Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Kelso - Sun 27th May 2012
14:15 14:45 15:20 15:50 16:25 17:00 17:30

14:45 KOSB Novices' Handicap Chase2m 1f
Weighed In - (Class 4), £6,000 added, 5yo+, 10 runners
Winner £3,899 2nd £1,145 3rd £572 4th £286
Going: Good, Good to Firm in places Surface: Turf
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Result
Full result

Weighed In
Winning time: 4m 3.50s
Off time: 14:45:32

Pos	Horse	Odds
1st	Swift Arrow (IRE)	6/1
2nd	Freddie Brown	11/4
3rd	Beidh Tine Anseo (IRE)	4/1

No	Form	Horse	A	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	SP
1	232435-	Beidh Tine Anseo (IRE) 32	6	11-12 p	C I Gillies	Miss Lucinda V Russell	114	4/1
2	V76276-	Gentleman Jeff (USA) 89	8	11-7 v	D F O'Regan	C Grant	109	25/1
3	7/15348-	Swift Arrow (IRE) 50	6	11-6	J M Maguire	D McCain Jnr	108	6/1
4	P4324-3	Freddie Brown 25	8	11-3 t	Jan Faltejsek	G A Charlton	105	11/4
5	12352-3	Carters Rest 26	9	10-13 pt	Brian Harding	I Jardine	101	11/2
6	25/0823-	Pillar of Hercules (IRE) 188	8	10-11	Lucy Alexander (3)	Ferdy Murphy	99	14/1
7	3P/3822-	Earl Grez (FR) 61	7	10-9 b	R McGrath	P A Kirby	97	7/1
8	011U2-9	Endeavor 10	7	10-7	J Reveley	Mrs Dianne Sayer	95	12/1
9	55654-0	Cassius (IRE) 25	10	10-0	Henry Brooke (3)	B Mactaggart	85	12/1
10	P4776P-	Just Maddie 34	8	10-0 p	F Keniry	R Nixon	81	40/1

Verdict

He's not badly handicapped and perhaps the switch to fences will see Beidh Time Anseo end a frustrating sequence of placed efforts over hurdles, though he was a little disappointing at Perth last time. But ENDEAVOR made giant strides over the smaller obstacles last season and James Reveley has been booked for his fencing bow. He may just be good enough if his jumping holds up as Freddie Brown, Carters Rest and Earl Grez generally find at least one too good. Swift Arrow has already won between the flags, however, and can't be ignored.

Formwatch

Beidh Tine Anseo (IRE) 6-1 (11-2) Held up in rear, ridden after 5th, weakened from 3 out, 5th of 7, 33l behind Cool Baranca (10-4) at Perth 2m hcp hdl 0-125 (3) sft in Apr.

Gentleman Jeff (USA) 14-1 (11-9) Chased leaders, ridden after 4 out, weakened before next, tailed off, 6th of 8, 47l behind Zazamix (10-4) at Catterick 2m hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Feb.

Swift Arrow (IRE) 8-1 (11-8) Held up towards rear, headway 4th, weakened before 2 out, 8th of 10, 37l behind Toledo Gold (10-2) at Carlisle 2m 1f nov hcp 0-115 (4) gs in Apr.

Freddie Brown 4-1 (10-13) Led, hit 4 out, mistake 3 out, headed after last, lost 2nd place when weakened final 100 yards, 3rd of 4, 14l behind Upthemsteps (11-10) at Kelso 2m 6f nov hcp chs (3) gs.

Carters Rest 4-1 (10-10) Led, headed before 2 out, in 2nd and staying on when blundered last, soon weakened, 3rd of 6, 6l behind Mon Chevalier (11-2) at Sedgefield 2m hcp chs 0-115 (4) sft.

Pillar of Hercules (IRE) 7-4fav (9-12) Held up, headway on outside 6th, still looked to be travelling well when leaders went clear 3 out, went 3rd 2 out, no impression, 3rd of 7, 35l behind Platinum (11-8) at Ludlow 2m clm hdl (5) gd in Nov.

Earl Grez (FR) 15-8fav (11-12) With leaders, led before 4th, headed before 2 out, kept on from last, always held, 2nd of 5, 7l behind Anay Turge (11-1) at Market Rasen 2m 2f hcp chs 0-100 (5) gd in Mar.

Endeavor 9-1 (10-7) Held up mid-division, went 3rd 4 out, ridden before 2 out, soon weakened, 9th of 10, well behind Inoogoo (11-1) at Perth 2m hcp hdl 0-110 (4) sft.

Cassius (IRE) 12-1 (10-0) Held up mid-division on outer, ridden before and blundered 3 out, soon weakened, 11th of 15, 38l behind Dr Flynn (11-7) at Kelso 2m 2f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gs.

Just Maddie 66-1 (11-2) Tracked leaders, challenged 6th, lost place quickly approaching 11th, pulled up before next, in a race won by Treehouse (10-11) at Hexham 3m 1f hcp chs 0-95 (5) hvy in Apr, 11 ran.