13:40 Musselburgh

Monday 1 January 2018

All12:3013:0513:4014:1514:5015:25

totequadpot 'Auld Reekie' Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 5m 5.74s

1^st

Knockgraffon

811-8

7/2

T: O MurphyJ: B S Hughes

In rear, headway to go 3rd before 4 out, ridden to lead last, edged right run-in, driven out op 5/2

2^nd

1 ¼

Upsilon Bleu

1011-9

4/1

T: Miss P RobsonJ: Craig Nichol

In touch, headway before 4 out, led 3 out, headed last, kept on tchd 10/3

3^rd

3 ¾

Indian Temple

911-0

10/3

T: T ReedJ: Harry Reed (7)

Led to 8th, tracked leader, led again before 4 out, headed 3 out, one pace op 4/1 tchd 7/2 and tchd 9/2

4^th

King's Wharf

911-2

18/1

T: A M ThomsonJ: D R Fox

Held up in rear, mistake 8 out, headway 4 out, one pace op 14/1

5^th

Mr Boss Man

1010-4

8/1

T: N SlevinJ: W T Kennedy

Tracked leader, led 8th, headed before 4 out, soon weakened op 11/1

Also Ran

Max Ward

911-12

5/2f

T: T R GeorgeJ: Adrian Heskin

Tracked leaders, pushed along and weakened before 4 out, soon pulled up op 3/1 tchd 7/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.60Pl:£2.00, £2.10EX:£19.80Trifecta:£67.70SF:£17.16Swingers:£2.70, £2.70, £1.70

Forecasts

Max Ward (5/2), Indian Temple (10/3), Knockgraffon (7/2), Upsilon Bleu (4/1), Mr Boss Man (8/1), King's Wharf (18/1)

Just the six lining up for the 'Auld Reekie' this time around and last year's runner-up Upsilon Bleu will have leading claims of going one better. He won next time out off this rating and his two runs back from a break have been rock solid. He might play second fiddle once again however with MAX WARD favoured to collect. He ended last season with a pleasing run in an Aintree Grade 1 for novices' and should be all the better now having had a run at Ascot to sharpen him up. This longer trip also looks likely to suit. Indian Temple knows how to win around here and improved again last season, ensuring he's respected along with Knockgraffon, who shaped well for a long way on his reappearance at Cheltenham.

Max Ward
Upsilon Bleu
Indian Temple

Previous Winners

2017

Cold March

Weight: 11-11 |Age: 7

J: L Treadwell | T: Miss V Williams

6/1

Prize Money

1st: £19,494.002nd: £5,724.003rd: £2,862.004th: £1,431.00