14:55 Musselburgh

Monday 18 December 2023

All12:2512:5513:2513:5514:2514:5515:25

tote.co.uk Two Turtle Doves Handicap Chase

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 5  |   2m 7f 138y  |   Good to Soft (Soft in places)  |   11 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:56  |   Winning time: 6m 24.5s
1st
Horse silk
3
9/1
T: W ColtherdJ: Sam Coltherd
Held up in mid-division, headway out wide chasing leaders before 7th, went right and hampered 3 out, went right next, awkward last, 2nd and stayed on strongly run-in, led inside final 100 yards op 7/1
2nd
Horse silk
1 ½
8
16/1
T: A M ThomsonJ: Ryan Mania
Held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders 5 out, went 2nd 4 out, led and hit next, ridden and stayed on run-in, headed and not pace of winner inside final 100 yards op 8/1
3rd
Horse silk
1
1
9/1
T: C GrantJ: Tom Midgley (3)
Chased leaders until 5th, chased leaders, outpaced 4 out, headway between last two, ridden and kept on run-in, took 3rd final strides op 14/1
4th
Horse silk
hd
4
3/1f
T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: D R Fox
Chased leaders, went 2nd 11th, led 4 out, ridden and headed 3 out, lost 2nd run-in, lost 3rd final strides op 10/3
5th
Horse silk
7
2
9/1
T: R DobbinJ: Craig Nichol
Chased leaders on inside, went 2nd 5th until 11th, chased leaders, pushed along before 4 out, weakened 2 out op 10/1 tchd 17/2 and tchd 11/1
6th
Horse silk
¾
5
10/1
T: D Killahena & G McPhersonJ: Jordan Nailor
Towards rear of mid-division on inside, outpaced 4 out, never dangerous after op 9/1 tchd 11/1
7th
Horse silk
1 ¾
6
5/1
T: N W AlexanderJ: Sean Quinlan
Went badly left and lost place 1st, towards rear, mistake 5th, closer in mid-division before 4 out, ridden hung right and weakened before 2 out
8th
Horse silk
1
11
14/1
T: Ewan WhillansJ: B S Hughes
Held up in rear, never involved op 11/1
9th
Horse silk
2
10
11/2
T: J WaltonJ: Jamie Hamilton
Held up in last pair, outpaced and struggling in rear home turn, tailed off op 5/1
10th
Horse silk
7 ½
7
811-4
15/2
T: Mrs J StephenJ: Bruce Lynn (3)
Led until 4 out, soon lost 2nd, ridden and weakened after 3 out tchd 7/1 and tchd 8/1
11th
Horse silk
29
12
150/1
T: W Young JnrJ: Alan Doyle (5)
Raced wide in mid-division, pushed along and weakened home turn, soon behind, tailed off op 100/1

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9
Horse silk
Dr Shirocco40
Weight: 11-2|  Age: 8
T: Miss S E Forster  J: Henry Brooke
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£10.50Pl:£3.20, £4.70, £2.90EX:£198.40Trifecta:£2,307.80Tricast:£1,346.44SF:£140.14Swingers:£19.20, £12.00, £27.10

Forecasts

So They Say (3/1), Not The Chablis (5/1), Dr Shirocco (5/1), West Lawn (11/2), Sputnik (15/2), Deep Charm (9/1), Shadows In The Sky (9/1), Get With It (9/1), Getthepot (10/1), Ingleby Mackenzie (14/1), Coolkill (16/1), Tumbling Dice (150/1)

Verdict

DR SHIROCCO arrives at the top of his game so looks the way to go in his hat-trick bid with the form of his recent success here working out well. Lucinda Russell's chasing newcomer So They Say is not without interest though and could emerge as the chief threat ahead of the reliable Sputnik and unexposed Shadows In The Sky.

  1. DR SHIROCCO (IRE)
  2. SO THEY SAY
  3. SPUTNIK (IRE)

Prize Money

1st: £4,225.002nd: £1,944.003rd: £972.004th: £486.005th: £242.00

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