12:55 Musselburgh

Saturday 4 February 2017

All12:2512:5513:3014:0514:4015:1515:4516:20

bet365 Handicap Chase

Off time: 12:55 | Winning time: 6m 1.10s

1^st

Ballythomas

1010-7

10/1

T: D ThompsonJ: Henry Brooke

Always prominent, led approaching 3rd, 10 lengths clear 11th, mistake 3 out, stayed on well op 12/1 tchd 14/1

2^nd

Chain Of Beacons

811-12

3/1f

T: A M ThomsonJ: D R Fox

Keen in mid-division, headway 11th, chased winner 4 out, jumped left next, kept on same pace approaching last op 11/4 tchd 10/3

3^rd

Bridge End

911-11

8/1

T: I R FergusonJ: Mr N McParlan (3)

Led until approaching 3rd, chased leaders, ridden 4 out, never able to challenge op 10/1 tchd 11/1

4^th

1 ½

Shine A Diamond

910-5

17/2

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: S Mulqueen (5)

Held up in rear, headway 12th, chased leaders 5 out, kept on well from 2 out, never a threat op 15/2

5^th

My Idea

1111-2

12/1

T: M A BarnesJ: Daragh Bourke (5)

Chased leaders, weakened 4 out, tailed off, modest 5th tchd 11/1

6^th

Landmarque

811-13

4/1

T: J EwartJ: Steven Fox (5)

Tracked leaders early, soon held up in mid-division, weakened 10th, tailed off op 7/2

Also Ran

Oscar Lateen

911-5

33/1

T: V ThompsonJ: Mr D Delahunt (7)

Detached in rear, slow 3rd, weakened 5 out, behind when pulled up after next

Runswick Days

1011-4

5/1

T: G BewleyJ: B S Hughes

Held up in touch, lost place 12th, behind when pulled up after 4 out op 6/1

Captains Horse

510-10

12/1

T: N J HawkeJ: C Gethings (5)

Prominent, jumped left throughout, not fluent 11th, weakened next, pulled up 5 out op 11/1 tchd 14/1

Top Cat Dj

910-0

9/1

T: C GrantJ: S A Shortall (3)

Mid-division, lost place 6th, behind when pulled up before 3 out op 10/1 tchd 12/1

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Non-Runners

Doubledisdoubledat⁵²

Weight: 11-10| Age: 10

T: W Coltherd J: Sam Coltherd

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£10.30Pl:£3.30, £1.60, £2.70EX:£58.00Trifecta:£776.70Tricast:£262.51SF:£43.10Swingers:£33.50, £19.70, £7.00

Forecasts

Chain Of Beacons (3/1), Landmarque (4/1), Runswick Days (5/1), Doubledisdoubledat (6/1), Bridge End (8/1), Shine A Diamond (17/2), Top Cat Dj (9/1), Ballythomas (10/1), My Idea (12/1), Captains Horse (12/1), Oscar Lateen (33/1)

A rather trappy affair with question marks surrounding most of the protagonists. Should the introduction of blinkers have a galvanising effect on LANDMARQUE, James Ewart's charge looks well-equipped to defy top-weight on the evidence of his recent effort over C&D where he would have gone close but for costly mistake. Should Chains of Beacon's stamina hold out, he looks sure to be thereabouts whilst Doubledisdoubledat has improvement in him too and looks feasibly-treated. 1. Landmarque 2. Doubledisdoubledat 3. Chain Of Beacons

Prize Money

1st: £3,249.002nd: £954.003rd: £477.004th: £238.00