Racecards
13:30 Kelso
Sis Juvenile Novices' Hurdle (Class 4)
- 11 Runners
- Distance: 2m 2f
- Going: Soft
- Surface: Turf
- £4,000 added

- Form 00P
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey Mr T Greenall
held up, weakened from 7th

- Form 566976
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 91
- Trainer Mrs L B Normile
- Jockey Jimmy McCarthy
held up, headway until prominent 3 out, led last, edged left run-in, stayed on under pressure

Pay On (IRE)
18- Form 005
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer A C Whillans
- Jockey T J Dreaper
chased leader, weakened last

Sculastic
47- Form 3
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer J Howard Johnson
- Jockey P J Brennan
chased leaders, mistake 4 out, led 3 out, soon ridden, headed last, soon weakened

- Form 0P
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer J Ewart
- Jockey G Berridge
prominent and raced keen, ridden 2 out, weakened last

- Form 7
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
held up in rear, hampered 6th, soon weakened

- Form P0
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer M A Barnes
- Jockey M J McAlister
chased leaders, challenging when mistake 2 out, every chance run-in, stayed on towards finish

Vertigo Blue
18- Form 607
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 76
- Trainer A C Whillans
- Jockey E Whillans
held up towards rear, hampered 6th, weakened after next

Arcangela
13- Age 4
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer Miss Tracy Waggott
- Jockey A Scholes
led to 4th, fell 6th

- Form 4774
- Age 4
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer P Monteith
- Jockey G Lee
chased leaders, led 4th, headed 3 out, soon ridden and weakened

Psychic Star
27- Form 09
- Age 4
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer Miss Lucinda V Russell
- Jockey P Buchanan
mid-division, slightly hampered 6th, outpaced after 2 out, stayed on run-in
In depth
Verdict
Sculastic, an unexposed performer on the level when with Luca Cumani, showed enough on his hurdling debut at Musselburgh in December to suggest that a reproduction of that form should be enough to win this with the main threats looking to be Millie The Filly and Something Simple. The last mentioned lost his way on the level and showed little sign of encouragement on his hurdling debut at Ayr so he is probably best left out of calculations. Lucinda Russell's Psychic Star would have claims if able to reproduce the pick of his flat form but he is another that has lost his way and has given little sign of encouragement over timber. English City is best left out of calculations and a bigger threat is likely to come from former bumper performer Millie The Filly. In a race that lacks any real strength in depth though, Sculastic has solid claims and is hard to oppose.