13:10 Musselburgh

Wednesday 1 January 2025

All12:3513:1013:4514:2014:5515:30

Virgin Bet Daily Price Boosts Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:33 | Winning time: 5m 36.06s

1^st

Okavango Delta

912-0

11/4

T: Paul RobsonJ: Craig Nichol

In touch, good headway into contention 5 out, pushed along 4 out, led 2 out, good jump last, kept on strongly flat tchd 5/2

2^nd

6 ½

Divas Doyen

810-13

6/1

T: Miss S E ForsterJ: P W Wadge

Prominent, led narrowly 4 out, soon chased along, headed when not fluent 2 out, stayed on flat op 5/1 tchd 9/2

3^rd

Winds Of Winter

711-2

11/2

T: I JardineJ: B S Hughes

Waited with towards rear, pushed along and good headway 4 out, stayed on well run-in, not quite pace to threaten op 8/1

4^th

Benefit Ben

711-9

28/1

T: A NicolJ: Jamie Hamilton

Prominent on inner, led narrowly 10th, pushed along when headed 4 out, jumped left 3 out, soon no extra op 14/1

5^th

Prospect House

710-5

9/1

T: P D NivenJ: William Maggs (5)

Waited with in mid-division, pushed along 4 out, not fluent 3 out, soon kept on same pace tchd 12/1

6^th

Valleyview Tommy

611-2

9/4f

T: A M ThomsonJ: Ryan Mania

Midfield, cajoled along and some headway 4 out, soon ridden and kept on same pace, no extra last tchd 2/1 and tchd 5/2

Also Ran

Shadows In The Sky

912-0

7/1

T: C GrantJ: Danny McMenamin

Led, headed and pushed along 10th, pulled up before 3 out op 15/2 tchd 11/2 and tchd 8/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.75Pl:£1.90, £2.70EX:£14.00Trifecta:£61.10SF:£19.00Swingers:£3.30, £3.20, £4.60

Forecasts

Valleyview Tommy (9/4), Okavango Delta (11/4), Winds Of Winter (11/2), Divas Doyen (6/1), Shadows In The Sky (7/1), Prospect House (9/1), Benefit Ben (28/1)

Cases can be made for most, but the vote goes to OKAVANGO DELTA, who won over C&D in November and ran at least as well in defeat from a 6 lb higher mark when finding just one too strong back over further here last month. Winds of Winter has finished runner-up on 3 of her 4 starts since joining Iain Jardine, so she heads up the opposition on chase debut, with Divas Doyen taken to edge out Shadows In The Sky for third.

OKAVANGO DELTA (IRE)
WINDS OF WINTER (IRE)
DIVAS DOYEN (IRE)

Previous Winners

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Indian Louis

Weight: 12-0 |Age: 6

J: D R Fox | T: Miss Lucinda V Russell

5/1

Prize Money

1st: £4,225.002nd: £1,944.003rd: £972.004th: £486.005th: £242.00