Overview
- Crokes Cross, which scored Thursday at Kelso, won the two-mile novice hurdle at 300-1 to equal the UK record for longest-priced winner.
- Ridden by Jamie Hamilton, the seven-year-old beat better-fancied stablemate Changemyluck, sent off at 5-2, by a length and a quarter.
- The mare was making her British and stable debut for trainer Stuart Coltherd after two heavy defeats in Irish bumper races.
- The victory ended Coltherd’s 12-month drought over jumps, with 102 runners since March 2025 failing to win before this result.
- Only a few punters were on at the price, including a £5 each-way bet placed in a South Shields shop that returned about £1,810.