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14:00 Musselburgh

Sunday 4 February 2018

All12:5013:2514:0014:3515:1015:4516:20

Sky Bet Supreme Scottish Trial Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 14:02 | Winning time: 3m 48.8s

1^st

Beyond The Clouds

511-6

7/1

T: K A RyanJ: B S Hughes

Tracked leaders, challenged 3 out, soon led, ridden between last 2, stayed on under pressure flat, held on near finish op 13/2

2^nd

Simply The Betts

510-12

11/2

T: H WhittingtonJ: S Bowen

Tracked leaders in 4th, ridden after 2 out, edged right, rallied and went 2nd flat, closing towards finish, not quite reach winner op 5/1 tchd 9/2 and tchd 6/1

3^rd

1 ½

Claimantakinforgan

611-6

4/7f

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Tracked leader, not fluent 4 out, effort next, chased winner 2 out, soon ridden, kept on same pace, 3rd and held closing stages op 4/6 tchd 8/11

4^th

Brahms De Clermont

711-6

11/2

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Led, driven 3 out, soon headed, outpaced between last 2, no chance with front trio from last op 6/1 tchd 5/1

5^th

Ballyvic Boru

611-3

50/1

T: B EllisonJ: C R King

Held up in touch, outpaced after 3 out, no chance with leaders after op 40/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.60Pl:£2.20, £2.10EX:£23.20Trifecta:£58.50SF:£39.44

Forecasts

Claimantakinforgan (4/7), Simply The Betts (11/2), Brahms De Clermont (11/2), Beyond The Clouds (7/1), Ballyvic Boru (50/1)

A fitting line-up for a Supreme Novices' Trial and this should be an interesting contest. CLAIMANTAKINFORGAN sets the standard after his Ascot success and will be short in the betting for the champion trainer, who won this race a year ago. He sets the standard and will be expected to warm up for Cheltenham by making it three from three over hurdles. He'll have to on his guard however, with Beyond The Clouds having recorded an impressive C&D success in November to protect his own unbeaten record over jumps. This is tougher, but he should improve again. Ballyvic Boru scored on hurdles bow at Perth in the summer and has been off since, he got the better of Beyond The Clouds to win his bumper here and is worth paying some attention to now. Simply The Betts has shaped well behind decent opposition lately and rates a bigger danger than dual Taunton winner Brahms De Clermont.