racingtv.com Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 3m 46.75s

Monsieur Co^p,t³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: B S Hughes| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 121| CD

13/8

C&D winner in December (good) off a 7lb lower mark; has won again since then in a game manner at Kelso (2m1f, good); still feasibly treated off a mark of 121 based upon his back form for Paul Nicholls.

Form: 5-53151

Civil Unrest^b⁸⁰

Age: 13| Weight: 11-2| J: Steven Fox⁽⁵⁾| T: J Ewart| OR: 111| CD

12/1

Veteran who is well suited by the flat nature of this course (multiple winner here over hurdles and fences); has 15L to make up on today's rival Monsieur Co based upon their December C&D clash.

Form: 122234

Boy's On Tour²¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: S Mulqueen⁽³⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 110

13/2

Front-runner who is relatively lightly-raced over fences (2-6); absent since scoring for the second time over 2m4f at Perth (good) in July; will bid to make all from a 9lb higher mark.

Form: 426-171

Contre Tous^p,t¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Danny Cook| T: B Ellison| OR: 107| D

3/1

Not fluent and finished a tailed-off last of six (behind both Civil Unrest and Monsieur Co) on his last start over fences here in November; not revitalised by a switch to hurdles, although is dropping down the handicap at a rate of knots.

Form: 677667

John Williams^p¹^{(ex 7)}

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: Rachel McDonald⁽⁵⁾| T: A M Thomson| OR: 102| CD

7/2

Always a force to be reckoned with on a sound surface at Musselburgh (2m-2m4f); forced to dig very deep to take the opener here yesterday; almost certain to run his usual rock-solid race if turned out quickly.

Form: 735121

Forecasts

Monsieur Co (13/8), Contre Tous (3/1), John Williams (7/2), Boy's On Tour (13/2), Civil Unrest (12/1)

JOHN WILLIAMS is always a force to be reckoned with at Musselburgh (a four-time winner at this track). Despite shouldering a penalty (on top of his initial declared racing weight of 10st 7lb) for his gritty odds-on win here yesterday, he can make the most of the chunk of weight that he receives from the Keith Dalgleish-trained Monsieur Co. Of the remainder Boy's On Tour is noteworthy with Perth (in April) beginning to loom on the horizon.