12:30 Musselburgh

Thursday 30 November 2017

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Border Safeguard Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 12:30 | Winning time: 5m 55.10s

1^st

Court Baloo

610-4

3/1

T: A C WhillansJ: Henry Brooke

Close up, ridden to challenge approaching last, led flat, ran on

2^nd

The Wise One

612-0

4/1f

T: J EwartJ: Steven Fox (5)

In touch, blundered 7th, headway 3 out, led approaching next, ridden and headed flat tchd 5/2

3^rd

2 ½

Professor Plum

712-0

5/1

T: R DobbinJ: Craig Nichol

Tracked leaders, led approaching 3 out, headed next, every chance when hilt last, kept on one pace op 13/2 tchd 8/1

4^th

Minnie Milan

811-12

9/2

T: B ButterworthJ: Sean Quinlan

Tracked leader until approaching 3 out, weakened last op 9/1

5^th

3 ½

Son Of Feyan

610-1

20/1

T: Mrs L B NormileJ: A Nicol

Held up, weakened 4 out op 14/1 tchd 7/1

6^th

Oh So Gigolo

710-10

7/1

T: A B HamiltonJ: Ross Chapman (5)

Led, clear 3rd, reduced lead 7th, hit 4 out, headed approaching next, weakened 2 out op 28/1 tchd 25/1

Also Ran

Chicago Outfit

1211-3

10/1

T: L KerrJ: W T Kennedy

Held up, outpaced 7th, pulled up after next op 14/1

Border Victor

511-0

10/1

T: F P MurtaghJ: B S Hughes

In rear, headway 9th, weakened 4 out, pulled up next op 7/1 tchd 6/1

My Brown Eyed Girl

410-0

33/1

T: S CorbettJ: James Corbett (5)

In rear, hit 2nd, behind 10th, pulled up soon after 4 out tchd 80/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.00Pl:£1.30, £1.60, £1.60EX:£12.10Trifecta:£28.10Tricast:£35.81SF:£10.08Swingers:£2.10, £1.70, £2.70

Forecasts

Court Baloo (3/1), The Wise One (4/1), Minnie Milan (9/2), Professor Plum (5/1), Oh So Gigolo (7/1), Border Victor (10/1), Chicago Outfit (10/1), Son Of Feyan (20/1), My Brown Eyed Girl (33/1)

The first of two divisions of the staying handicap hurdle, and for this one, it may pay to look at the class-droppers towards the top of the handicap. MINNIE MILAN might be the one able to take advantage of the handicapper's generosity in dropping her another 5lb and she didn't run quite as badly as her form suggested last time. This is undoubtedly easier and she can bounce back. The Wise One probably needed his comeback effort to blow the cobwebs away, and may prove to be the main danger. Court Baloo isn't the quickest but he is at least likely to run his race, and can take third.