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13:40 Musselburgh

Numbers Are Up At Scottish Racing Novices' Chase (Class E )

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 3m
  • Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 9.00s
  • 8 Ran
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1
Silk -

Harrovian

9/4

    2
    Silk -

    Mr Auchterlonie (IRE)

    7/4

      3
      Silk -

      Speed Kris (FR)

      8/1

        1
        Silk - Maroon, Yellow sash, Yellow sleeves, Maroon armlets, Yellow cap

        Another Chance

        20
        9/2
        • Form 6356-3F
        • Age 10
        • Weight 11-5
        • Official Rating 99

        prominent, mistake 4th, lost place 7th, tailed off when pulled up before last

        2
        Silk - Emerald Green, Yellow star, Emerald Green sleeves, White armlets and cap

        Dark Shadows

        420
        14/1
        • Form 2/26342-
        • Age 10
        • Weight 11-5

        tracked leaders, led 9th until headed approaching 11th, ridden and weakened 5f out, pulled up before next

        3
        Silk - Black, Lilac cap

        Harrovian

        33
        9/4
        • Form 54/3-120
        • Age 8
        • Weight 11-5

        held up, headway 9th, led approaching 4f out, clear approaching last

        4
        Silk - BLACK, RED and WHITE striped sleeves, hooped cap

        Lambrini Mist

        34
        16/1
        • Form 00/P11-0
        • Age 7
        • Weight 11-5

        led to 9th, every chance 4f out, soon outpaced

        5
        Silk - BEIGE, BROWN hooped sleeves, ORANGE cap

        Mr Auchterlonie (IRE)

        26
        7/4
        • Form 500-002
        • Age 8
        • Weight 11-5
        • Official Rating 102

        held up in touch, headway and every chance 4f out, soon outpaced

        6
        Silk - Royal Blue and White check, Red sleeves and cap

        Speed Kris (FR)

        26 v
        8/1
        • Form 00P053
        • Age 6
        • Weight 11-5
        • Official Rating 89

        held up towards rear, badly outpaced 10th, ridden approaching 4f out, kept on and no impression from next

        7
        Silk - Yellow, Maroon cross belts and armlets

        Suggest

        59
        40/1
        • Form 6P505P
        • Age 10
        • Weight 11-5
        • Official Rating 81

        with leader, weakened 11th, landed and unseated rider 13th

        8
        Silk - Maroon, Yellow diamonds on sleeves, Yellow cap

        Three Spires

        20
        66/1
        • Form 3PP44P
        • Age 10
        • Weight 11-5
        • Official Rating 69

        in touch, mistake 8th, led approaching 11th, headed approaching 4f out, weakened approaching 2f out

        In depth

        Verdict

        Mr Auchterlonie showed enough on his chasing debut here over 2m4f last month to suggest that he can win this and is taken to do so at the main expense of Harrovian and Speed Kris. The selection failed to win over hurdles but was always more likely to do better once switched to the larger obstacles and did not disappoint on his chasing debut, finding Why The Big Paws just a short head to good. Malcolm Jefferson's Another Chance has plenty of experience over fences but is becoming expensive to follow and of more interest may be Pauline Robson's Harrovian, who goes straight over fences after just one effort over timber previously this season. Dark Shadows is going chasing rather late in his career at the age of 10 and a bigger threat may come from Speed Kris, who represents the in-form stable of Sue Bradburne but is held by the selection on running here last time. In summary, this is not a particularly strong contest and Mr Auchterlonie should only need to reproduce his last time out form to win.