16:19 Musselburgh

Saturday 6 February 2021

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bet365 Scottish Foxhunter Open Hunters' Chase

Off time: 16:19 | Winning time: 7m 23.1s

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Alcala^t³³⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 11-10| J: Angus Cheleda⁽⁷⁾| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 139

1/1

Smart chaser when at his peak and showed he retains plenty of his spark in this discipline last season. Underperformed in the Foxhunter at Cheltenham when last seen but still looks the one to beat.

Form: 26/F129-

Clondaw Westie^b1,t⁹⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-10| J: Bryan Carver⁽³⁾| T: Mrs L Hill| OR: 125| BF

18/1

Landed Ffos Las hunter chase on final Rules start in March, but was pulled up in a point in November so bounce back required if he's to make a serious impact.

Form: P/4U21-P

Federici^p⁶³

Age: 12| Weight: 11-10| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 127

13/2

Cashed in on a reduced mark at Cartmel in July and resumed winning ways at Carlisle in October. Pulled up at Aintree since but player if back on his game switched to this sphere.

Form: 5-1301P

Greensalt^t³⁴²

Age: 13| Weight: 11-4| J: Nathan Moscrop⁽³⁾| T: W Easterby| OR: 107| BF

80/1

Landed a hunter back in May 2019 but likely not the force of old now, and he was pulled up in a point when last seen in March.

Form: 7/1P42P-

Afterclass^p³³⁵

Age: 13| Weight: 11-2| J: D R Fox| T: Miss L Walsh| OR: 69

200/1

Multiple point winner, last of 3 latest (Mar 2020). Rules form doesn't amount to anything, though.

Form: 5UUP13-

Dark Mahler¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-2| J: Lorcan Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: Mrs F Brewer| OR: 100

66/1

Prolific pointer but only sixth in hunter at Ludlow returning to Rules 16 days ago. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 12252-6

Point The Way³³⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 11-2| J: Billy Garritty⁽³⁾| T: Mrs F Brewer| OR: 110

33/1

Fairly useful hurdler and fair chaser for Brian Ellison earlier in his career. Made frame all 4 starts in points, last of 3 finishers latest (Mar 2020).

Form: 34U/243-

Royal Chant^t1⁵⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: Harry Bannister| T: Mrs C Coward

125/1

£5,800 5-y-o, Royal Anthem gelding. Dam, unraced, half-sister to useful chaser (stayed 29f) Organisedconfusion. Wears tongue strap. Multiple point winner, unplaced last time (Dec 13).

Form: 3/1244-5

Salvatore⁵⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Alex Edwards⁽³⁾| T: Mrs M Rowley

7/4

Unlucky not to finish closer when third at Cheltenham in a hunter on Rules debut back in 2019. Prolific point winner, including last time (Dec 12), so big player returning to this sphere.

Form: 31311-1

Senor Lombardy⁵⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Craig Nichol| T: B Harding| OR: 113

12/1

Fairly useful hurdler/chaser who has won both starts in points (latest success coming in December), so strikes as an interesting hunter debutant.

Form: 866P6-1

Settledoutofcourt^p1,t1³²⁹

Age: 15| Weight: 11-2| J: S Mulqueen⁽³⁾| T: Miss A McClung| OR: 95

100/1

Fair form under Rules and, while off the mark in points at eleventh attempt last time (Mar 2020), it's hard to imagine he'll be up to competing in this.

Form: 326/521-

Show And Go^p³²⁶

Age: 12| Weight: 11-2| J: Callum Bewley| T: Miss C Crane| OR: 100

200/1

Won twice over fences for Henry de Bromhead but didn't really fire last season. Up against it on hunter debut for a new stable.

Form: 4845P4-

West Torr^p³⁴²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-2| J: Tom Midgley⁽⁷⁾| T: A Barker| OR: 102

125/1

Fair hurdler/chaser for Nigel Twiston-Davies. Not seen for over 2 years under Rules and still a maiden between the flags.

Form: 3P/PP33-

Non-Runners

Thyne For Gold⁶²

Weight: 11-2| Age: 10

T: R A Owen J: W T Kennedy

Forecasts

Alcala (1/1), Salvatore (7/4), Federici (13/2), Senor Lombardy (12/1), Clondaw Westie (18/1), Point The Way (33/1), Thyne For Gold (50/1), Dark Mahler (66/1), Greensalt (80/1), Settledoutofcourt (100/1), Royal Chant (125/1), West Torr (125/1), Afterclass (200/1), Show And Go (200/1)

ALCALA is the class act in the field and takes marginal preference over Salvatore, a prolific pointer whose sole Rules outing was highly encouraging. Most of the others have something to find, but Senor Lombardy has been in excellent form between the flags, so a solid showing is expected from him.