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15:05 Musselburgh

Totesport Willie Park Stakes (Listed) (Class 1)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 2m
  • Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 40.84s
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Kindling

10/1

    2
    Silk -

    Hearthstead Wings

    7/2

      1(3)
      Silk - WHITE, large BLACK spots, BLACK cap

      Dancing Bay

      19 D
      11/8
      • Form 344-454
      • Age 8
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 105

      held up in rear, headway halfway, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten

      2(2)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Light Blue disc, Light Blue cap

      Hearthstead Wings

      34 v
      7/2
      • Form 460318
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-7
      • Official Rating 105

      led after 3f, ridden and hung right after 1f out, headed inside in final furlong, one pace

      3(4)
      Silk - PINK, DARK BLUE cross belts, hooped sleeves and cap

      Lord Mayfair (USA)

      58
      200/1
      • Form 088566
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-7
      • Official Rating 45

      led for 3f, weakened halfway, tailed off over 4f out

      4(1)
      Silk - Red, Dark Green seams, Red cap

      Kindling

      15 C
      10/1
      • Form 654113
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-2
      • Official Rating 86

      prominent, effort over 2f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on

      5(6)
      Silk - White, Emerald Green hoops on body, White cap

      Kiswahili

      12
      7/2
      • Form 21-31
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-2
      • Official Rating 90

      tracked leaders, keen, every chance over 3f out, one pace

      6(5)
      Silk - Royal Blue, White chevron, Light Blue cap

      Without A Trace (IRE)

      9 BF
      7/1
      • Form 112330
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-2
      • Official Rating 102

      in touch, ridden over 3f out, soon outpaced

      In depth

      Verdict

      Kiswahili was a welcome winner for the yard of Sir Mark Prescott when scoring at Fairyhouse last month but needs to improve again to get the better of Dancing Bay, who is preferred to Without A Trace and Hearthstead Wings. A decent dual performer, the selection has not been disgraced in better races than this in three starts on the flat this term latterly when a close fourth behind Cover Up in Newmarket's Jockey Club Cup. Without A Trace has not been at his best on a soft surface of late and may do better on today's slightly faster ground, while Kindling needs to improve and makes less appeal than stablemate Hearthstead Wings, who has been running with more consistency of late but lacks the class of the selection. Lord Mayfair looks to be out of his depth and a safer bet looks to be Dancing Bay, who is taken to open his account for the season.

      Formwatch

      Dancing Bay 10-1 (9-0) Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 2l behind Cover Up (9-0) at Newmarket 2m Grp 3 (1) gs in Oct.

      Hearthstead Wings 11-2 (9-8) Dwelt, soon prominent, led over 8f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 17, 13l behind Soulacroix (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp 0-95 (3) gs in Sept.

      Lord Mayfair (USA) 50-1 (8-7) Pulled hard, tracked leaders, weakened over 2f out, last of 6, 17l behind Our Choice (9-0) at Catterick 1m 4f 3yo mdn (5) gf in Sept.

      Kindling 11-4fav (8-6) Made virtually all, in command over 1f out, pushed clear final furlong, won at Epsom 1m 4f app hcp (4) gs in Oct beating Torrid Kentavr (9-4) by 5l, 11 ran.

      Kiswahili 1-2fav (8-9) Settled 2nd, led approaching straight, ridden and strongly pressed 1 1/2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, won at Fairyhouse 1m 4f stk gs in Oct beating Hippodrome (9-4) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.

      Without A Trace (IRE) 2-1fav (8-5) Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, no impression, 10th of 11, 19l behind Tarandot (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m 6f lst fll stk (1) hvy in Oct.