Punchestown 2024 Race Result Sat, 31st Jan, 2026

Musselburgh Result

Sat, 31st Jan, 2026

Going - Good to Soft.

Placepot Pool - £155,894.66 Winning Units - 3210.56 Dividend - £35.40. Quadpot Pool - £13,767.13 Winning Units - 1273.38 Dividend - £8.00. Place Six Dividend - £45.23. Place Five Dividend - £20.98.

Summary

1.43

bet365 Scottish County Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) of £40,000.00 4-y-o plus(Class 2) 1m. 7f. 124yds.

1.43 1m. 7f. 124yds. (Class 2) 4-y-o plus10 Ran
bet365 Scottish County Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) of £40,000.00 4-y-o plus

1st - £20,812.00, 2nd - £9,568.00, 3rd - £4,784.00, 4th - £2,392.00, 5th - £1,196.00, 6th - £596.00 10 Ran

Stewards Report

1st

Star Of Guiting (IRE) 10-2 (Racing On Together Club)
Rated 115
Vadamos (FR) - Innisfree Dawn (IRE)(Yeats (IRE))
Breeder - R. J. Whitford

(Morning price: 9/1 11/1 10/1 11/1 9/1 10/1 11/1 10/1 9/1 10/1 11/1 10/1 8/1 9/1 8/1 15/2 8/1)
(Ring price: 8/1 15/2 7/1 13/2 7/1 8/1) SP 8/1

Ewan Whillans

S W Quinlan

Tote Win £9.00 Place £2.60

held up towards rear, steady headway from 3 out, travelling well and went third 2 out, led just before last, ran on strongly, always doing enough towards finish

1st Jan, 26 Musselburgh
1st Hcp Hdl Rated 109 This
Race 7th Mar, 26 Sandown
p.u. Hcp Hdl Rated 122

2nd

0.75L

Afadil (FR) 9-9 (Mr P J Vogt)
Rated 119
Camelot (GB) - Afsheen (FR)(Invincible Spirit (IRE))
Breeder - S.A. Aga Khan

(Morning price: 10/3 3/1 11/4 3/1 10/3 3/1 10/3 3/1 10/3 3/1 10/3 7/2 10/3 7/2 3/1 7/2 3/1 7/2 3/1 10/3 4/1)
SP 4/1

Paul Nicholls

Freddie Keighley(7)

Place £1.70

led, narrowly headed and pushed along when hit 2 out, chased winner after last, no extra towards finish

1st Jan, 26 Musselburgh
4th Hcp Hdl Rated 119 This
Race 7th Mar, 26 Sandown
5th Hcp Hdl Rated 121

3rd

1.25L

Wise Eagle (IRE) 10-3 (The Seahouses Syndicate)
Rated 125
Free Eagle (IRE) - Best Be Careful (IRE)(Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Breeder - John Costello & Irish National Stud

(Morning price: 10/1 9/1 8/1 15/2 8/1 15/2 8/1 13/2 11/2 13/2 6/1 5/1 11/2 6/1 11/2 6/1 11/2)
(Ring price: 11/2 6/1 13/2 7/1 13/2 6/1) SP 6/1

Adam Nicol

Joshua Thompson(5)

Place £2.20

midfield, pushed along and headway after 3 out, ridden when chased leaders from 2 out, ran on but not reach leading pair towards finish

16th Jan, 26 Newcastle
7th Flat Hcp Rated 99 This
Race 28th Feb, 26 Kelso
3rd Hcp Hdl Rated 126

4th

2.25L

Williethebuilder (IRE) 11-2 (Mrs Susan Carsberg)
Rated 138
Arcadio (GER) - Crippled Cougar (IRE)(Robin Des Champs (FR))
Breeder - Arctic Tack Stud

(Morning price: 10/3 7/2 3/1 10/3 7/2 10/3 7/2 10/3 7/2 4/1 9/2 5/1 11/2 5/1 9/2 4/1 9/2 4/1 5/1 11/2 5/1 9/2)
(Ring price: 5/1 9/2 4/1) SP 4/1

Christian Williams

Toby McCain-Mitchell(5)

midfield, chased leaders approaching 3 out, ridden after 2 out, all out and hung right after last, weakened towards finish

10th Jan, 26 Kempton
1st Hcp Hdl Rated 132 This
Race

5th

0.5L

Saligo Bay (IRE) 10-7 (Lpd Demolition Ltd)
Rated 124
New Bay (GB) - Glorification (GB)(Champs Elysees (GB))
Breeder - China Horse Club

(Morning price: 14/1 16/1 14/1 16/1 18/1 25/1 28/1 33/1 28/1 33/1 25/1 28/1 25/1 33/1)
(Ring price: 28/1 33/1 28/1) SP 28/1

S England

Jonathan England

prominent, soon raced in close second, pressed leader before 3 out, pushed and lost position along before 2 out, not fluent last, all out run-in, no extra when short of room and switched right towards finish

16th Jan, 26 Windsor
11th Hcp Hdl Rated 125 This
Race

6th

5.5L

City Of Diamonds (IRE) 10-2 (Mr J Fyffe)
Rated 117
Diamond Boy (FR) - Honey Rosie (IRE)(Byron (GB))
Breeder - Mr Patrick Harrington

(Morning price: 12/1 14/1 12/1 11/1 10/1 9/1 10/1 9/1 8/1 11/1)
(Ring price: 12/1 11/1 12/1 11/1 12/1 16/1 18/1) SP 18/1

Donald McCain

B Hughes

soon raced in third, veered right 3 out, went right again and not fluent when briefly led 2 out, headed just before last, weakened quickly run-in

1st Jan, 26 Musselburgh
6th Hcp Hdl Rated 117 This
Race 28th Feb, 26 Kelso
14th Hcp Hdl Rated 116

7th

shd

Gibbs Island (GB) 11-5 (Raceshare - Gibbs Island)
sr Rated 136
Iffraaj (GB) - Dream Book (GB)(Sea The Stars (IRE))
Breeder - Smarden Thoroughbreds

(Morning price: 12/1 14/1 12/1 14/1 16/1 14/1 16/1 14/1 16/1 18/1 20/1 18/1 20/1 18/1 16/1 18/1)
(Ring price: 20/1 18/1) SP 18/1

Tom Lacey

Stan Sheppard

prominent, lost ground after 4 out, not fluent 3 out, ridden after 2 out, mistake last, weakened run-in

7th Dec, 25 Kelso
5th Hcp Hdl Rated 138 This
Race

8th

0.75L

Kateira (GB) 12-0 (Mr Stephen Bough & Dan Skelton)
Rated 145
Kayf Tara (GB) - Raitera (FR)(Astarabad (USA))
Breeder - R. D. & Mrs J. S. Chugg

(Morning price: 12/1 11/1 12/1 10/1 11/1 12/1 14/1 12/1 14/1 12/1 14/1 12/1 14/1 16/1 14/1 16/1 12/1 14/1 12/1 11/1 9/1)
(Ring price: 10/1 9/1 10/1 9/1) SP 9/1

D Skelton

Tristan Durrell

held up in rear, outpaced and struggling before 2 out, weakened after last

13th Dec, 25 Doncaster
3rd Hdl Rated 145 This
Race 14th Feb, 26 Ascot
9th Hcp Hdl Rated 143

9th

0.5L

Static (FR) 9-11 (Mr J Fyffe)
hd³ Rated 117
Clovis Du Berlais (FR) - Electrostatique (FR)(Charming Groom (FR))
Breeder - Mme Marie Merienne , Mr Julien Merienne

(Morning price: 16/1 12/1 10/1 8/1 9/1 8/1 11/1 8/1 9/1 10/1 12/1 10/1 9/1 10/1 11/1 10/1 9/1 10/1 11/1 12/1 14/1)
(Ring price: 14/1 12/1 14/1 16/1) SP 16/1

Donald McCain

Charlie Maggs(5)

held up in rear, some headway before 3 out, outpaced and struggling when not fluent 2 out, soon weakened

7th Dec, 25 Kelso
3rd Hcp Hdl Rated 118 This
Race 5th Mar, 26 Haydock
1st Hcp Hdl Rated 116

u.r.

Welsh Charger (IRE) 10-10 (Jones, Spiers & Hartwell)
sr Rated 127
Westerner (GB) - Answer Ur Phone (IRE)(Flemensfirth (USA))
Breeder - Mr S. Shanahan

(Morning price: 9/2 4/1 9/2 4/1 9/2 4/1 9/2 5/1 9/2 5/1 9/2 4/1)
(Ring price: 4/1 7/2) SP 7/2fav

A Ralph

C Gethings

whipped round and unseated rider at start (incident happened after the start was effected and gelding deemed a runner)

20th Dec, 25 Ascot
6th Hcp Hdl Rated 129 This
Race 12th Feb, 26 Taunton
6th Hcp Hdl Rated 127

Off 1.43
Time 3m. 38.54 secs, which is 11.22 secs faster than the course average on today's going
Tote Exacta- £43.10
Tote Trifecta- £263.20
CSF- £41.11
Tricast- £209.52.

2025 Welsh Charger 7 11-5 David Noonan 14/1 (A Ralph)
2024 Afadil 5 10-8 Freddie Gingell (5) 10/3Fav (Paul Nicholls)
2023 Collingham 5 9-11 Charlie Maggs (10) 11/2 (Donald McCain)
2022 Socialist Agenda 6 10-5 Adam Wedge 4/1 (L J Morgan)
2021 Christopher Wood 6 11-2 Angus Cheleda (7) 11/4 (Paul Nicholls)

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