15:10 Musselburgh

Saturday 6 February 2021

All12:5713:2914:0514:4015:1015:4516:19

bet365 Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 3m 51.60s

1^st

Breguet Boy

411-4

6/1

T: K DalgleishJ: Craig Nichol

Chased leaders, went 2nd 3rd, not fluent 5th, mistake 2 out, challenged last, led flat, drew clear, stayed on op 9/2

2^nd

3 ½

Sword Of Fate

810-9

50/1

T: L KerrJ: Ryan Mania

Prominent, hampered and left in lead 2nd, ridden 3 out, joined last, headed flat, no impression towards finish tchd 66/1

3^rd

3 ¾

Diamond State

511-1

25/1

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: D R Fox

Held up in rear, hampered 5th, headway 2 out, stayed on, went 3rd towards finish op 22/1

4^th

1 ¼

Three Castles

511-12

12/1

T: K DalgleishJ: B S Hughes

Held up in mid-division, headway approaching 3 out, not fluent 3 out, stayed on same pace, lost 3rd towards finish op 10/1

5^th

Honda Fifty

711-3

17/2

T: D W WhillansJ: Blair Campbell (3)

Towards rear, hampered 5th, headway approaching 3 out, no impression, 4th briefly 2 out op 8/1 tchd 7/1

6^th

2 ¼

Be The Difference

510-7

8/1

T: P A KirbyJ: Thomas Dowson

Held up in rear, nudged along when hampered 5th, some headway 2 out, never near leaders op 13/2

7^th

7 ½

Sarvi

611-1

14/1

T: J S GoldieJ: Harry Reed

Chased leaders, lost place approaching 4th, well beaten when mistake 3 out tchd 12/1

8^th

1 ¼

Smart Lass

611-4

22/1

T: I JardineJ: C O'Farrell

Chased leaders, hampered 2nd, not fluent 3 out, no extra before 2 out tchd 25/1

9^th

3 ½

Jorgie

411-2

22/1

T: J S GoldieJ: Theo Gillard (7)

Towards rear, hampered 5th, not fluent 4 out, no impression op 16/1

10^th

Spark Of Madness

511-8

20/1

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: S Mulqueen (3)

Held up in mid-division, not fluent 1st or 4 out, weakened before 3 out op 16/1

11^th

6 ½

Treshnish

811-8

33/1

T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: Sam Coltherd (3)

Prominent, mistake 1st, lost place after 4 out, weakened before 3 out op 22/1

Also Ran

Hereia

511-11

7/2

T: N P MulhollandJ: K Brogan (5)

Led, jumped left 1st, jumped left, stumbled and unseated rider next op 7/1

Balranald

510-12

5/2f

T: K DalgleishJ: Callum Bewley

Held up in mid-division, fell 5th op 10/3

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Non-Runners

Conundrum⁵⁸

Weight: 10-3| Age: 5

T: O Greenall & J Guerriero J: Ross Turner

Chosen Flame²⁹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 9

T: R Dobbin J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.80Pl:£1.90, £10.60, £8.00EX:£249.20Trifecta:£2,751.00Tricast:£6,872.31SF:£286.72Swingers:£51.80, £37.30, £90.60

Forecasts

Balranald (5/2), Hereia (7/2), Breguet Boy (6/1), Be The Difference (8/1), Honda Fifty (17/2), Three Castles (12/1), Sarvi (14/1), Conundrum (16/1), Spark Of Madness (20/1), Chosen Flame (20/1), Smart Lass (22/1), Jorgie (22/1), Diamond State (25/1), Treshnish (33/1), Sword Of Fate (50/1)

A few with chances but BALRANALD posted an excellent third here last month on only his second run for Keith Dalgleish and can race off the same mark so gets the verdict. Be The Difference was an eye-catcher when third at Fakenham last time so is feared most with handicap-debutant Honda Fifty another likely to step forward and well worth a second look.

BALRANALD (FR)
BE THE DIFFERENCE (IRE)
HONDA FIFTY (IRE)

Previous Winners

2020

Bathsheba Bay

Weight: 11-11 |Age: 5

J: Bryony Frost | T: P F Nicholls

6/1

Prize Money

1st: £4,265.002nd: £1,252.003rd: £626.004th: £350.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00