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14:25 Musselburgh

Monday 25 November 2019

All12:4513:2013:5514:2515:0015:30

Saltire Festival Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:25 | Winning time: 3m 58.0s

1^st

Cracking Destiny

611-12

13/2

T: A C WhillansJ: Callum Bewley

Tracked leaders, led approaching 4 out, clear 2 out, ran on op 5/1

2^nd

Sporting Press

611-10

7/4f

T: K DalgleishJ: Danny McMenamin (5)

Held up, headway and close up 4th, ridden to chase clear winner 3 out, no impression op 15/8 tchd 6/4

3^rd

Felix Mendelssohn

810-10

20/1

T: W ColtherdJ: Sam Coltherd (3)

Tracked leader, led 5th, ridden and headed 4 out, plugged on tchd 22/1

4^th

Lucky Robin

711-9

5/2

T: B EllisonJ: B S Hughes

Led, headed 5th, tracked leader, not fluent 5 out, ridden next, weakened 2 out op 3/1

5^th

2 ¼

Our Lucas

711-5

10/1

T: D BourkeJ: Ross Chapman

Close up, dropped to rear 4th, not fluent 6th, outpaced next op 12/1 tchd 14/1

6^th

1 ¼

Go West Young Man

1111-4

12/1

T: Laura MorganJ: R D Day

In touch, ridden and weakened 4 out op 11/1

7^th

Sword Of Fate

611-12

28/1

T: L KerrJ: D R Fox

In touch, dropped to rear 4th, outpaced 7th op 20/1

8^th

2 ¼

Honourable Gent

1111-12

15/2

T: R DobbinJ: Craig Nichol

Tracked leaders, pushed along when not fluent 5 out, ridden next, weakened 2 out op 8/1 tchd 9/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.80Pl:£2.20, £1.10, £4.40EX:£28.00Trifecta:£268.40Tricast:£217.34SF:£19.35Swingers:£1.10, £12.30, £8.50

Forecasts

Sporting Press (7/4), Lucky Robin (5/2), Cracking Destiny (13/2), Honourable Gent (15/2), Our Lucas (10/1), Go West Young Man (12/1), Felix Mendelssohn (20/1), Sword Of Fate (28/1)

It's noteworthy that Alistair Whillans saw fit to spend £35,000 on Cracking Destiny, while it's impossible to knock the fine fences strike-rate (5-12) of the Rose Dobbin-trained Honourable Gent. However, assuming that the ground conditions don't deteriorate further (beyond good to soft) a confident shout goes up for the five-timer seeking LUCKY ROBIN. Brian Ellison's seven-year-old has been given a short break since winning at Perth in September, and a subsequent 5lb weights rise looks lenient with that form franked since at Carlisle by the third-placed horse Le Frank.