Racecards
15:00 Musselburgh
Musselburgh Handicap Chase (Class 3)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 2m 7f 170y
- Going: Soft
- Surface: Turf
- £12,200 added
- Winner: £5,882
- 2nd: £2,710
- 3rd: £1,354
- 4th: £678
- Form 3-P2212
- Age 8
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 124
- Trainer K Dalgleish
- Jockey B S Hughes
tracked leader, led 5th, headed 7th, not fluent 12th, led after 14th, headed before 4 out, soon beaten, not fluent 3 out, well held and not fluent 2 out or last
- Form 0P11P-1
- Age 8
- Weight 11-11
- Official Rating 123
- Trainer O Murphy
- Jockey Aidan Coleman
mid-division on outside, not fluent 2nd, slow and lost place 4th, pushed along after 10th, behind 12th, went modest 4th 4 out, mistake last, went 3rd flat, no chance with winner
- Form 12P-258
- Age 9
- Weight 11-9
- Official Rating 121
- Trainer I Jardine
- Jockey C O'Farrell
chased leaders, ridden and beaten after 14th, weakened before 4 out
- Form 3463-61
- Age 11
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 120
- Trainer P D Niven
- Jockey Callum Bewley
held up in rear, closed 5th, went 3rd after 14th, no impression, well held from 4 out, lost 3rd flat
- Form 2-431P0
- Age 8
- Weight 11-7
- Official Rating 119
- Trainer N W Alexander
- Jockey Sean Quinlan
not jump well towards rear, struggling 12th, well behind 14th
- Form P672-15
- Age 9
- Weight 11-1
- Official Rating 113
- Trainer W Coltherd
- Jockey Sam Coltherd
led, not fluent 2nd, headed 5th, led 7th, headed after 14th, led before 4 out, soon in command, well clear 2 out, stayed on
- Form 4653U4
- Age 11
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 112
- Trainer Miss Lucinda V Russell
- Jockey D R Fox
held up towards rear, very modest progress after 14th, no impression, well beaten 4 out
In depth
Verdict
First Account is very consistent over hurdles and has Brian Hughes' assistance again. He'll be thereabouts but EAGLEHILL has now won three out of four over fences and travels a long way for this so Olly Murphy's charge is set to continue his good run. Brian Boranha stays further than this so could get a bit tapped for toe unless there's more rain while Dino Boy, who won the 4m Scottish Borders National just over a year ago, is another better over further. That's A Given ran very poorly on his first start for new connections here last month having won at Newton Abbot in July.
Formwatch
First Account 9-4 (12-0) Tracked leader, travelled strongly and joined leader at 2 out, every chance after final fence, held close home, 2nd of 6, nk behind Well Above Par (11-2) at Carlisle 2m 4f hcp (4) gs in Nov.
Eaglehill (FR) 7-4 (11-2) Pressed leader, mistake 4 out, led narrowly 2 out, ridden and ran on, won at Fakenham 3m hcp (3) gd in Oct beating Lord Schnapps (10-3) by 8l, 3 ran.
Dino Boy (FR) 15-2 (10-11) Prominent, mistake 2nd, hit 3rd and 10th, ridden before 2 out, weakened after 2 out, mistake last, 8th of 13, dist behind Big River (11-9) at Kelso 4m hcp (3) sft in Dec.
Brian Boranha (IRE) 14-1 (11-5) Tracked leaders, travelled strongly and made headway before 3 out, ridden and rallied before 2 out, joined leader at final fence, ran on well to lead close home, always doing enough, won at Catterick 3m 1f hcp (3) gd in Nov beating Mance Rayder (11-6) by 1/2l, 6 ran.
That's A Given (FR) 20-1 (11-12) Towards rear, ridden and weakened 3 out, last of 10, 34 1/4l behind Diamond State (11-0) at Musselburgh 2m 4f hcp (4) gs in Dec.
Pookie Pekan (IRE) 12-1 (11-7) Not always fluent, led until after 1st, prominent in chasing group, mistake 10th, no impression 3 out, no extra and lost 4th last, 5th of 10, 17 3/4l behind Scene Not Herd (11-11) at Newcastle 2m 4f hcp (4) gs in Nov.
Elmono (FR) 22-1 (10-9) Chased leaders, went 2nd after 4th until 6th, went 2nd 11th until before 4 out, no extra 2 out, 4th of 6, 17l behind Gaelik Coast (12-1) at Musselburgh 2m 4f hcp (3) sft in Oct.