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13:15 Musselburgh

Dunbar Maiden Hurdle (Class E)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 4f
  • Going: Good to Firm, Firm in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 53.30s
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Liberman (IRE)

1/7

    2
    Silk -

    Reivers Moon

    8/1

      1
      Silk - ROYAL BLUE, EMERALD GREEN sleeves, WHITE cap, EMERALD GREEN spots

      Liberman (IRE)

      279
      1/7
      • Form 21/121-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-0

      mid-division, not fluent, headway 3 out, soon ridden, led after last, kept on

      2
      Silk - GREY, large YELLOW spots, sleeves and cap

      Peterson's Cay (IRE)

      268
      9/1
      • Form 2/435P4-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-0

      held up, headway halfway to in touch, ridden 3 out, soon one pace and blundered last

      3
      Silk - LIGHT BLUE, RED cross belts, BLACK and RED hooped sleeves, RED cap

      Sulagh Run

      19
      100/1
      • Age 9
      • Weight 11-0

      mid-division, ridden and weakened approaching 7th, soon beaten

      4
      Silk - Emerald Green and Yellow (quartered), Yellow sleeves, Emerald Green armlets and cap

      Lake 'o' Gold

      24
      100/1
      • Form 56
      • Age 4
      • Weight 10-9

      towards rear, ridden after 9th and weakened from 3 out

      5
      Silk - Maroon, Light Blue chevron and sleeves, quartered cap

      Reivers Moon

      15
      8/1
      • Form 6-20333
      • Age 4
      • Weight 10-9

      tracked leader, headway to lead after 9th, ridden next, headed and no extra after last

      6
      Silk - Emerald Green, Pink stars, Emerald Green cap, Pink star

      The Biscuit

      447
      33/1
      • Form 000/2-
      • Age 9
      • Weight 10-9

      led until headed after 9th, soon ridden, blundered 3 out and weakened from next

      In depth

      Verdict

      This is a one-horse race, with potentially top-class Liberman surely only having to jump round to collect, with Reivers Moon possibly the one to chase him home. Successful in two of his three bumpers in Ireland before moving to Martin Pipe, Liberman created an immediate impression when chasing home Rhinestone Cowboy at Cheltenham last November. He was then put away and did not appear again until lining up in the Festival Bumper in March, and it was certainly worth the wait, as he disposed of some very useful rivals in the manner of a class animal. Liberman has schooled like a natural over timber and should have made his seasonal reappearance at Cheltenham at the weekend, but instead travels up for easy pickings on this better ground. It is interesting that Pipe starts him off over two and a half miles, so we can assume that the Sun Alliance Hurdle, rather than the Supreme Novices' is the ultimate target, although who knows, he may turn out to be good enough to line up in the Champion Hurdle itself if showing enough speed. Today should be little more than a run-out then, with Reivers Moon, who has been placed behind useful opponents on his last two outings at Kelso, best of the rest.