Horse Alert

01 Jan 2025 13:10 Musselburgh

Winner: £8,000 (Penalty: £4,225); Distance: 2m 4f 68y; Class: 5; Eligibility: 5YO plus; Going: Soft (Good to Soft in places).

Virgin Bet Daily Price Boosts Novices' Handicap Chase

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	1	-	Okavango Delta (IRE) (gelding, bay, 12 0)	P64612 / 9	Jump (23)	Craig Nichol	Paul Robson One For The Road…	11/4
		in touch, good headway into contention 5 out, pushed along 4 out, led 2 out, good jump last, kept on strongly flat
2^nd	6	6½ L	Divas Doyen (IRE) (filly, bay, 10 13)	P-24812 / 8	Jump (34)	P W Wadge	Miss S E Forster The Unlikely Tenors	6/1
		prominent, led narrowly 4 out, soon chased along, headed when not fluent 2 out, stayed on flat
3^rd	5	4 L	Winds Of Winter (IRE) (mare, chestnut, 11 2)	662322 / 7	Jump (23)	B S Hughes	I Jardine J Scott & G Gibson	11/2
		waited with towards rear, pushed along and good headway 4 out, stayed on well run-in, not quite pace to threaten
4^th	3	18 L	Benefit Ben (IRE) (gelding, chestnut, 11 9)	28268-9 / 7	Jump (34)	Jamie Hamilton	A Nicol D & D Armstrong…	28/1
		prominent on inner, led narrowly 10th, pushed along when headed 4 out, jumped left 3 out, soon no extra
5^th	7	HD	Prospect House (IRE) (gelding, bay, 10 5)	P1-5753 / 7	Jump (15)	William Maggs	P D Niven Hard Held Partnership…	9/1
		waited with in mid-division, pushed along 4 out, not fluent 3 out, soon kept on same pace
6^th	4	25 L	Valleyview Tommy (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 2)	25P-0P4 / 6	Jump (33)	Ryan Mania	A M Thomson Alan Wight	9/4
		midfield, cajoled along and some headway 4 out, soon ridden and kept on same pace, no extra last
PU	2	-	Shadows In The Sky (IRE) (gelding, brown, 12 0)	155415 / 9	Jump (32)	Danny McMenamin	C Grant D & D Armstrong…	7/1
		led, headed and pushed along 10th, pulled up before 3 out