14:25 Musselburgh

Monday 25 November 2019

All12:4513:2013:5514:2515:0015:30

Saltire Festival Handicap Chase

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   1m 7f 182y  |   Good to Soft (Good in places)  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:25  |   Winning time: 3m 58.00s
1st
Horse silk
1
Cracking Destiny
611-12
13/2
T: A C WhillansJ: Callum Bewley
Tracked leaders, led approaching 4 out, clear 2 out, ran on op 5/1
2nd
Horse silk
10
4
Sporting Press
611-10
7/4f
T: K DalgleishJ: Danny McMenamin (5)
Held up, headway and close up 4th, ridden to chase clear winner 3 out, no impression op 15/8 tchd 6/4
3rd
Horse silk
16
8
Felix Mendelssohn
810-10
20/1
T: W ColtherdJ: Sam Coltherd (3)
Tracked leader, led 5th, ridden and headed 4 out, plugged on tchd 22/1
4th
Horse silk
5
5
Lucky Robin
711-9
5/2
T: B EllisonJ: B S Hughes
Led, headed 5th, tracked leader, not fluent 5 out, ridden next, weakened 2 out op 3/1
5th
Horse silk
2 ¼
6
Our Lucas
711-5
10/1
T: D BourkeJ: Ross Chapman
Close up, dropped to rear 4th, not fluent 6th, outpaced next op 12/1 tchd 14/1
6th
Horse silk
1 ¼
7
Go West Young Man
1111-4
12/1
T: Laura MorganJ: R D Day
In touch, ridden and weakened 4 out op 11/1
7th
Horse silk
nk
2
Sword Of Fate
611-12
28/1
T: L KerrJ: D R Fox
In touch, dropped to rear 4th, outpaced 7th op 20/1
8th
Horse silk
2 ¼
3
Honourable Gent
1111-12
15/2
T: R DobbinJ: Craig Nichol
Tracked leaders, pushed along when not fluent 5 out, ridden next, weakened 2 out op 8/1 tchd 9/1
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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.80Pl:£2.20, £1.10, £4.40EX:£28.00Trifecta:£268.40Tricast:£217.34SF:£19.35Swingers:£1.10, £12.30, £8.50

Forecasts

Sporting Press (7/4), Lucky Robin (5/2), Cracking Destiny (13/2), Honourable Gent (15/2), Our Lucas (10/1), Go West Young Man (12/1), Felix Mendelssohn (20/1), Sword Of Fate (28/1)

Verdict

It's noteworthy that Alistair Whillans saw fit to spend £35,000 on Cracking Destiny, while it's impossible to knock the fine fences strike-rate (5-12) of the Rose Dobbin-trained Honourable Gent. However, assuming that the ground conditions don't deteriorate further (beyond good to soft) a confident shout goes up for the five-timer seeking LUCKY ROBIN. Brian Ellison's seven-year-old has been given a short break since winning at Perth in September, and a subsequent 5lb weights rise looks lenient with that form franked since at Carlisle by the third-placed horse Le Frank.
  1. Lucky Robin
  2. Cracking Destiny
  3. Honourable Gent

Previous Winners

2018
Cap St Vincent
Weight: 11-8  |Age: 5
J: Alan Johns  |  T: Tim Vaughan
6/5

Prize Money

1st: £5,588.002nd: £1,641.003rd: £820.004th: £410.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00

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