13:55 Musselburgh

Friday 26 March 2021

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1016:4517:15

Irish Thoroughbred Marketing, Gateway To Champions Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 3  |   2m 85y  |   Good to Soft (Good in places)  |   7 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:55  |   Winning time: 4m 0.13s
1st
Horse silk
6
410-13
9/4
T: N J HendersonJ: James Bowen
Disputed lead, led 5th, pressed briefly home turn and approaching 3 out, kicked clear after 2 out, pushed out, easy op 5/2
2nd
Horse silk
5 ½
1
2/5f
T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes
Tracked leaders, not fluent 3rd, chased leader home turn, shaken up when not fluent 3 out, ridden in 2nd when again untidy 2 out, kept on for 2nd but no match for winner closing stages
3rd
Horse silk
10
3
10/1
T: W ColtherdJ: Sam Coltherd (3)
Tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced after 2 out op 9/1 tchd 8/1
4th
Horse silk
31
5
200/1
T: Mrs H O GrahamJ: Thomas Dowson
Disputed lead, tracked leader after 5th, ridden and weakened home turn, well held after 3 out op 150/1
5th
Horse silk
13
2
300/1
T: R M SmithJ: Ryan Mania
Tracked leaders, not fluent 3rd, ridden and weakened home turn, well held op 200/1
6th
Horse silk
23
7
100/1
T: N G RichardsJ: Danny McMenamin
In rear throughout, well detached before 3 out and never nearer op 80/1 tchd 125/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
4
611-0
300/1
T: C GrantJ: Sean Quinlan
Towards rear, bumped 1st, not fluent when well adrift 4 out, pulled up before 3 out op 200/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.20Pl:£1.20, £1.10EX:£3.90Trifecta:£5.50SF:£3.63Swingers:£1.10, £1.10, £1.10

Forecasts

Mackenberg (2/5), Paros (9/4), Jack Yeats (10/1), Gale Force One (100/1), Shoughall's Boy (200/1), Coopers Boy (300/1), Lyndale (300/1)

Verdict

MACKENBURG ran well in a Kempton Grade 2 last time and this looks a good opening for him unless a return to a right-handed track sparks a revival from Nicky Henderson's Paros.

  1. MACKENBERG (GER)
  2. PAROS (FR)
  3. JACK YEATS (IRE)

Prize Money

1st: £6,256.002nd: £1,848.003rd: £924.004th: £462.005th: £231.006th: £116.00

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