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13:45 Musselburgh

Introducing Racing TV Handicap Chase (Class 4)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 7f 182y
  • Going: Good to Soft (Soft in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £10,000 added
  • Winner: £5,588
  • 2nd: £1,641
  • 3rd: £820
  • 4th: £410
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 56.62s
  • Off Time: 13:45:21
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Defi Sacre (FR)

Evs

    2
    Silk -

    Sporting Press (IRE)

    2/1

      1
      Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue seams, Grey sleeves, Royal Blue seams, Royal Blue cap

      Middlebrow (IRE)

      44 pt CD
      12/1
      • Form 54-1545
      • Age 8
      • Weight 11-12
      • Official Rating 115

      held up in 5th, steady headway tracking leaders 8th, ridden and outpaced 4 out, plugged on run-in

      2
      Silk - ROYAL BLUE and WHITE (quartered), BLACK and WHITE striped sleeves and cap

      Sporting Press (IRE)

      14 BFCCD
      2/1
      • Form 13-53P2
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-10
      • Official Rating 113

      headway on outside to lead 1st, jumped left on occasions, headed before 4 out, chased winner, ridden and well held next

      3
      Silk - Red, dark green chevron, light blue cap, dark green diamonds

      Defi Sacre (FR)

      20 t
      Evs
      • Form 5584-42
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-8
      • Official Rating 111

      tracked leader, hit 8th, led before 4 out, clear next, stayed on strongly

      4
      Silk - Dark Blue, Red spots, Dark Blue sleeves

      Sword Of Fate (IRE)

      14 D
      25/1
      • Form FP-FPP7
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-8
      • Official Rating 111

      chased leaders on outside, hit 8th, outpaced 4 out, plugged on run-in

      5
      Silk - Dark blue, white cross belts, red sleeves, white armlets, hooped cap

      Effet Special (FR)

      30 t
      14/1
      • Form 13-F736
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-5
      • Official Rating 108

      led until 1st, chased leaders, not fluent and reminder 6th, mistake next, weakened soon after, tailed off and pulled up before 4 out

      6
      Silk - Red, orange star, yellow sleeves, red stars, yellow cap, red star

      Chain Of Beacons

      17 t D
      11/1
      • Form 4327-25
      • Age 10
      • Weight 10-7
      • Official Rating 96

      held up in rear, steady headway on inside chasing leaders 8th, went modest 3rd before 4 out

      Previous results

      2018
      Silk -

      Monsieur Co (FR)

      5/2
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-12

      In depth

      Verdict

      Richard Hobson has had a couple of recent winners and sends DEFI SACRE up from Gloucester with James Best booked for the one ride. The six-year-old overcame mistakes to chase home Paddy's Poem at Fakenham and should be good enough for this. Sporting Press completed a double in the spring though hasn't been in the same kind of form and was beaten 10 lengths into second here last time. Middlebrow does better on quicker ground than he'll face here while Chain Of Beacons ran poorly at Catterick last time.

      Formwatch

      Middlebrow (IRE) 7-2 (11-12) Held up, headway 7th, no impression, 5th of 7, dist behind Vengeur De Guye (12-3) at Kelso 2m 1f hcp (4) gs in Oct.

      Sporting Press (IRE) 7-4fav (11-10) Held up, headway and close up 4th, ridden to chase clear winner 3 out, no impression, 2nd of 8, 10l behind Cracking Destiny (11-12) at Musselburgh 2m hcp (4) gs in Nov.

      Defi Sacre (FR) 9-4 (11-3) Chased leaders, mistake 3rd, not fluent 3 out, effort next, kept on same pace, 2nd of 6, 1 3/4l behind Paddy's Poem (11-12) at Fakenham 2m hcp (4) gd in Nov.

      Sword Of Fate (IRE) 28-1 (11-12) In touch, dropped to rear 4th, outpaced 7th, 7th of 8, 34 3/4l behind Cracking Destiny (11-12) at Musselburgh 2m hcp (4) gs in Nov.

      Effet Special (FR) 10-1 (11-4) Behind, pushed along after 4th, never involved, 6th of 8, 32 1/4l behind Ubaltique (11-5) at Kelso 2m 1f hcp (4) hvy in Nov.

      Chain Of Beacons 16-1 (11-12) Held up behind, pushed along before 3 out, ridden after next, plugged on, never near leaders, 5th of 12, dist behind Dallas Cowboy (11-8) at Catterick 2m 3f hcp (5) gs in Nov.