bet365 Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race).
Kelso · Saturday, 28 Feb · 20:00
· 2m 51y
· Class 3
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
16:00
Off time
7
Runners
Good to Soft (Soft in places)
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 7 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
1.73
8/11
02 · 🥈 2nd
3.50
5/2
03 · 🥉 3rd
9.50
17/2
04 · —
12
11/1
05 · —
21
20/1
06 · —
29
28/1
07 · —
126
125/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | — |
Vivre Le Reve (G)
Expensive French recruit having won 6-runner juvenile hurdle at Lyon Parilly on debut in November. Prominent in the betting but ran no sort of race starting out for new connections at Wetherby last month. Worth another chance but has a 10 …
|
Ben Jones | B Pauling | 4 | 74.4 kg |
9.50
17/2
|
| 2nd | 2 | — |
Belaya River (G)
Placed a few times on the Flat (stays 16.5f) for Charlie Fellowes and easily best effort over hurdles when making all in juvenile at Catterick 4 weeks ago. More needed again under a penalty.
|
Harry Skelton | Harry Derham | 4 | 72.6 kg |
3.50
5/2
|
| — | 3 | — |
Bruce Banner (G)
Modest winner on Flat but has some size about him and defied long odds when making a successful debut over hurdles in a Musselburgh juvenile maiden (15.5f) in November, proving 2¼ lengths too strong for Keyboard. However, second has improv…
|
Nathan Moscrop | R Menzies | 4 | 72.6 kg |
21
20/1
|
| — | 4 | — |
Captain Connor (G)
Placed sole outing in bumpers but has achieved little both starts over hurdles.
|
Jamie Hamilton | M Walford | 4 | 69.9 kg |
29
28/1
|
| 3rd | 5 | — |
Keyboard (G)
FAV
[P]
Decent maiden on the Flat and has got better with each run over hurdles, second in novice at Musselburgh 2 weeks ago, though did prove hard to control under pressure in this headgear. Excellent opportunity in this field.
|
Ryan Mania | A Nicol | 4 | 69.9 kg |
1.73
8/11
|
| 4th | 6 | — |
Storm The Dug (G)
Long-standing maiden on the Flat who showed nothing on hurdles bow at Musselburgh 2 weeks ago.
|
P W Wadge | L Russell & M Scudamore | 4 | 69.9 kg |
126
125/1
|
| 1st | 7 | — |
Word For Word (G)
[H1]
Harzand gelding. Dam half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/chase winner (stayed 2¼m) Esporao. Showed some ability in 3 maidens on Flat in 2025 for John Joseph Murphy. Likely a longer-term project unless betting suggests otherwise.
|
Craig Nichol | O Greenall & J Guerriero | 4 | 69.9 kg |
12
11/1
|
Betting forecast: Keyboard (8/11), Belaya River (5/2), Vivre Le Reve (17/2), Word For Word (11/1), Bruce Banner (20/1), Captain Connor (28/1), Storm The Dug (125/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 7922.0 GBP |
| P2 | 3645.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1822.0 GBP |
| P4 | 912.0 GBP |
| P5 | 454.0 GBP |