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18:25 Musselburgh

Bollinger Champagne Challenge Series Handicap (Class E) (For Gentleman Amateur Riders) (In Association With The Daily Telegraph) (Class E)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 2m
  • Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 37.93s
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Toni Alcala

9/4

    2
    Silk -

    Western Bluebird (IRE)

    9/1

      1(6)
      Silk - White, red chevron and sleeves, royal blue and white quartered cap

      Toni Alcala

      8
      9/4
      • Form 135245
      • Age 5
      • Weight 12-0

      tracked leader, smooth headway to lead 3f out, soon ridden and kept on well

      2(5)
      Silk - Royal blue, red sleeves, dark blue cap

      Desert Quill (IRE)

      24
      10/1
      • Form 00030-2
      • Age 4
      • Weight 11-3

      tracked leader, ridden over 3f out was soon beaten

      3(4)
      Silk - Royal blue and light green (quartered), royal blue sleeves

      Accepting

      9 b
      2/1
      • Form 010-502
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-0

      held up in touch, ridden over 3f out and soon beaten

      4(3)
      Silk - Red, white cross belts, red sleeves, light blue armlets, black cap

      Welsh Dream

      677
      6/1
      • Form 414016/
      • Age 7
      • Weight 10-9

      held up in touch, ridden over 3f out and soon beaten

      5(1)
      Silk - Red, Yellow stars, Royal Blue sleeves, Royal Blue cap, Yellow stars

      Muzio Scevola (IRE)

      56
      12/1
      • Form 2556
      • Age 3
      • Weight 10-5

      held up, ridden over 3f out, kept on final furlong, no chance with leaders

      6(2)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Red hoops, chevrons on sleeves

      Western Bluebird (IRE)

      31 b
      9/1
      • Form 044/640
      • Age 6
      • Weight 10-2

      led until ridden and headed 3f out, kept on one pace

      In depth

      Verdict

      Desert Quill showed at Wolverhampton earlier this month that she has the potential to stay this trip and has to be respected but Mark Brisbourne's filly faces no easy task at the weights and preference is for Toni Alcala, who gets the vote over Accepting. The last mentioned showed his best form for some time when headed close home by Darn Good at Warwick recently. However, the handicapper has seen fit to raise the gelding 3lbs for that effort and a safer option looks to be Toni Alcala. Roger Fisher's gelding has been holding his form well in better races than this of late and remains feasibly well treated off a mark of 68. Mick Channon's Muzio Scevola is lightly raced but needs to improve, while Western Bluebird has given little sign of encouragement of late. A bigger threat then may come from Welsh Dream, a winner over hurdles at Cartmel last month, who is only 4lbs higher than when scoring over course and distance last year. There is a worry that the seven-year-old may bounce though and preference is for the in-form Toni Alcala.