14:07 Musselburgh

Wednesday 2 November 2022

All13:0713:3714:0714:3715:0715:3716:07

Thistle Systems Autocask Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 4m 3.30s

1^st

General Officer

511-4

6/5f

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

Made all, clear when awkward 3 out, went further clear before next, stayed on strongly, unchallenged op 11/8 tchd 6/4

2^nd

Telhimlisten

611-4

18/1

T: J CandlishJ: Sean Quinlan

Towards rear, struggling 4 out, plugging in in moderate 4th when mistake 2 out, went 2nd run-in, no chance with winner op 12/1

3^rd

2 ¼

My Macho Man

511-4

50/1

T: M A BarnesJ: S Mulqueen

Held up off the pace towards rear, steady headway on inside before 3 out, went 3rd before 2 out, went 2nd after 2 out, soon ridden and no chance with winner, weakened into 3rd run-in op 40/1

4^th

Harel Du Marais

511-4

5/2

T: S R B CrawfordJ: James Bowen

Tracked leading pair, went 2nd at 3rd, ridden along and no impression before 2 out, lost 2nd soon after 2 out, mistake and lost 3rd at the last, weakened op 2/1

5^th

Sanosuke

411-4

4/1

T: N W AlexanderJ: Danny McMenamin

Chased winner until 3rd, chased leaders, ridden and weakened before 2 out op 10/3 tchd 3/1

6^th

Big Arthur

511-4

200/1

T: H Graham & G RutherfordJ: Edward Austin (5)

Raced out wide chasing leaders, pushed along in 4th after 4 out, weakened before next

Also Ran

Glasses Up

711-4

6/1

T: R M SmithJ: D R Fox

Never fluent in last pair, tailed off 4 out, pulled up soon after op 10/1

Into The Fire

411-4

66/1

T: Paul RobsonJ: Callum Bewley

Hit 1st, raced keenly in mid-division on inside, weakening when stumbled on landing after 4 out, eased and pulled up soon after op 33/1 tchd 80/1

Twenty's Plenty

411-4

250/1

T: J WaltonJ: C O'Farrell

Raced keenly in mid-division, pushed along and struggling in last pair, after 4 out, tailed off and pulled up soon after op 150/1 tchd 300/1

Civil Justice Gone

410-11

250/1

T: F P MurtaghJ: Alan Doyle (5)

Last pair, tailing off when mistake 5th, pulled up before next op 150/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.20Pl:£1.10, £3.80, £5.80EX:£20.20Trifecta:£403.70SF:£25.53Swingers:£4.90, £12.50, £54.00

Forecasts

General Officer (6/5), Harel Du Marais (5/2), Sanosuke (4/1), Glasses Up (6/1), Telhimlisten (18/1), My Macho Man (50/1), Into The Fire (66/1), Big Arthur (200/1), Twenty's Plenty (250/1), Civil Justice Gone (250/1)

With only a handful of these making any serious appeal, this looks a golden opportunity for Irish-raider HAREL DU MARAIS to open his account. Stuart Crawford's charge remains open to improvement and he's likely to take some stopping. Second choice is General Officer, who showed plenty to work on in a bumper at Carlisle just under 3 weeks ago and he should make his presence felt on hurdling debut. Sanosuke can fill out third spot.