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15:45 Musselburgh

John Smith's Scottish County Hurdle (Handicap) (Class 3)

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 2m
  • Going: Good to Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £15,000 added
  • Winner: £9,495
  • 2nd: £2,805
  • 3rd: £1,402
  • 4th: £702
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 46.10s
  • Off Time: 15:45:23
  • 13 Ran
1
Silk - Purple, Orange star, White sleeves, Orange stars, White cap, Orange star

Ubi Ace

42 D
9/2
  • Form 231-113
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-12
  • Official Rating 139

always prominent, mistake 4th, led approaching 3 out, headed towards finish

2
Silk - Brown, Yellow braces, Emerald Green and Yellow hooped sleeves, White cap

Palawi (IRE)

41 DCD
14/1
  • Form 11F-401
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-11
  • Official Rating 138

prominent, ridden after 6th, soon outpaced, 8th and weakening 3 out

3
Silk - Dark Blue and White (quartered), White sleeves, Dark Blue spots
  • Form 211106
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-9
  • Official Rating 136

held up in rear, ridden and struggling from 6th

4
Silk - Light blue, brown stripe and armlets

Divers (FR)

63 CD
20/1
  • Form 911-P3U
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-7
  • Official Rating 134

in rear, soon pushed along, always behind

5
Silk - Emerald Green, White hoop, chevrons on sleeves, White cap
4/1
  • Form 4211
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-7
  • Official Rating 134

held up in touch, ridden in 4th approaching 3 out, mistake next, 2nd briefly last, no extra final 100 yards

6
Silk - ROYAL BLUE and WHITE (quartered), BLACK and WHITE striped sleeves and cap
28/1
  • Form 11-1U62
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-3
  • Official Rating 130

mid-division, ridden and struggling before 6th

7
Silk - Black, Red epaulets, Grey sleeves, Red cap
25/1
  • Form 9-513
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-0
  • Official Rating 127

prominent early, chased leaders, not fluent 2nd or 4th, lost place after 6th, 9th and well beaten 3 out

8
Silk - Red, White hooped sleeves
12/1
  • Form 1F-0313
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-13
  • Official Rating 126

mid-division, not fluent 3rd, 7th 3 out, stayed on approaching last, never able to challenge

9
Silk - Light green, brown braces and armlets, white cap
12/1
  • Form 474U11
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-13
  • Official Rating 126

led, ridden and headed approaching 3 out, stayed on flat

10
Silk - Cerise, white circle, cerise sleeves and cap
  • Form 2-15P15
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-13
  • Official Rating 126

always towards rear

11
Silk - Black, black and maroon striped cap
  • Form 1B2
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12
  • Official Rating 125

held up, jumped right 1st, headway when mistake 4th, mistake 6th, disputing 2nd 2 out, weakened flat

12
Silk - Emerald Green, Pink hoops, White sleeves, Pink cap
9/1
  • Form 56-5122
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-6
  • Official Rating 119

held up in touch, 5th and ridden approaching 3 out, weakened flat

13
Silk - Royal blue, white chevron, emerald green sleeves, white cap
  • Form 9-64621
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-5
  • Official Rating 118

held up towards rear, steady headway approaching 3 out, went 2nd flat, stayed on to lead towards finish

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

Palawi beat Nine Stories, Alsahil and Rumble Of Thunder over C&D at the start of last month but it would be no surprise if one of those rivals reversed that form today on better terms. Ubi Ace has won at Wetherby and Sandown this season and was far from disgraced when third to Celestial Halo at Newbury off his new mark, while Dontpaytheferryman is in pursuit of a C&D hat-trick under promising claimer Kyle James. Shadows Lengthen and Zafranagar have also been in good form lately, while Stormy Weather ground out a victory at Newcastle last month and Cry Of Freedom is potentially well treated on his handicap debut. But we'll stick with INGLEBY SPIRIT, who slaughtered previous winner Absinthe by 16 lengths here 17 days ago and is clearly on an upward curve. Big fields didn't faze him on the Flat and Richard Fahey's five-year-old is worth following until beaten.

Formwatch

Ubi Ace 15-2 (10-5) Mid-division, headway to chase leaders 4 out, stayed on to 3rd before last, no chance with leading duo, 3rd of 11, 5l behind Celestial Halo (11-12) at Newbury 2m hcp hdl (2) sft in Dec.

Palawi (IRE) 7-1 (10-8) Raced keenly, led after 1st, headed narrowly approaching 3 out, regained lead next, ridden and stayed on well flat, won at Musselburgh 2m hcp hdl (2) gd in Jan beating Nine Stories (10-3) by 1 1/4l, 11 ran.

Rumble Of Thunder (IRE) 7-1 (10-13) Raced keenly, held up mid-division, headway 3 out, effort and every chance when blundered last, not recover, 6th of 11, 7l behind Palawi (10-8) at Musselburgh 2m hcp hdl (2) gd in Jan.

Divers (FR) 11-1 (10-4) Mid-division, mistake 10th, rider lost iron and unseated rider after next, in a race won by Quantitativeeasing (10-7) at Cheltenham 2m 5f Grade 3 hcp chs (4yo+) (1) gd in Dec, 16 ran.

Ingleby Spirit 15-8 (11-11) Tracked leaders, went 2nd before 3 out, switched right before next, led last, kept on strongly, won at Musselburgh 2m nh nov hdl (4) gd in Jan beating Absinthe (11-11) by 16l, 10 ran.

Nine Stories (IRE) 33-1 (10-3) Tracked leaders on inside, effort 2 out, ridden and stayed on well flat, went 2nd near finish, not reached winner, 2nd of 11, 1 1/4l behind Palawi (10-8) at Musselburgh 2m hcp hdl (2) gd in Jan.

Alsahil (USA) 11-1 (9-9) Tracked leader, led narrowly before 3 out, headed next, every chance last, ridden and kept on flat, held when lost 2nd near finish, 3rd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Palawi (10-8) at Musselburgh 2m hcp hdl (2) gd in Jan.

Shadows Lengthen 8-1 (11-7) Held up behind, headway on outside 3 out, chased leading pair next, hit last, ridden and kept on flat, no impression, 3rd of 12, 9l behind Allow Me (11-1) at Catterick 2m 3f hcp hdl 0-135 (3) gs in Jan.

Dontpaytheferryman (USA) 4-1 (11-5) Made all, pushed along before 3 out, kept on well, won at Musselburgh 2m hcp hdl 0-130 (3) gd in Jan beating Knight In Purple (11-7) by 3 1/2l, 8 ran.

Koup De Kanon (FR) 16-1 (10-7) Tracked leaders, effort after 2 out, led approaching last, ridden and headed flat, no extra and dropped to 5th final 50 yards, 5th of 14, 6l behind Module (10-11) at Cheltenham 2m 1f hcp hdl (2) gs in Jan.

Cry of Freedom (USA) 4-1 (11-6) Tracked leading pair, hit 2nd and next, went 2nd when balooned and lost place 4th, rallied after 3 out, chased winner and hit 2 out, staying on same pace under pressure and looked held when went right and hit last, weakened flat, 2nd of 10, 4 1/2l behind Ile De Re (11-4) at Huntingdon 2m nh nov hdl (4) sft in Jan.

Zafranagar (IRE) 11-1 (9-11) Held up, headway 3rd, went 2nd 2 out, stayed on under pressure, no impression, 2nd of 8, 2 1/2l behind Cotillion (10-5) at Chepstow 2m hcp hdl (2) hvy in Jan.

Stormy Weather (FR) 7-4fav (11-12) Held up in last pair in touch, headway on outside after 5 out, went 2nd next, hung left from 3 out, challenged next, soon ridden, stayed on under pressure to lead final 75 yards, all out, won at Newcastle 2m hcp hdl 0-115 (4) sft in Jan beating Diamond D'amour (11-5) by 2l, 6 ran.