Race Result Kelso Wed, 2nd May, 2012

Going - Good to Soft (Soft in places).

Placepot Pool - £69,072.55 Winning Units - 442.68 Dividend - £113.90. Quadpot Pool - £5,501.58 Winning Units - 118.88 Dividend - £34.20. Place Six Dividend - £79.28. Place Five Dividend - £70.70.

Waverley TBS Handicap Hurdle of £7000.00 4-y-o plus

2m. 6f. 110yds. Hcap Hurdle 1st - £4549.00, 2nd - £1336.00, 3rd - £668.00, 4th - £334.00 OFF 18:55. 8 Ran.

1st		Humbie (IRE) 10-12 (Mr & Mrs Raymond Anderson Green) (Morning price: 6/1 11/2 5/1 4/1 7/2 4/1) SP 5/1 Tote Win £7.80 Place £2.30	Miss P Robson T J Murphy
		held up towards rear, headway 7th, chased leaders 4 out, led before last, kept on well towards finish
2nd	3.75L	Powerful Ambition (IRE) 10-0 (Koo's Racing Club) (Morning price: 7/1 10/1 8/1 7/1) SP 7/1 Place £2.60	B Ellison F Keniry
		in rear, pushed along after 4 out, headway before 3 out, ridden before 2 out, kept on to take 2nd place last 100 yards, always held by winner
3rd	1.25L	Crowning Jewel (GB) 11-5 (Sir Ian Good) (Morning price: 10/3 7/2 4/1 5/1 11/2 9/2) SP 5/1 Place £2.00	K Reveley J Reveley
		held up towards rear, pushed along and headway before 2 out, kept on same pace from last
4th	0.5L	Little Hercules (IRE) 11-3 (Mr John Wade) (Morning price: 10/1 9/1 8/1 7/1) SP 7/1	J Wade K Renwick
		tracked leaders, lost place before 4th, headway to go 3rd before 4 out, pushed along before 2 out, switched left final 100 yards, kept on
5th	0.75L	Stopped Out (GB) 11-12 (The Well Oiled Partnership) (Morning price: 16/1 12/1 10/1 11/1) SP 16/1	Mrs K Walton R McGrath
		led, headed after 1st, led again 5th, headed 2 out, soon ridden, no extra final 100 yards
6th	24L	McMurrough (IRE) 10-12 (Mr & Mrs J M Davenport) (Blinkers) (Morning price: 4/1) SP 3/1fav	J Jefferson Harry Haynes
		held up in touch, mistake 2nd, led narrowly 2 out, headed before last, weakened final 150 yards
7th	29L	Saga De Tercey (FR) 11-8 (Mr Philip Holden) (Blinkers) (Morning price: 3/1 10/3 7/2 4/1 9/2 4/1) SP 9/2	Donald McCain J M Maguire
		tracked leaders, weakened from 4 out
p.u.		Scotswell (GB) 10-11 (H G Racing) (Morning price: 12/1 14/1 11/1 9/1 10/1 12/1) SP 9/1	Mrs H Graham D C Costello
		tracked leaders, led after 1st, headed 5th, lost place before 7th, tailed off, soon pulled up

Market Movers

Wexford Saturday 18th

Un Beau Roman 7/4 11/8

5.00 Owenavarragh (QR) M'dn
BetVictor 7/4 11/8
Ladbrokes 13/8 5/4

Sweet Refusal 4/1 3/1

3.20 Black Point H'cap (Rated 47-65)
Bet365 4/1 3/1
Ladbrokes 4/1 3/1

Undefined Beauty 16/1 10/1

5.30 Borro (Mares) INH Flat Race (DIV I)
CORAL.ie 16/1 10/1

Runaiocht 20/1 14/1

3.20 Black Point H'cap (Rated 47-65)
Boylesport 20/1 14/1

Teajaybe 8/1 6/1

4.30 Felim O'Rourke Is Getting Married H'cap (Rated 47-65)
Ladbrokes 8/1 6/1

Gallery - Best Pictures of the week

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Pic of the week. Bondage (right) pops over a hurdle, with Gold Bullet in second, before going on to win at Down Royal on Monday last under Davy Condon for trainer Gordon Elliott. 06-05-13 More »
Gallery 5th May
Pic of the week. The Pat Hughes trained Prince Of Fowards comes through on the outside under Tim Carroll to beat Captain Luke (centre) and Count Salazar (left). Kilbeggan 03-05-13 More »

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Sidelined Jockeys

Injured Jockeys

Mr J J Codd - Fractured left wrist in a fall at Inch pt-to-pt Wed, 27th Mar
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E F Power - Fractured three vertebrae in a fall at Kilbeggan Fri, 3rd May
P T Enright - Fractured both hands in a fall at Down Royal Mon, 6th May
B J Cooper - Fractured left leg (femur) in a fall at Down Royal Mon, 6th May
Mr D O'Connor - Fractured left leg in a fall at Dawstown pt-to-pt Mon, 6th May

Suspended Jockeys

R Dawson - Two year ban (15 months of which are suspended) for failing a drug test, starts Wed, 29th Aug
L A McKenna - Seven day ban for use of the whip at Ayr Wed, 8th May

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