GB - Kelso - Race 6

Thoroughbred

5 Runners

17.1f

Handicap Chase

Turf

Good

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Verdict

NEWTOWN RAMBLER sets a useful standard in his bid to make it 4 on the bounce over fences. He gets the vote, though it's hardly a bullish one given the significant amount of rain forecast. Interesting chasing debutant Smoke Trail and Coup de Coeur are feared most, the latter with least to prove should conditions become testing.

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Horse Stats

#/Silk	Horse#/Horse	Power Rating	High Speed	Win %	Top 3%	Win Prob	Odds
2	Highly progressive when landing a chase hat-trick at Uttoxeter (2m, good) in June. Easy enough to forgive his subsequent run in the Summer Hurdle at Market Rasen. Sets the standard back chasing for in-form yard (4 wins from 8 runners since end of August), though forecast rain does give some pause. 1st Pick 2 Newtown Rambler (Ire) Jockey: Oakley Brown Trainer: Adrian Keatley J: Oakley Brown T: Adrian Keatley	100	-	-	-	34%
Analysis Highly progressive when landing a chase hat-trick at Uttoxeter (2m, good) in June. Easy enough to forgive his subsequent run in the Summer Hurdle at Market Rasen. Sets the standard back chasing for in-form yard (4 wins from 8 runners since end of August), though forecast rain does give some pause.
3	Ground-versatile chaser who enjoyed a fine first half of 2026. At the top of his game and by no means all out to resume winning ways in small-field handicap at Cartmel (17f) in May. Interesting if firing on all cylinders following 5 months away. 2nd Pick 3 Coup De Coeur (Fr) Jockey: Conor O'farrell Trainer: Micky Hammond & Becky Smith J: Conor O'farrell T: Micky Hammond & Becky Smith	96	-	-	-	25%	Scratched
Analysis Ground-versatile chaser who enjoyed a fine first half of 2026. At the top of his game and by no means all out to resume winning ways in small-field handicap at Cartmel (17f) in May. Interesting if firing on all cylinders following 5 months away.
4	Beat a debuting Lazare de Star (useful under Rules) to win second point start. Bookended last season with dominant front-running victories in Kelso hurdles, impressing with his jumping. Interesting handicap/chasing debut (looks the stable first string), for all testing ground would be an unknown. 3rd Pick 4 Smoke Trail (Ire) Jockey: Patrick Wadge Trainer: Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore J: Patrick Wadge T: Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore	97	-	-	-	72%
Analysis Beat a debuting Lazare de Star (useful under Rules) to win second point start. Bookended last season with dominant front-running victories in Kelso hurdles, impressing with his jumping. Interesting handicap/chasing debut (looks the stable first string), for all testing ground would be an unknown.

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