Racecards
15:25 Musselburgh
totepool Musselburgh Gold Cup (Handicap) (Class 3)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Soft (Good to Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £20,000 added
- Winner: £12,938
- 2nd: £3,850
- 3rd: £1,924
- 4th: £962
- Form 397208-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer G A Swinbank
- Jockey S A Gray
mid-division, headway 4f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, forged clear
- Form 42000-3
- Age 6
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer Mrs R Carr
- Jockey J P Sullivan
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 12841/3
- Age 5
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 80
tracked leader until ridden over 4f out, weakened 2f out, tailed off
- Form 76464-6
- Age 5
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer K Dalgleish
- Jockey G Lee
held up, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out, tailed
- Form 380046/
- Age 9
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer A C Whillans
- Jockey G Whillans
took keen hold towards rear, headway on outer to track leaders, over 8f out, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 533106-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 79
towards rear, reminders after 3f, outpaced over 4f out, tailed off
- Form 534480-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer M Walford
- Jockey Jason Hart
in touch, ridden over 4f out, kept on final furlong, not trouble leaders
- Form 727057-
- Age 8
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer B Ellison
- Jockey Jacob Butterfield
close up, effort 2f out, kept on one pace
- Form 1100/12-
- Age 7
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 76
- Trainer Mrs Dianne Sayer
- Jockey Miss Emma Sayer
close up, ridden 6f out, outpaced 4f out
- Form 2424/41-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer S Gollings
- Jockey J Fanning
tracked leaders, went 2nd over 4f out, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace
- Form 26817-7
- Age 5
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer R C Guest
- Jockey Jordan Nason
steadied start and switched right start, in rear, headway on outer over 3f out, ridden and no impression from 2f out, weakened final furlong
Maraweh (IRE)
192- Form 007420/
- Age 5
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer Miss Lucinda V Russell
- Jockey P Mulrennan
towards rear, pushed along halfway, outpaced over 4f out, headway and switched right approaching final furlong, nearest finish
- Form 4445-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer J S Goldie
- Jockey F Lynch
raced wide held up, outpaced over 4f out, tailed off
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
A few of these have been hurdling including Nashville, only 2lb higher than when scoring on the Flat at Ayr last year. Mr Snoozy is not badly treated either on his return to the Flat and Streets Of Newyork won over hurdles here in February. But Handiwork is rated higher than all of the above over timber and won on the level at Catterick in October. Royal Signaller will have come on for a recent outing at Wolverhampton and BE PERFECT (NAP) ran well over 1m4f on his first start for Ruth Carr at Lingfield last month. The latter gets the nod having finished second over 2m at Beverley off a higher mark in August.
Formwatch
Lady Kashaan (IRE) 9-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, pushed along and headway over 1f out, never dangerous, 8th of 18, 12l behind Spectator (8-2) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp (3) sft in Oct.
Be Perfect (USA) 33-1 (9-5) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 1 1/4l behind New Year's Night (8-11) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Mar.
Royal Signaller 3-1 (9-12) Soon chasing leaders, ridden to challenge over 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 3rd of 5, 9l behind Lycidas (9-10) at Wolverhampton 2m hcap (4) in Mar.
Corton Lad 8-1 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 8, 11l behind Barye (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Mar.
Scrapper Smith (IRE) 14-1 (9-2) Held up in rear, effort 2f out, not much room and switched left inside final furlong, stayed on, never nearer, 6th of 17, 3 1/2l behind Warlu Way (9-7) at Carlisle 1m 3f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Jun '13.
Nashville (IRE) 10-1 (9-7) Mid-division, pushed along over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 12, 17l behind Precision Strike (9-0) at Haydock 2m hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Oct.
Mr Snoozy 12-1 (9-9) Mid-division, weakened over 3f out, tailed off, 11th of 12, well behind Precision Strike (9-0) at Haydock 2m hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Oct.
Streets Of Newyork 33-1 (7-11) Slowly into stride, behind, outpaced 3f out, never dangerous, 7th of 8, 11l behind Earth Drummer (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2) in Dec.
Bright Abbey 20-1 (9-0) Led after 1f, ridden 2f out, pressed inside final furlong, headed near finish, 2nd of 9, shd behind Pass Muster (9-1) at Musselburgh 2m hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Apr '14.
Handiwork 9-2fav (9-8) Close up, led over 3f out, clear over 2f out, eased final furlong, comfortable, won at Catterick 2m hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Oct beating Regal Park (8-13) by 8l, 13 ran.
Precision Strike 28-1 (9-3) Pressed winner until 5f out, tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out, last of 7, 25l behind Wakea (9-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcap (4) in Mar.
Maraweh (IRE) 8-1 (9-5) Dwelt in touch, ridden 5f out, weakened over 2f out, eased over 1f out, tailed off, 10th of 11, well behind Norway Cross (9-0) at Pontefract 1m 4f mdn stks (5) hvy in Oct '13.
Braes Of Lochalsh 12-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, in rear, pushed along over 3f out, no impression, 5th of 9, 13l behind Legal Waves (9-11) at Hamilton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) gs in Sep.