Musselburgh
15:05
@ToteRacing On Twitter (Not X) Handicap Chase (Go North One Man Series Qualifier)
Musselburgh Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2024 Distance: 2m Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £3.75 Place: £2 £3.50 Exacta: £21.40 Trifecta: £110.30
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 3 Hold Onto The Line (IRE) 7 G AVG James Ewart 165 lbs 11/4F Won Led - jumped slightly left 2nd - faced challenges 4 out - soon headed - ridden and rallying but 2 lengths down when left in lead 2 out - kept on from last(op 10/3 tchd 5/2)
2nd 6 Budarri (GB) 11 G Poor Stuart Coltherd 142 lbs 7/1 5.5 In touch with leaders - lost ground and reminders after 7th - rallied and disputing lead 4 out - soon briefly led - headed and lost second 3 out - weakening when hampered by faller 2 out - mistake last(op 6/1 tchd 11/2)
3rd 5 Upagainstit (IRE) 7 G Poor Donald McCain 161 lbs 7/2 11 Prominent - mistake 5th - lost position home turn - weakened and no chance from 3 out - left in modest fourth 2 out - went modest third last(op 11/4)
4th 1 Texard (FR) 9 G AVG Richard Armson 165 lbs 20/1 5.5 Taken down early - took keen hold - held up in rear - headway and in touch with leaders after 4th - prominent 6th - outpaced and lost position when not fluent 4 out - no chance from 3 out - left in modest third 2 out - weakened quickly from last(tchd 25/1)
99th 2 Lively Citizen (IRE) 9 G AVG D J Jeffreys 167 lbs 11/2 - Prominent on inner - in touch with leaders after 4th - outpaced after 7th - rallied and disputing lead 4 out - led narrowly 3 out - 2 lengths ahead and going best when stumbled and fell 2 out(op 6/1 tchd 8/1)
99th 7 Izzy's Champion (IRE) 10 G Poor Lucinda Russell 142 lbs 12/1 - In touch with leaders - not fluent 5th - lost position 6th - weakened quickly after 7th - tailed off when pulled up before 4 out(op 14/1)
99th 4 Friary Rock (FR) 10 G AVG L J Morgan 157 lbs 3/1 - Didn't jump well - in rear - mistake and reminder 2nd - struggling before 6th - tailed off 7th - pulled up before 4 out (trainer said gelding was unsuited by the going - which was officially described as soft - and would have appreciated a quicker surface on this occasion; vet had nothing to report)(op 16/5 tchd 11/4 and tchd 10/3)