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Kelso Racecourse

Kelso Racegoers Have No Easy Task Finding Sunday’s Hunter Chase Winner

Sunday 27th May
5.00 Kelso
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Challenge Cup
Good
3m 1f

14 runners will face the starter in the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Challenge Cup at Kelso on Sunday afternoon, and a couple of horses who missed their intended engagements here a few weeks ago due to a waterlogged track, finally get the chance to perform.

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The Wife’s Sister A Relative Surprise

The Wife's Sister (Ben Poste) Worcester 100/1 Hunters' Chase Winner 2012 May

The Wife’s Sister (Ben Poste) (Photo: racehorsephotos.co.uk)

Hargreave Hale Stockbrokers Hunters’ Chase
Worcester, 2m 7f, Class 6, £790.32

1st THE WIFE’S SISTER (Ben Poste) 100/1
2nd BADDAM 7/2
3rd ALLFORCOLVER 66/1

12 ran. Distances: nk, 15l, 17l. Time: 5m 51.60s
Winning Trainer: Paul Senter

The Wife’s Sister, whose only success in 19 starts between the flags came by virtue of a walkover, was a shock 100/1 winner of the Hargreave Hale Stockbrokers Hunters’ Chase at Worcester on Wednesday.

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Pasteur Immune To Defeat At Newton Abbot

Louis Pasteur Dan Drake Robbie Henderson Newton Abbot Handicap Hunters' Chase 2012 May

Louis Pasteur (Robbie Henderson) – Surprise Winner

Ronnie Cook Memorial Handicap Hunters’ Chase
Newton Abbot, 2m 5½f, Class 4, £3,431.45

1st LOUIS PASTEUR (Robbie Henderson) 14/1
2nd KING CYRUS 7/2
3rd WHIZZAAR 9/2

5 ran. Distances: 22l, 12l, 1l. Time: 5m 16.90s
Winning Trainer: Dan Drake

Non-Runners: Dunshane & What Of It

Despite being 9lbs wrong at the weights, Louis Pasteur made it two from two at Newton Abbot after galloping his four rivals into the ground in the Handicap Hunters’ Chase.

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Gwanako Looks To Compensate For Aintree Spill

Gwanako Aintree Fox Hunters John Smiths Chase Nicholls Paul Cowley James

Gwanako – A Real Class Act (Photo: racehorsephotos.co.uk)

Monday 21st May
5.20 Newton Abbot
Ronnie Cook Memorial Handicap Hunters’ Chase
Good To Firm
2m 5½f

Handicap Hunters’ Chases are not something which you see everyday, but they do provide a completely alternative angle to a normal Hunters’ Chase, particularly punting-wise, and some generous prize money has been put up for this one as well.

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Kealshore Boy Makes Winning Hunter Chase Debut

Market Rasen’s Only Hunter Chase Of The Season Was Won By Kealshore Boy

Darren Swales Hunters’ Chase
Market Rasen, 2m 6½f, Class 6, £873.46

1st KEALSHORE BOY (John Dawson) 7/1
2nd SIZING AMERICA 11/8F
3rd MISS VIVIAN 4/1

11 ran. Distances: 8l, 6l, ½l. Time: 5m 46.9s
Winning Trainer: Chris Dawson

Non-Runner: Iznt Getting Court

Market Rasen only stage one Hunter Chase this season and it fell to a debutant in the sphere, Kealshore Boy, who was always up with the pace and ran on strongly for pressure to record an emphatic success.

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