{"id":622767,"date":"2026-09-12T20:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T20:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/622767\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T20:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T20:44:10","slug":"scots-association-musselburgh-gold-cup-handicap-gbbplus-race-musselburgh-racecards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/622767\/","title":{"rendered":"Scots Association Musselburgh Gold Cup Handicap (GBBPlus Race) &#8211; Musselburgh Racecards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260912mus185001.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>16\/1<\/p>\n<p>Best form has come on the all-weather, where he&#8217;s been successful 8 times. Beaten 4\u00be lengths in this grade on latest turf start at Pontefract in June. Went off too hard on the back of a quick turnaround at Southwell last time and should at least have benefitted from 10-week break. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260912mus185002.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>14\/1<\/p>\n<p>Quirky sort. Went close to following up his Market Rasen maiden hurdle win in a 2m Flat handicap at Galway Festival (soft) in late-July. Still looked to be in form when beaten 15 lengths over hurdles there 4 days later. Should be competitive if putting his best foot forward on return to the Flat. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260912mus185003.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>5\/6<\/p>\n<p>Followed up his Leopardstown success (15f) in similarly narrow fashion at Down Royal (18.5f) 8 days ago, holding on gamely to justify strong support. He isn&#8217;t fully exposed as a stayer and ought to make a bold bid for a hat-trick. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260912mus185004.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>10\/3<\/p>\n<p>Forward-going type who has continued to perform admirably since his success in a 1\u00bdm course handicap in the spring. Made it a hat-trick of seconds when beaten 3\u00bc lengths over C&amp;D last time (has a solid course record) and is still relatively unexposed over this sort of trip. May go one better here. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260912mus185005.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>4\/1<\/p>\n<p>Four-time course winner who finished 2\u00be lengths third in this corresponding event 12 months ago. Only 1 lb higher than when successful at Carlisle in mid-June, and he confirmed himself back in reasonable heart when beaten 6\u00bc lengths in a more competitive race at York (2m) 6 days ago.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260912mus185006.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>25\/1<\/p>\n<p>Fairly useful stayer. Now 1 lb lower than when doubling his Flat tally with an all-the-way success at Chester (14.5f, heavy) last autumn. Best effort of this year when fourth at Southwell on penultimate start, and he isn&#8217;t best judged on his subsequent effort (sat too close to a strong early pace).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20260912mus185007.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>80\/1<\/p>\n<p>Course winner who ran up to his best when runner-up over C&amp;D last summer. Held back by his temperament for current connections, though, virtually refusing to race in first-time cheekpieces over much shorter here (9f) latest. Remains a risky proposition from 3 lb out of the weights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"16\/1 Best form has come on the all-weather, where he&#8217;s been successful 8 times. Beaten 4\u00be lengths in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-622767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}