Racecards
15:00 Musselburgh
Saltire Festival Handicap Chase (Class 4)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 1m 7f 182y
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £12,000 added
- Winner: £6,888
- 2nd: £2,022
- 3rd: £1,011
- 4th: £506
- Form 5F345-5
- Age 5
- Weight 12-1
- Official Rating 117
- Trainer K Dalgleish
- Jockey B S Hughes
prominent, effort 3 out, kept on same pace after next
- Form 4P-3122
- Age 12
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 114
- Trainer J Ewart
- Jockey Steven Fox
led, mistakes, challenged 3 out, headed after next, kept on same pace
- Form 130-677
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 114
- Trainer B Ellison
- Jockey Sean Quinlan
behind, under pressure 4 out, mistake 2 out, soon weakened
- Form 36-7843
- Age 10
- Weight 11-10
- Official Rating 112
- Trainer James Moffatt
- Jockey Henry Brooke
held up, headway 5 out, no impression
- Form 43-5631
- Age 5
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 110
- Trainer Tim Vaughan
- Jockey Alan Johns
in touch, switched left and headway before 3 out, led after next, drew clear flat, easily
- Form 662442
- Age 9
- Weight 10-11
- Official Rating 99
- Trainer W Young Jnr
- Jockey S Mulqueen
tracked leaders, every chance 3 out, weakened next
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Good ground suits Civil Unrest but he was only fourth in this last year when 3lb lower, though did finish ahead of favourite Monsieur Co at Kelso earlier this month. Nicolas Chauvin has tumbled down the weights but he remains out of sorts, as does Contre Tous. CAP ST VINCENT stayed on strongly to beat a previous winner at Ludlow. He’s gone up 8lb for that but is having only a third run over fences this afternoon and can find the necessary improvement to score again. Cool Valley would have every chance on these terms but is 0-10 under Rules.
Formwatch
Monsieur Co (FR) 6-4fav (11-12) Tracked clear leader, close up 7th, lost place 3 out, soon ridden, weakened from next, 5th of 6, 30 3/4l behind Alizee De Janeiro (11-0) at Kelso 2m 1f hcp (4) gd in Nov.
Civil Unrest (IRE) 5-1 (11-5) Led, clear to 7th, driven after 2 out, 1 length advantage last, ridden flat, kept on until headed and no extra towards finish, 2nd of 6, 1 3/4l behind Alizee De Janeiro (11-0) at Kelso 2m 1f hcp (4) gd in Nov.
Contre Tous (FR) 14-1 (11-12) Held up in mid-division, no impression from 2 out, 7th of 9, at Hereford 2m hcp (4) gd in Nov.
Nicolas Chauvin (IRE) 17-2 (11-7) Held up in rear, not fluent 6th, went 3rd 10th, 2nd 3 out until 2 out, weakened, 3rd of 5, 24l behind Oak Vintage (11-9) at Sedgefield 2m 3f hcp (4) gf in Oct.
Cap St Vincent (FR) 9-2 (11-11) Off the pace in 6th, steady headway after 8th, 3rd after next, 2nd before 4 out, led and blundered next, soon ridden, clear before last, kept on well, won at Ludlow 2m hcp (4) gd in Nov beating Centreofexcellence (10-10) by 8l, 9 ran.
Cool Valley (IRE) 14-1 (11-7) Held up in touch, headway after 5 out, pressed leader after next, led after 2 out, ridden and headed flat, readily outpaced by winner closing stages, 2nd of 7, 4l behind Troubled Soul (11-9) at Kelso 2m 6f hcp (4) gd in Nov.