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Kelso Course Guide
The Scottish Borders track hosts racing throughout the winter and is one of the most charming jumps tracks in Britain, staging good quality racing throughout the season despite being in a relatively remote location.
The track’s most valuable meeting is in late February, where feature races include the Premier Kelso Hurdle, a Grade 2 race over 2m 2f and the Premier Chase, a listed race run just short of three miles and the Morebattle Hurdle, a conditions race staged in mid-February which features Simonsig and Peddlers Cross on its list of previous winners.
Left handed, generally flat, with the hurdles course separate to the chase one and around a furlong shorter in length. The position of the final obstacle on both tracks was placed closer to the winning post from October 2012, negating the formerly 2f run to the line, ensuring there is less emphasis on stamina than previously. It's true to say that conditions can get gruelling in mid-winter, but on anything other than soft/heavy ground it's a track which is essentially sharp in character. The chase course has one of the highest casualty rates in the country.
Kelso is a course which puts a premium on stamina. It certainly takes a fair bit of getting and, if you think you’re nearly home when you get to the final obstacle, you’re kidding yourself. They’ve altered the layout recently, making the run-in on the chase track shorter, but that doesn’t mean the shape of a race can’t change dramatically in the closing stages. The hurdles course is different, with longer gaps between jumps, but still demanding. It’s a stiff course, for both disciplines, but a beautifully fair one.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
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Kelso Races Limited
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Kelso
Scottish Borders
TD5 7SX
01573 224767
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 1f 14y El Borracho (Good) 15 Sep 2021 3m 59.5s 2m 4f The Jad Factor (Good) 22 Apr 2025 5m 0.7s 2m 5f 133y Half Shot (Good) 18 Sep 2024 5m 19.38s 2m 6f 70y Court Master (Good) 22 Mar 2021 5m 42.44s 2m 7f 96y Grand Mogul (Good) 30 May 2021 5m 46.98s 3m 2f 39y Raddle And Hum (Good) 02 Oct 2022 6m 30.85s 3m 3f 189y Mance Rayder (Good) 05 May 2021 7m 16.1s 4m 90y Grozni (Soft) 07 Dec 2025 8m 48.73s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 51y Caithness (Good) 12 Sep 2023 3m 47.02s 2m 2f 25y Genever Dragon (Good) 14 Sep 2022 4m 13.39s 2m 4f 189y Darkest Day (Good) 12 Sep 2023 4m 48.3s 2m 6f 151y Lissen To The Lady (Good) 05 May 2021 5m 35.8s 3m 100y Lavida Adiva (Good to Soft) 22 Mar 2025 6m 13.45s 3m 1f 170y Judicial Law (Good) 12 Sep 2023 6m 14.23s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 51y Hard As Nails (Good to Firm) 28 May 2023 3m 41.56s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Miss Lucinda V Russell 67 14 £117,055 20.9% -£24.60 A M Thomson 39 8 £98,952 20.51% £11.00 N W Alexander 38 7 £95,326 18.42% -£4.00 W Coltherd 35 5 £35,119 14.29% -£11.88 L Russell & M Scudamore 23 5 £41,934 21.74% £13.00 Dan Skelton 13 5 £78,747 38.46% £5.03 I Jardine 19 4 £23,765 21.05% £13.00 Mrs A Hamilton 18 3 £39,296 16.67% -£10.38 N G Richards 14 3 £50,904 21.43% £0.23 G Bewley 15 3 £17,956 20% £4.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Miss Lucinda V Russell 107 19 £161,402 17.76% £29.58 N W Alexander 104 9 £41,457 8.65% -£55.51 N G Richards 36 7 £43,143 19.44% -£14.89 D McCain Jnr 45 6 £32,000 13.33% -£30.14 Ewan Whillans 35 6 £160,982 17.14% £21.75 A M Thomson 64 5 £75,189 7.81% -£42.25 L Russell & M Scudamore 37 5 £22,873 13.51% -£15.86 Mrs Dianne Sayer 28 5 £33,604 17.86% -£4.50 Ruth Jefferson 17 5 £42,004 29.41% £4.25 J C McConnell 15 5 £22,329 33.33% -£6.77 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L F O'Brien 4 3 £23,535 75% £9.02 A M Thomson 7 2 £18,332 28.57% -£1.63 N W Alexander 8 2 £5,446 25% -£1.30 S Corbett 5 2 £5,446 40% £16.63 Miss Lucinda V Russell 16 1 £2,723 6.25% -£14.38 I Jardine 7 1 £2,723 14.29% -£0.50 N G Richards 5 1 £2,723 20% £2.50 Mrs Dianne Sayer 4 1 £15,609 25% £5.50 O Greenall & J Guerriero 3 1 £2,723 33.33% £5.00 S R B Crawford 3 1 £2,723 33.33% -£0.63 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L D R Fox 45 11 £87,137 24.44% £1.20 B S Hughes 42 10 £100,146 23.81% £27.16 Danny McMenamin 44 7 £76,254 15.91% -£19.40 Bruce Lynn 27 6 £87,404 22.22% £4.50 Ryan Mania 27 6 £72,283 22.22% -£2.75 Sean Quinlan 37 5 £58,788 13.51% -£16.75 P W Wadge 30 4 £32,832 13.33% -£21.17 Craig Nichol 35 3 £36,577 8.57% -£20.25 Ross Chapman 20 3 £23,237 15% -£8.27 Jonathon Bewley 14 3 £17,956 21.43% £5.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Sean Quinlan 66 10 £67,188 15.15% -£7.00 Craig Nichol 58 10 £176,297 17.24% £4.41 P W Wadge 51 10 £81,419 19.61% £16.30 B S Hughes 79 9 £67,503 11.39% -£28.64 D R Fox 64 9 £79,191 14.06% £0.35 Bruce Lynn 77 8 £34,856 10.39% -£32.84 Danny McMenamin 72 8 £40,945 11.11% -£45.41 Ryan Mania 52 7 £85,371 13.46% -£20.75 Jamie Hamilton 54 6 £36,007 11.11% -£18.42 Henry Brooke 33 4 £20,729 12.12% -£16.50 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Henry Brooke 7 2 £5,991 28.57% £1.25 B S Hughes 12 2 £5,446 16.67% -£3.13 Nathan Moscrop 9 2 £5,446 22.22% £12.63 Bruce Lynn 9 2 £5,446 22.22% -£2.30 Ryan Mania 8 2 £18,332 25% -£2.63 Danny McMenamin 8 1 £2,723 12.5% -£0.50 C O'Farrell 9 1 £15,609 11.11% £0.50 P W Wadge 9 1 £2,723 11.11% -£6.38 Jack Hogan 2 1 £5,203 50% -£0.60 Dylan Johnston 2 1 £2,723 50% £19.00
