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17:00 Musselburgh

Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Open Hunters' Chase (Class 5)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 7f 170y
  • Going: Good to Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £5,000 added
  • Winner: £2,566
  • 2nd: £1,284
  • 3rd: £642
  • 4th: £321
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 16.18s
  • Off Time: 17:00:27
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Salvatore

2/1

    2
    Silk -

    Shaughnessy

    28/1

      1
      Silk - DARK BLUE, white sash, pink sleeves, white cap

      Ballymoy (IRE)

      25 pt D
      11/2
      • Form FP2-335
      • Age 10
      • Weight 12-6
      • Official Rating 132

      prominent, briefly led before 5th, driven before 4 out where outpaced in 4th, lost touch 2 out, weakened approaching last

      2
      Silk - Light Blue, Dark Blue cross belts, Dark Blue sleeves, Light Blue armlets

      Salvatore

      18 p CD
      2/1
      • Form 13-P472
      • Age 10
      • Weight 12-6
      • Official Rating 124

      led, briefly headed before 5th, pressed for lead 4 out, soon ridden, narrow lead 2 out, 1 length ahead last, stayed on well run-in

      3
      Silk - Orange, white chevron and sleeves, striped cap

      Steely Addition (IRE)

      10 BFD
      6/4
      • Form 11-1212
      • Age 11
      • Weight 12-6
      • Official Rating 120

      held up in rear, ridden before 4 out where moved into 3rd, 2 lengths down 2 out where not fluent, kept on same pace run-in

      4
      Silk - Orange, Brown sash and spots on cap

      Cooking Fat

      17 D
      11/2
      • Form 1F1-2P5
      • Age 12
      • Weight 11-12
      • Official Rating 108

      prominent, dropped to last 6th, outpaced and struggling before 4 out, tailed off before 2 out

      5
      Silk - Dark Blue, White epaulets, chevrons on sleeves, Dark Blue cap, White star

      Shaughnessy

      17
      28/1
      • Form 34P-P44
      • Age 10
      • Weight 11-12
      • Official Rating 78

      midfield, ridden and pressed leader 4 out, narrowly behind 2 out, 1 length down last, kept on run-in but always held

      Previous results

      2022
      Silk -

      Rio Des Echanault (FR)

      5/6
      • Age 8
      • Weight 12-0

      In depth

      Verdict

      Though he failed to land the odds in a point-to-point last month, STEELY ADDITION won at Kelso when last racing under Rules so gets the nod ahead of Ballymoy, who clearly isn’t the force of old. Course winner Salvatore is preferred to Cooking Fat of the others.

      Formwatch

      Ballymoy (IRE) 9-2 (12-6) Prominent, led 3rd, jumped right at times, headed 10th, remained close up, ridden after 4 out, weakened 3 out, 5th of 6, 26l behind Not That Fuisse (12-6) at Wetherby 3m (5) gs in Feb.

      Salvatore 6-4 (11-7) Pushed along 7; hdwy 12; outpcd 14; stayed on 2 out; no ch w wnr, 2nd of 4, 11l behind The Unmentionable (11-7) at Brocklesby Park 3m gd in Feb.

      Steely Addition (IRE) 4-7fav (12-10) Hdwy 11; outpcd aft mist 15; chsd wnr 2 out; wknd flat, 2nd of 8, 8l behind Crossgalesfamegame (12-0) at Askham Bryan College 3m gd in Feb.

      Cooking Fat 5-1 (11-9) (5a) prom til outpcd aft 15, 5th of 6, 13l behind Takethepunishment (12-0) at Friars Haugh 3m gd in Feb.

      Shaughnessy 3-1 (12-0) Prsd ldr 9-12; outpcd 15, 4th of 6, 8l behind Watch Law (12-0) at Friars Haugh 3m gd in Feb.