Result 14:55 · Kelso

bet365 Morebattle Hurdle (A Handicap Hurdle) (GBB Race)

Class 2Handicap2mGood To Soft4yo+ · 17 ran

Result

Official · time 4m 03.07s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Captain Hugo (IRE)	Sean Houlihan	Philip Hobbs & Johnson White	—	15.0	22.2
2	Serious Challenge (IRE)	J J Burke	F O'Brien	¾L	17.0	21.9
3	Wise Eagle (IRE)	Ryan Mania	Adam Nicol	2½L	17.0	22.4
4	Quaviste (FR)	Harry Skelton	D Skelton	4L	8.00	11.8
5	Laafi (FR)	Patrick M OBrien	William Durkan	8¾L	41.0	77.7
6	Cracking Rhapsody (IRE)	Craig Nichol	Ewan Whillans	11¼L	7.00	10.0
7	Bespoke Tailor (IRE)	G Sheehan	Oliver Signy	12¼L	17.0	21.0
8	Jet To Vegas (IRE)	Brian Hughes	Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore	18¾L	15.0	20.0
9	Spectacularsunrise	Toby McCain-Mitchell	N & W Twiston-Davies	21½L	4.00	4.31
10	Lucky Manifest (IRE)	Stan Sheppard	T Lacey	23¼L	19.0	26.6
11	Hamlet's Night (IRE)	S Bowen	James Owen	45¼L	17.0	30.0
12	Berties Ballet (GB)	Sean Quinlan	Dianne Sayer	51¼L	23.0	37.3
13	Serious Operator (IRE)	Patrick Wadge	Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore	51½L	26.0	40.0
14	City Of Diamonds (IRE)	William Maggs	Donald McCain	61L	51.0	156.4
PU	Heart Above	Peter Kavanagh	Dianne Sayer	—	51.0	145.0
PU	Dedicated Hero (IRE)	Danny McMenamin	Sandy Thomson	—	8.00	9.38
PU	Hot Fuss (IRE)	David Bass	Tom Dascombe	—	9.00	10.7

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Laafi (FR)

6yo · 11-9 · OR 137

811305 J Patrick M OBrien T William Durkan —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
27 Dec 25	Leopardstown	2m	Yielding	—	5/17	11L	19.0
16 Nov 25	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Soft	C1	12/18	35L	34.0
26 Jan 25	Naas	2m	Soft To Heavy	—	3/3	11¼L	8.50

4 wins from 16 · placed 6

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Cracking Rhapsody (IRE)

7yo · 11-13 · OR 136

171066 J Craig Nichol T Ewan Whillans —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
17 Jan 26	Haydock Park	1m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C3	6/8	6½L	7.50
06 Dec 25	Aintree	2m 4f	Soft	C2	6/9	14¼L	17.0
16 Nov 25	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Soft	C1	13/18	50L	34.0

7 wins from 19 · placed 10

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Jet To Vegas (IRE) t

7yo · 11-12 · OR 135

114226 J Brian Hughes T Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
01 Jan 26	Musselburgh	2m 4f 110y	Good To Soft	C2	6/9	8¾L	3.25
21 Nov 25	Ascot	2m 5f	Good	C2	2/3	3L	5.00
21 Oct 25	Perth	2m 4f	Soft	C3	2/3	2¾L	3.00

2 wins from 9 · placed 7

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Hamlet's Night (IRE)

5yo · 11-11 · OR 134

211221 J S Bowen T James Owen —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
18 Feb 26	Kempton Park	1m 3f	Standard To Slow	C4	1/9	—	4.50
08 Nov 25	Wincanton	1m 7f	Good	C1	2/4	nk	9.00
25 Oct 25	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Good	C2	2/5	nk	7.00

3 wins from 13 · placed 8

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Serious Challenge (IRE)

6yo · 11-9 · OR 132

1144P1 J J J Burke T F O'Brien —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
30 Dec 25	Haydock Park	1m 7f 110y	Good	C3	1/8	—	2.62
16 Nov 25	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Soft	C1	PU	—	7.50
26 Oct 25	Aintree	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C2	4/6	6½L	4.00

5 wins from 25 · placed 12

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Hot Fuss (IRE) v

5yo · 11-7 · OR 130

006241 J David Bass T Tom Dascombe —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Jan 26	Windsor	2m	Soft	C2	1/14	—	11.0
03 Jan 26	Sandown Park	2m	Good	C3	4/8	3L	3.50
20 Dec 25	Ascot	1m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C1	2/13	2¾L	34.0

4 wins from 24 · placed 10

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Captain Hugo (IRE)

6yo · 11-6 · OR 129

21121F J Sean Houlihan T Philip Hobbs & Johnson White —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
01 Feb 26	Musselburgh	1m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C2	F	—	4.50
30 Dec 25	Haydock Park	1m 7f 110y	Good	C3	1/10	—	1.80
06 Dec 25	Aintree	2m 1f	Soft	C3	2/3	4¼L	1.67

3 wins from 6 · placed 5

Won 3 of 5 at around this trip

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Spectacularsunrise

6yo · 11-0 · OR 128

431126 J Toby McCain-Mitchell T N & W Twiston-Davies —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Jan 26	Windsor	2m	Soft	C2	6/14	8¾L	11.0
27 Dec 25	Chepstow	2m	Good To Soft	C3	2/11	8½L	3.25
07 Dec 25	Kelso	2m	Soft	C3	1/6	—	1.67

3 wins from 8 · placed 5

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Serious Operator (IRE) t

9yo · 11-4 · OR 127

064312 J Patrick Wadge T Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Dec 25	Aintree	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C2	2/8	5½L	17.0
29 Nov 25	Newcastle	2m 4f 110y	Good To Soft	C3	1/6	—	3.25
26 Oct 25	Aintree	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C2	3/6	5L	5.50

6 wins from 19 · placed 8

Course winner: 2 wins from 3 here

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Wise Eagle (IRE)

9yo · 11-3 · OR 126

407673 J Ryan Mania T Adam Nicol —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
31 Jan 26	Musselburgh	1m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C2	3/10	2L	7.00
16 Jan 26	Newcastle	2m 110y	Standard	C2	7/11	9½L	34.0
01 Jan 26	Musselburgh	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C3	6/9	11¾L	3.50

14 wins from 48 · placed 24

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Lucky Manifest (IRE)

6yo · 11-0 · OR 123

P11283 J Stan Sheppard T T Lacey —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Jan 26	Plumpton	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C3	3/7	3¼L	4.50
12 Dec 25	Cheltenham	3m	Good To Soft	C2	8/10	8¼L	3.00
14 Nov 25	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Soft	C3	2/18	1L	11.0

2 wins from 9 · placed 4

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Dedicated Hero (IRE) p11

7yo · 11-0 · OR 123

56782U J Danny McMenamin T Sandy Thomson —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
01 Feb 26	Musselburgh	2m 4f 110y	Good To Soft	C3	UR	—	2.75
13 Jan 26	Ayr	2m 110y	Heavy	C3	2/5	1¾L	8.00
26 Dec 25	Aintree	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C2	8/8	16¼L	4.33

4 wins from 12 · placed 7

Course winner: 3 wins from 3 here

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Bespoke Tailor (IRE) t11

6yo · 10-11 · OR 120

213322 J G Sheehan T Oliver Signy —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
14 Jan 26	Newbury	2m 110y	Good To Soft	C3	2/11	3L	2.75
16 Dec 25	Wincanton	1m 7f	Soft	C4	2/18	1¾L	2.50
16 Nov 25	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Soft	C2	3/14	2¼L	15.0

1 win from 7 · placed 7

4 runs at around this trip without a win

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Berties Ballet (GB)

8yo · 10-9 · OR 118

231274 J Sean Quinlan T Dianne Sayer —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
13 Feb 26	Kelso	2m	Heavy	C4	4/9	3¾L	4.00
17 Jan 26	Haydock Park	1m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C3	7/8	14L	10.0
12 Feb 25	Wetherby	2m 3f 110y	Soft	C3	2/11	3¾L	4.33

4 wins from 19 · placed 13

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City Of Diamonds (IRE) t11

6yo · 10-2 · OR 116

512166 J William Maggs T Donald McCain —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
31 Jan 26	Musselburgh	1m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C2	6/10	10¼L	19.0
01 Jan 26	Musselburgh	1m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C3	6/9	8¾L	4.50
28 Nov 25	Musselburgh	1m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C4	1/9	—	7.00

2 wins from 8 · placed 4

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Quaviste (FR)

6yo · 10-4 · OR 113

108U25 J Harry Skelton T D Skelton —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
10 Jan 26	Kempton Park	2m	Good	C3	5/8	3¾L	5.50
26 Dec 25	Market Rasen	2m 110y	Good To Soft	C4	2/8	4L	8.50
26 Nov 25	Market Rasen	2m 110y	Good To Soft	C4	UR	—	4.33

1 win from 6 · placed 2

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Heart Above

8yo · 10-2 · OR 111

412164 J Peter Kavanagh T Dianne Sayer —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
01 Jan 26	Musselburgh	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C3	4/9	8¾L	29.0
07 Dec 25	Kelso	2m	Soft	C3	6/6	21¼L	9.50
08 Nov 25	Kelso	2m 5f	Good To Soft	C3	1/14	—	6.00

4 wins from 27 · placed 15

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