Just Paddy's Band will become the latest in a long line of new bumper horses to have represented the yard over the last few months when he makes his debut at Kelso on Saturday, over two miles, in the 3.50.pm.The race is for unraced four and five year old's only, and Henry Brooke has been booked to ride. The going at the time of writing is good.
Just Paddy's Band is out of a Beat Hollow mare, who needed three miles over hurdles to bring out the best in her, she won six of her 32 starts, and achieved a best Racing Post Rating of 125. His sire, Sholokhov is a son of Sadlers Wells, who was runner up in the Irish Derby, and Eclipse Stakes back in 2002, and is an outstanding producer of top class National Hunt horses.
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Good luck to the connections, Chapman, Tennant, & Turnbull.