Musselburgh Races
Musselburgh
13:35
Fitzdares "Auld Reekie" Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Musselburgh
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2023
Distance: 2m4½f
Type: Chase
Going: Soft
Class: Class 2
Surface: Turf
Win: £3.50
Place: £1.80 £1.80
Exacta: £10.10
Tricast: £40.75
Trifecta: £36.20
Non-Runners: Baron De Midleton (unsuitable ground), Dubai Days (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Minella Drama (IRE) | 9 G | Good | Donald McCain | 168 lbs | 5/2F | Won | Jumped well - made all - shaken up 4 out - kept on well run-in - readily(tchd 11/4) | ||
| 2nd | 4 | Cooper's Cross (IRE) | 10 G | AVG | Stuart Coltherd | 151 lbs | 3/1 | 6.5 | Prominent - not fluent 3rd - ridden after 4 out - went second 3 out - drifted right after 2 out - bad mistake last - soon held(op 10/3) | ||
| 3rd | 8 | Half Shot (IRE) | 11 G | AVG | Iain Jardine | 142 lbs | 7/1 | 1.25 | Prominent - ridden before 4 out - not fluent 4 out - outpaced after 3 out - went remote third run-in - not pace to challenge - ridden 3 out(tchd 15/2) | ||
| 4th | 2 | Pay The Piper (IRE) | 10 G | AVG | Ann Hamilton | 161 lbs | 3/1 | 2 | Prominent - ridden before 4 out - lost second after 3 out - weakened gradually from 2 out(op 11/4) | ||
| 5th | 6 | Cedar Hill (IRE) | 10 G | AVG | Sandy Thomson | 145 lbs | 10/1 | 18 | In touch with leaders - blundered 11th - ridden after 5 out - outpaced 4 out - beaten 3 out(op 17/2) | ||
| 6th | 3 | Gold Des Bois (FR) | 11 G | AVG | Iain Jardine | 151 lbs | 12/1 | 18 | Held up in rear - pushed along and outpaced before 4 out - well held 3 out(tchd 14/1) | ||
| 7th | 9 | Antey (GER) | N/A | Poor | Lucinda Russell | 142 lbs | 40/1 | .5 | Held up in rear - jumped left on occasions - ridden and outpaced after 5 out - well held 4 out(op 25/1) |