Slainte Mhath Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race).
Kelso · Monday, 29 Dec · 16:54
· 2m 6f 151y
· Class 4
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
12:54
Off time
7
Runners
Good to Soft (Soft in places)
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
TASHKHAN (IRE
🥈 Second
IMPERFECTLYPERFECT (IRE
🥉 Third
COUNTRY CODE (IRE
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 8 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
2.25
5/4
02 · 🥈 2nd
4.50
7/2
03 · 🥉 3rd
5
4/1
04 · —
5.50
9/2
05 · —
12
11/1
06 · —
34
33/1
07 · —
151
150/1
08 · —
201
200/1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | — |
Country Code (G)
FAV
Placed both starts in Irish points prior to making a successful hurdle debut for new connections at Newcastle (2½m, good to soft) 45 days ago. Did that readily and a penalty shouldn't prevent another bold bid over this longer trip.
|
Danny McMenamin | Ruth Jefferson | 5 | 73 kg |
2.25
5/4
|
| 4th | 2 | — |
Imperfectlyperfect (G)
£70,000 Irish point recruit won a bumper and followed up when landing the odds on return/hurdles debut there (16.2f, good) in October (carries penalty here). Flying too high in Grade 2 at Cheltenham (21f) last time but better expected over…
|
D R Fox | L Russell & M Scudamore | 5 | 73 kg |
5
4/1
|
| 3rd | 3 | — |
Tashkhan (G)
Useful stayer on Flat at best (didn't look force of old last season) but made a successful hurdles debut in an 8-runner novice at Hexham (20.1f, heavy) earlier this month, showing a good attitude after bungling the last. Carries penalty bu…
|
Sean Quinlan | B Ellison | 7 | 73 kg |
4.50
7/2
|
| 2nd | 4 | — |
Burncourt Boy (G)
£48,000 purchase from the Irish pointing field after getting off the mark at the third attempt in April. Showed plenty to work on when fifth on hurdle debut but unable to back that up when well held in a 2½m novice at Newbury (16/1) latest…
|
Lewis Stones | O Murphy | 5 | 69.9 kg |
5.50
9/2
|
| 6th | 5 | — |
Old Comrades (G)
Shantou gelding. Brother to useful dual bumper winner Brechin Castle and useful hurdler Minella Sixo (2m/23f winner). £58,000 purchase after getting off the mark in Irish points at the fourth attempt in May. One to note for support on hurd…
|
Bruce Lynn | N W Alexander | 5 | 69.9 kg |
12
11/1
|
| 5th | 6 | — |
Yorkshire Man Sam (G)
Related to above-average jumpers and shaped well when third in a pair of points back in 2022. Upped markedly in trip for hurdle debut (bred to suit) and betting should guide returning from over 3 years off.
|
Jamie Hamilton | M Walford | 7 | 69.9 kg |
34
33/1
|
| 7th | 7 | — |
Ivan's Legacy (G)
[H]
Yard had success with this family but showed modest form at best when fourth on all 3 bumper starts and well held on hurdle debut over 2m here last time. Needs to improve for the markedly longer trip.
|
Conor Rabbitt | S Corbett | 4 | 69.4 kg |
151
150/1
|
| — | 8 | — |
Am I Bovvered (M)
Little form to date and plenty to prove now significantly up in trip for hurdles debut.
|
P W Wadge | Miss S E Forster | 5 | 66.7 kg |
201
200/1
|
Betting forecast: Country Code (5/4), Tashkhan (7/2), Imperfectlyperfect (4/1), Burncourt Boy (9/2), Old Comrades (11/1), Yorkshire Man Sam (33/1), Ivan's Legacy (150/1), Am I Bovvered (200/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 4357.0 GBP |
| P2 | 2007.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1003.0 GBP |
| P4 | 502.0 GBP |