Musselburgh Races
Musselburgh
14:15
Virgin Bet Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Musselburgh
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2024
Distance: 2m4½f
Type: Chase
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £5.50
Place: £2.30 £1.30
Exacta: £11.70
Trifecta: £37.50
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5 | Stringtoyourbow (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Christian Williams | 156 lbs | 9/2 | Won | Prominent - not fluent 3rd - led before 5th - good jump when 3 lengths ahead 4 out - pushed along before 2 out - ridden out run-in - comfortably(tchd 4/1) | ||
| 2nd | 2 | One More Stroke (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Donald McCain | 163 lbs | 7/4F | 4 | Took keen hold - prominent - outpaced 3 out - kept on but no chance with winner run-in(op 2/1 tchd 85/40) | ||
| 3rd | 6 | Cardamon Hill (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Dianne Sayer | 154 lbs | 4/1 | 2 | Held up in rear - headway 4 out - outpaced 3 out - stayed on run-in(tchd 7/2 and tchd 9/2) | ||
| 4th | 4 | Leading Force (IRE) | 8 G | Poor | Sandy Thomson | 159 lbs | 13/2 | 9.5 | Prominent - weakened from 3 out(op 11/2) | ||
| 5th | 3 | Monochromix (FR) | 6 G | Poor | Lucinda Russell | 162 lbs | 10/1 | 4.75 | Didn't always jump with fluency - held up in rear - outpaced before 4 out - soon no impression(op 13/2) | ||
| 6th | 1 | The Churchill Lad (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Rebecca Menzies | 168 lbs | 13/2 | 3.25 | Sweating - took keen hold - led - headed but prominent before 5th - mistake and lost position 8th - rallying when mistake 4 out - weakened before 3 out (jockey said gelding did not jump with any fluency; vet said gelding finished lame on his right-hind)(op 7/1 tchd 17/2) |