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18:30 Musselburgh

Caledonian Cup Handicap (Class 4)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 6f
  • Going: Good
  • Surface: Turf
  • £18,000 added
  • Winner: £11,205
  • 2nd: £3,355
  • 3rd: £1,678
  • 4th: £839
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 5.98s
  • Off Time: 18:30:35
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Novalina (IRE)

9/4

    2
    Silk -

    High On Light

    9/2

      1(5)
      Silk - Dark Blue, Emerald Green stars, Emerald Green cap, Dark Blue stars

      Second Serve (IRE)

      17 p
      5/1
      • Form 307436
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 80

      behind, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on to take 3rd place inside final furlong

      2(3)
      Silk - Light blue, white epaulets, white sleeves, light blue armlets

      Introductory (IRE)

      16 C
      7/2
      • Form 22411
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 79

      led, headed over 2f out, soon weakened

      3(6)
      Silk - Purple, White cross belts and armlets, quartered cap

      Wholesome (USA)

      17
      12/1
      • Form 2-16404
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 79

      chased leaders in 3rd, weakened over 2f out

      4(2)
      Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue epaulets

      Novalina (IRE)

      22 BF
      9/4
      • Form 6515
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 78

      chased leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on strongly

      5(4)
      Silk - RED, PURPLE sleeves, RED armlets, BLACK cap, YELLOW star

      Space Mountain (USA)

      7
      5/1
      • Form 142128
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 78

      in touch, went 2nd over 2f out until over 1f out, soon weakened

      6(1)
      Silk - Jade Green, Flame hooped sleeves, Black cap

      High On Light

      14 BFC
      9/2
      • Form 361122
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 67

      dwelt, in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon chased winner, no impression

      In depth

      Verdict

      High On Light has only won over shorter trips in Class 6 races so far. Introductory has only beaten small fields here and at Wolverhampton in her last two and is another stepping up in grade but Wholesome may find this a bit easier than recent tests and Novalina is better than she showed last month at Salisbury. Mark Johnston runs two and Joe Fanning has picked SPACE MOUNTAIN ahead of Second Serve. The Sea The Stars gelding was all at sea on soft going at Haydock last week but had looked progressive on quicker surfaces earlier, including when second over this sort of trip at Chelmsford.

      Formwatch

      Second Serve (IRE) 4-1 (9-2) Dwelt, behind, weakened over 2f out, last of 6, 12l behind Nietzsche (8-12) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp (4) gs in Aug.

      Introductory (IRE) 5-6fav (9-4) Made all, clear 1f out, eased towards finish, won at Musselburgh 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in Aug beating Ronaldinho (8-9) by 1 1/2l, 4 ran.

      Wholesome (USA) 25-1 (9-4) Took keen hold, tracking leader, driven to challenge over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 6, 6 3/4l behind Nietzsche (8-12) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp (4) gs in Aug.

      Novalina (IRE) 11-4fav (9-2) Chased leaders, pushed along 4f out, ridden and weakening when hung right 2f out, eased inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 9 3/4l behind Guns of Leros (8-11) at Salisbury 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in Aug.

      Space Mountain (USA) 8-1 (8-9) Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 8, dist behind The Graduate (9-1) at Haydock 1m 6f hcp (2) sft in Sep.

      High On Light 6-4fav (9-9) Held up mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 2f out, went 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Kazoey (8-2) at Redcar 1m 6f hcp (6) gs in Aug.