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14:15 Musselburgh

Pencaitland Beginners' Chase (Class E)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 3m
  • Going: Good
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 1.80s
  • 11 Ran
2
Silk - Maroon, Yellow sash, Yellow sleeves, Maroon armlets, Yellow cap
14/1
  • Form 2140/P3
  • Age 9
  • Weight 11-2

held up mid division, headway 11th, lead 14th, made last, ridden and headed flat, no extra

3
Silk - White, Black chevrons, Black sleeves, White spots and spots on cap
3/1
  • Form 231-222
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-2

prominent, blundered 13th, driven 4 out, ridden and every chance 2 out, kept on one pace from last

4
Silk - Orange, Emerald Green Cross of Lorraine
8/1
  • Form 544223
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-2

towards rear, lost place 11th, behind when pulled up before 13th

5
Silk - White, large Emerald Green spots and sleeves, Royal Blue and White quartered cap
  • Form 201P53
  • Age 9
  • Weight 11-2

chased leaders until ridden and lost place 5 out

6
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, PINK star on body and cap, ROYAL BLUE sleeves, PINK stars
  • Form 0/4P3P-5
  • Age 10
  • Weight 11-2

led, pushed along 11th, headed 14th, ridden 4 out, hit next, stayed on one pace under pressure from 2 out

7
Silk - Dark blue and white diamonds, white sleeves, red cap
  • Form 3F2-5PF
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-2

behind, pushed along 11, soon lost touch, tailed off and pulled up before 4 out

8
Silk - Red, Black diamond, Red sleeves, Yellow diamonds, Black cap, Red diamonds
  • Form 1/1-3P
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-2

held up toward rear, headway 13th, chased leaders 4 out, ridden approaching last, stayed on to lead flat all out

9
Silk - PINK and PURPLE diamonds, PINK sleeves and cap

Simlet

15
9/2
  • Form 1/3P133
  • Age 9
  • Weight 11-2

mid division, outpaced 4 out, no impression

10
Silk - Orange and Black diamonds, Orange sleeves
  • Form 230-241
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-11

held up, driven 11th, never on terms

11
Silk - Light Blue, Maroon stripe
150/1
  • Form P-40404
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-11

not fluent and always behind

12
Silk - Maroon, Grey Cross of Lorraine
200/1
  • Form P00-P0
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-5

raced keenly and soon chased leader, in touch when fell 10th

1
NR
  • Form 36-06FP
  • Age 9
  • Weight 11-2

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

Mister Bigtime is best in on official BHB ratings but Brendan Powell's gelding remains a maiden in all types of racing and may not be one to trust implicitly so the vote goes to Farlington, who gets the verdict over another unexposed horse Moreluck. The last mentioned, an eight-year-old son of Roselier, has only had two starts so far, losing no caste in defeat behind Lillium de Cotte on his debut before disappointing at Huntingdon on Boxing Day. With Kim Bailey's horses in good form now, he may be worth taking a chance with but we prefer to side with Farlington. Howard Johnson's gelding is similarly lightly raced having had just three starts and has run to a decent level of form on his last two outings, latterly when chasing home Wuxi Venture at Catterick. The nine-year-old Simlet is coming to chasing rather late in his career and of more interest could be George Moore's Karajan, who has finished in the prize money in each of his last three starts. Another Chance has claims on the pick of his hurdles form but failed to impress on his chasing bow so we side with Farlington, who is taken to open his account.