Gordon Brown – Race Reporter
Gordon has a wealth of experience of racing through his background in the written and broadcast media. His current principle role is reporting and supporting the scene in Scotland on Racing TV and relaying the latest news with Scottish angles.
Just Don’t Know landed the Chairman’s Cup Handicap Chase at Kelso under Tom Scudamore for Denholm trainer Paul Robson.
Sent off 4-5 favourite, the bottom-weight stayed on stoutly to beat Bavington Bob by a length and a half with co-course record holder Big River back in third place.
Former jump jockey Robson said: “All this horse does is stay and that ground suited him as well. I rode with Tom when we were amateurs together so, with our regular jockeys Craig Nichol and Callum Bewley suspended and injured, I gave him a cheeky wee ring to ask him to come up and I’m delighted he accepted.”
Lucinda Russell was on the mark with a double supplied by Traprain Law and Thereisnodoubt.
Traprain Law was ridden to victory by Patrick Wadge in the William Hill Bookmakers Novices’ Hurdle before Derek Fox made most of the running on Thereisnodoubt in the Kelso Betting Ring Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle.
Sandy Thomson and Ryan Mania teamed up with Faithful Flyer, who successfully dropped back to two miles in the visitkelso.com Handicap Hurdle.
“He won over three miles at Musselburgh but had no problem lying up with the pace today,” Mania said. “He seems really versatile regarding the trip or the ground as he showed today.”
A fifth Scottish success came in the shape of Tom Willmott-ridden To The Limit, who took the Kelso Annual Members Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Chase for the second year running for Selkirk handler Stuart Coltherd.