THE Musselburgh jumps season ends in style

Centrepiece of the behind-closed-doors meeting are four finals of the Northern Lights Hurdle Series with the action continuing at Kelso on Saturday and Carlisle on Sunday.

Bullion Boss, trained by Nicky Richards, bids to add to his New Year’s Day course and distance strike in the ITM Northern Lights Stayers’ Hurdle Series Final.

Greystoke-based Richards said: “It’s fantastic money for this grade of horses so you’ve got to roll the dice. He’s gone up a few pounds for his win but he’s given the Multiple Sclerosis Borders Racing Club a lot of fun so far. Most of his runs this season have been at Musselburgh and he gets on well with Ryan Day so hopefully he’ll go close again.”  

Nick Alexander-trained Arnica, who chased home Bullion Boss on January 1st, is among those in opposition along with Graeme McPherson’s impressive November course and distance scorer Ratfacemcdougall.

Keith Dalgleish is triple-handed in the ITM Northern Lights Juvenile Hurdle Series Final with Feldspar, Breguet Boy and Le Magnifique.

Breguet Boy has been a regular at the East Lothian venue this term as it has been the scene for all of his four starts over hurdles which have yielded two wins, a second and a third. 

Lucinda Russell’s eight-time runner-up Gemologist attempts for her first win on her 35th race in the ITM Northern Lights Mares’ Hurdle Series Final. 

By Gordon Brown