15:25 Musselburgh

Monday 1 January 2018

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

totepool Happy New Year Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:26 | Winning time: 6m 22.94s

1^st

Smiling Jessica

810-13

9/2

T: R MenziesJ: Grant Cockburn (3)

Tracked leaders, challenged from 4 out, kept on to lead run-in tchd 4/1

2^nd

Misfits

711-12

9/2

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: D R Fox

Prominent, outpaced before 8 out and dropped to rear, headway before 4 out, led 4 out, soon hard pressed, headed run-in, kept on tchd 4/1

3^rd

Dutch Canyon

810-2

4/1

T: N W AlexanderJ: Blair Campbell (5)

Led and keen, not fluent 1st, jumped mainly left throughout, headed 4 out, weakened last op 9/2 tchd 7/2

4^th

Robins Legend

610-10

4/1

T: C GrantJ: B S Hughes

Tracked leader, mistake 6 out, weakened from 4 out op 9/2 tchd 7/2

Also Ran

Apachee Prince

911-12

7/1

T: A C WhillansJ: Kieron Edgar (3)

In rear, blundered and unseated rider 2nd tchd 13/2

Eager To Know

811-2

3/1f

T: Micky HammondJ: Finian O'Toole (5)

In touch, fell 5 out op 10/3 tchd 7/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.40Pl:£3.00, £2.30EX:£23.50Trifecta:£275.30SF:£24.94Swingers:£2.20, £9.00, £3.40

Forecasts

Eager To Know (3/1), Dutch Canyon (4/1), Robins Legend (4/1), Smiling Jessica (9/2), Misfits (9/2), Apachee Prince (7/1)

This finale isn't a strong contest so any traction in the betting behind chase debutant Eager To Know would be worth paying attention to. He was running well over timber in the spring and wouldn't need to improve much for the switch to this discipline in order to get involved. Apachee Prince has been showing some positives over timber recently, though must prove he's as effective negotiating these obstacles. Misfits should be fitter now after a poor show at Kelso on reappearance while a first-time hood may also help. A tentative vote lands with SMILING JESSICA however. She ran her best race (from three) over fences at Southwell and might be able to take a step forward now.

Smiling Jessica
Eager To Know
Apachee Prince

Previous Winners

2017

Rolling Thunder

Weight: 11-11 |Age: 7

J: W T Kennedy | T: D McCain Jnr

5/1

Prize Money

1st: £5,198.002nd: £1,526.003rd: £763.004th: £382.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00