 114
- Trainer A M Thomson
- Jockey Ryan Mania
off the pace in 4th, struggling 8th, lost remote 4th before the last, tailed off
- Form 6-P9714
- Age 10
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 114
- Trainer D J Jeffreys
- Jockey Thomas Bellamy
tracked leader, hit 8th and lost 2nd, outpaced in 3rd soon after 4 out, never any chance with winner
- Form 66-9535
- Age 10
- Weight 11-3
- Official Rating 109
- Trainer Miss Lucinda V Russell
- Jockey P W Wadge
soon well off the pace in rear, fell 7th
- Form 41-PP4P
- Age 12
- Weight 10-7
- Official Rating 99
- Trainer Miss S E Forster
- Jockey Lewis Stones
off the pace in 5th, lost touch and not fluent 8th, went remote 4th before the last, tailed off
- Form 735331
- Age 7
- Weight 10-7
- Official Rating 99
- Trainer W Coltherd
- Jockey Ross Chapman
close 3rd, went 2nd out wide 8th, led 3 out, came clear before next, kept up to work and stayed on strongly run-in
In depth
Formwatch
Escapeandevade (IRE) 5-4 (11-1) Tracked leader, clipped 4 out and pushed along, gradually lost touch, mistake 2 out when well beaten, last of 2, dist behind Primoz (11-5) at Kelso 2m 1f hcp (3) sft in Feb.
Gold Des Bois (FR) 25-1 (10-2) Mid-division, slow jump 11th, soon no telling impression, pulled up before 4 out, at Musselburgh 2m 4f hcp (2) sft in Jan.
Lively Citizen (IRE) 13-2 (11-9) Raced in 4th, closer in 3rd before 5th until pushed along turning in, ridden and weakened before 2 out, 4th of 6, 12 3/4l behind Dance Thief (11-0) at Ayr 2m hcp (4) gs in Feb.
Bollingerandkrug (IRE) 5-1 (10-9) Always in rear, lost touch 8th, 5th of 6, 11 1/4l behind Gallic Geordie (10-7) at Kelso 2m 1f hcp (3) gs in Mar.
Duty Calls (IRE) 66-1 (10-12) Reluctant to line up, well in rear, reminders and struggling after 9th, tailed off and pulled up before 13th, at Ayr 2m 4f hcp (4) sft in Feb.
Flash Du Pistolet (IRE) 9-2 (11-12) Made all, jumped well, unchallenged, won at Newcastle 2m 4f hcp (5) gd in Mar beating Top Of The Bay (11-6) by 4 3/4l, 7 ran.