4:35 Delia Shaw Birthday Celebration Selling Handicap Hurdle (Class 5) (4-6yo,0-90) 10 hdles (2m4f110y) 2m4½f

[off 4:35] £2,055.60, £599.10, £299.70

1 James Bay (IRE) A J Lockwood 6 11-7 Fergus King 10/1 83 83 87

2 3½ Inmate (IRE) Mrs E Slack 6 9-13 Michael McAlister(3) 8/1 64 61 66+

3 5 West Highland Way (IRE) Mrs H O Graham 6 10-3 p Owyn Nelmes(3) 12/1 68 60 64

4 shd Ball Boy G Haine 5 10-9 t J A McCarthy 12/1 71 63 66

5 4 Clifton M W Easterby 5 11-2 Mr T Greenall 9/1 78 66 69

6 shd Moon Melody (GER) M E Sowersby 4 10-3 Phil Kinsella(3) 18/1 74 56 59

7 6 Wait For The Call (IRE) P C Haslam 6 10-8 p Barry Keniry 9/1 70 52 55

8 14 Seafire Lad (IRE) R Johnson 6 11-5 tp Tjade Collier(7) 4/1F 88 56 59

9 6 Purr M Wigham 6 9-9 26p Mr S Rees(7) 14/1 64 27 29

10 49 Olivair (IRE) M E Sowersby 4 10-9 b Fearghal Davis(7) 25/1 84 — —

PU Coverdale Lady J M Saville 5 10-5 t Tom Messenger(5) 25/1 72 — —

UR Grand Daum (FR) Micky Hammond 6 10-8 Michael McAvoy(10) 9/2 80 — 74

PU Arctic Cove Micky Hammond 6 11-4 Wilson Renwick 9/1 80 — —

PU Sparky Rocket B Storey 6 10-5 Gary Berridge(3) 25/1 70 — —

14 ran TIME 5m 0.70s (slow by 11.70s) TOTAL SP 127%

1st OWNER: John L Holdroyd BRED: G Merrigan TRAINER: A J Lockwood

2nd OWNER: A Slack

3rd OWNER: Laumar Racing

TOTE WIN £15.90 PL £3.40, £3.80, £5.70; Ex £189.20; CSF £91.38; TRICAST £983.72

The winner was bought in for 4,000gns.

Just a run-of-the-mill seller, but there was plenty to like about the workmanlike display of JAMES BAY, who was being stoked along a fair way from home but kept finding for pressure. This was his first try in selling company, but he may prove better than that in time, as he has the size and scope to jump a fence, plus his style of racing suggests he will stay further.

Inmate, who took a keen hold early on, looked a danger all the way up the straight, but he was outstayed when the chips were down.

MUSSELBURGH, 06 January 2006, Good To Firm

3:40 Country Refreshments Intermediate Open National Hunt Flat Race (Class 6) (4-6yo) 2m

[off 3:40] £2,055.60, £599.10, £299.70

1 Insurgent (IRE) R C Guest 4 9-11 John Flavin(10) 25/1 — 64+

2 ¾ Mister Jungle (FR) Mrs S C Bradburne 4 10-7 Mark Bradburne 7/1 — 63

3 shd James Bay (IRE) N G Richards 5 11-5 Brian Harding 4/6F — 75

4 3½ Watercress Miss M E Rowland 6 10-12 t G Lee 16/1 — 64

5 shd Young Rocky (IRE) C Grant 5 11-5 Dominic Elsworth 33/1 — 71

6 shd Celtic Saloon (IRE) K G Reveley 4 10-7 Richard McGrath 6/1 — 59

7 4 Floral Rhapsody P Beaumont 5 10-12 Russ Garritty 9/1 — 60

8 16 Sparky Rocket B Storey 5 10-7 Dougie Costello(5) 16/1 — 44

9 12 Flemington House A M Crow 5 10-7 Declan McGann(5) 25/1 — 32

9 ran TIME 4m 4.90s (slow by 32.90s) TOTAL SP 119%

1st OWNER: Richard Guest Racing Club BRED: Swettenham Stud TRAINER: R C Guest

2nd OWNER: William A Powrie

3rd OWNER: James Callow & Jimmy Dudgeon

TOTE WIN £26.60 PL £4.40, £1.50, £1.10; Ex £280.10; CSF £191.85Place 6 £63.08, Place 5 £56.94

PLACEPOT £53.80 to a £1 stake. Pool: £39,386.45. 534.00 winning tickets.

QUADPOT £24.80 to a £1 stake. Pool: £3,440.40. 102.40 winning tickets.

Another bumper run at a slow pace with the predictable sprint developing late on. Well-bred ex-John Gosden-trained INSURGENT, who cost 140,000gns as a yearling and changed hands for a mere 800gns last July, quickened up best.

Mister Jungle has a good French jumping pedigree and produced an eyecatching effort on his debut. He's likely to improve even more once going jumping.