Pedigree

                                                                      Alleged
                                        Sir Harry Lewis
                                                                      Sue Baby
Nodda High Kid
2006 chesnut gelding
                                                                      Erin's Hope
                                         Lindajane
                                                                      Tempo Rose

The family

He is home bred and is the 2nd foal of Lindajane, who raced for Donald in the early 2000s.
Lindajane also has a 6 year old mare by Sir Harry Lewis, and a lovely 3 year old filly by Winged Love.

By the time Lindajane joined the yard in 1998, she had already shown promise by being placed in a couple of bumpers for former Borders' trainer Zoe Green. She was a marvellous racehorse for the yard during her 6 seasons here. She won 3 races all told (2 hurdles, 1 chase) and was placed another 7 times for us.

Lindajane is one of 2 winners bred by the 2nd dam Tempo Rose.

About the sire

Sir Harry Lewis (bay horse, born 1984) won 4 races, at 3 and 4, from 1 mile 1½ furlongs to 1 mile 4 furlongs. His successes included the Irish Derby, and the listed Dee Stakes, at Chester. He was placed at Group level on a number of occasions as well as finishing fourth in the Epsom Derby,

He was retired to Stud in 1990, and been a prominent NH sire for a number of years, having sired the winners of over 200 races. And he has sired some classy individuals too, headed by The Mighty Man & Diamond Harry.

Sir Harry Lewis died in 2009.

Form Summary

Ah, don't we all just love 'Hector'.

Nodda High Kid was broken in during the Spring of 2009, and joined the stable straight afterwards.
After gentle cantering, he progressed to racing upsides the string on the Up the Middle gallop. During this spell, he impressed all the team with some fine work sessions, but also earned a reputation for one to be wary of in his box!

Roll forward a couple of years....

Nodda High Kid made his belated racecourse appearance (given how long he had been in training) at Musselburgh in November 2011, and delighted us all staying on close home for a narrow victory. Several of the stable shrewdies landed some nice bets that day (at an SP of 80-1!). Our gelding confirmed that effort with probably a better performance the next month when finishing 4th in a bumper at the same course.
Nodda High Kid had a couple of outings in novice hurdles in May/June of 2013 at Perth and Hexham and he did quite well without looking like winning.

Last season in handicap company, he ran reasonably well at Musselburgh in January over 2m 4f, before showing little over further in 2 subsequent runs. It may see a return to 2 miles, for Hector to recapture winning form in 2013-14.

Season		win	2nd	3rd	4th	other
2011-12	NH Flat	1			1
2012-13	hurdles				2	3
2013-14	hurdles			1		1

Current Season Form

29 Dec 13 Kelso : 2m 6½f handicap hurdle (Class 4 0-115) OR95 soft 9 ran (C Whillans (5)) - 7th

Led to 1st, close up until ridden and weakened 2 out (usual 4 out)

3 Nov 13 Carlisle : 2m 3½f handicap hurdle (Class 4 0-110) OR98 heavy 6 ran (C Whillans (5)) - 3rd beaten 22l

On and off the bridle but in touch, outpaced 3 out and dropped to last, rallied and kept on from 2 out to take 3rd on line

Hector is not overbig, and only ran in snatches today giving Callum a hard ride. He clearly did not enjoy the very testing conditions, but did respond to Callum's urgings to take third near line.