16:20 Musselburgh

Sunday 18 February 2024

All13:4514:1514:4515:2015:5016:2016:50

Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:21 | Winning time: 5m 34.40s

1^st

Coolkill

1011-11

7/2f

T: A M ThomsonJ: Ryan Mania

Chased leader, led 4 out, stayed on well, ridden out op 4/1

2^nd

Limerick Leader

712-0

9/2

T: R DobbinJ: Craig Nichol

Held up in mid-division, closed 6th, chased winner 3 out, ridden 2 out, held flat, kept on op 11/2

3^rd

Halfway House Lad

510-3

10/1

T: M A BarnesJ: Conor Rabbitt (5)

Held up rear of mid-division, closed after 3rd, not fluent 4 out, went 3rd 3 out, kept on, no impression on winner op 15/2

4^th

7 ½

Claret Dabbler

1011-3

40/1

T: H Graham & G RutherfordJ: Bruce Lynn (3)

Led until 4 out, no extra 2 out

Also Ran

Ex S'elance

1011-6

22/1

T: V ThompsonJ: C P O'Shea (7)

Chased leaders, lost place after 3rd, well beaten before 4 out, pulled up before last op 18/1

Budarri

1110-13

11/2

T: W ColtherdJ: Sam Coltherd

Chased leaders, outpaced before 4 out, weakened 3 out, pulled up before last op 9/2 tchd 4/1

Divas Doyen

710-12

6/1

T: Miss S E ForsterJ: P W Wadge (3)

Held up in rear, not fluent 9th, headway before 4 out, no extra 3 out, pulled up before last op 11/2

Izzy's Champion

1010-11

10/1

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: D R Fox

Held up in rear, not fluent 5th, behind when not fluent 8th, pulled up before 4 out op 11/1

Blazing Hartingo

610-2

4/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: B S Hughes

Chased leaders on outside, jumped left and often slowly, lost place and reminder 2nd, behind when pulled up before 10th tchd 9/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.50Pl:£1.80, £1.90, £3.50EX:£21.90Trifecta:£154.20Tricast:£142.45SF:£20.15Swingers:£3.90, £8.50, £9.60

Forecasts

Coolkill (7/2), Blazing Hartingo (4/1), Limerick Leader (9/2), Budarri (11/2), Divas Doyen (6/1), Halfway House Lad (10/1), Izzy's Champion (10/1), Ex S'elance (22/1), Claret Dabbler (40/1)

BUDARRI isn't the most consistent but he ran well from out of the weights when second at this course last time and, if he can back that up, he could go one better returned to his ideal distance. Divas Doyen and Ex S'elance also arrive in form and are feared.

BUDARRI
DIVAS DOYEN (IRE)
EX S'ELANCE (FR)

Previous Winners

2023

Budarri

Weight: 10-5 |Age: 10

J: Danny McMenamin | T: W Coltherd

10/3

Prize Money

1st: £3,697.002nd: £1,701.003rd: £850.004th: £426.005th: £212.00