By MICHAEL PAVITT, SPORTS REPORTER
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A 300-1 shot at Kelso has equalled the document for the longest-priced winner in UK racing historical past, leaving its coach to joke that he wished he had ‘put a few kilos on’.
Crokes Cross, making a British debut, triumphed beneath Jamie Hamilton within the two-mile novice hurdle.
It matched the document set again solely in December, when the Nigel Hawke-trained Blowers gained on the similar worth at Exeter.
Kelso had been the stage for the earlier document, with 250-1 shot Beforehand Equinoctial having gained on the observe again in 1990.
Crokes Cross earned coach Stuart Coltherd a primary success since March 2025, with main house stablemate Changemyluck, who set off at 5-2, within the 10-horse race.
‘I by no means had a penny on, I want I had,’ Coltherd advised Racing TV.
Kelso racecourse had UK document longest worth winner at 250/1 again in 1990, which stood till December
‘I knew they have been each match and I believed they’d each run good races. I believed Changemyluck can be there or thereabouts. It was a bit unknown with Crokes Cross, however she has achieved it effectively.
‘I could not say something [about what has been going wrong]. We simply had horses possibly too excessive within the handicap. We now have had two or three seconds and positioned horses, however simply by no means obtained their head in entrance.
‘If I knew it was going to alter right now, I may need had a few kilos on.
‘It is good for everyone to get one other winner.
‘I did see after I was watching it, 300-1, and I believed “that is an enormous worth” and he or she does work effectively at house – it is too late now.’
