Trainer 'never had a penny' on his 300-1 winning horse

The trainer of a horse which has equalled the UK racing record for longest-priced winner says he "never had a penny on" his winner. Crokes Cross made her British debut in the two-mile novice hurdle at Kelso on Thursday , coming first with odds of 300-1. But Stuart Coltherd told Radio Scotland's Mornings with Stephen Jardine he regretted not taking a punt on the horse or her stablemate, Changemyluck, which was also running.

"With having two in the same race I never bothered, so lesson learned - even if it's just a couple of pounds, you're better off have something on them," he said. Under jockey Jamie Hamilton, Crokes Cross beat better-fancied Changemyluck - who was priced at 5-2 - by a length and a quarter to give Coltherd his first success since March 2025. More stories from South Scotland Listen to news for the Scottish Borders on BBC Sounds The trainer, who is based in Selkirk in the Scottish Borders, said he "usually would have a fiver or a tenner on them" which would have made a "nice payday".

"It's just the way the season has went I think. We've not had that many winners. It's been about a year since we had a winner.

"We've just had a lot of seconds and placed horses so I just never bothered," he said. Coltherd said he knew of other people who had placed bets, including one person who meant to put £5 on Changemyluck but mistakenly backed the winner. "From thinking she hadn't won anything, all of a sudden she was £1,500 better off," he said.