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12:53 Musselburgh

Happy 70th Birthday John Grossick Handicap (Class 6)

  • 12 Runners
  • Distance: 5f 1y
  • Going: Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £7,000 added
  • Winner: £3,664
  • 2nd: £1,719
  • 3rd: £859
  • 4th: £430
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 2.32s
  • Off Time: 12:58:27
  • 12 Ran
1(5)
Silk - Light green, white stars on sleeves, light green cap, white star
16/5
  • Form 005765
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 65

prominent, chased leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, quickened and soon in command, pushed out final furlong, cosily

2(14)
Silk - Dark blue, red sleeves, white stars, dark blue cap, white star
  • Form 400184
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 64

early pace, led on stands side rails, ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on final furlong

4(12)
Silk - Black, white chevron, white sleeves, black armlets

Ganesha

15 D
11/2
  • Form 854330
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 63

held up behind leader on stands side rails, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong

5(2)
Silk - Purple, Yellow star, Yellow sleeves, Purple diamonds, Purple cap, Yellow star

Royal Duke

19 DCD
28/1
  • Form 121068
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 59

soon pushed along and outpaced towards rear, never in contention

7(9)
Silk - Grey, orange cap
18/1
  • Form 834307
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 56

slowly into stride, in rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on from 2f out, never threatened leaders

8(11)
Silk - Black, Red triple diamond, sleeves and diamond on cap
13/2
  • Form 523626
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 56

towards rear, ridden 2f out, never in contention

9(13)
Silk - Red, grey star, grey sleeves, red armlets, quartered cap
8/1
  • Form 440162
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 53

slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway and ridden 2f out, kept on from over 1f out, never nearer

10(8)
Silk - Mauve and Black diamonds, Black sleeves

Ski Angel

23 DCD
12/1
  • Form 845415
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-8
  • Official Rating 50

mid-division, ridden over 1f out, no impression on leaders and weakened well inside final furlong

11(10)
Silk - Orange, white epaulets, white and orange striped sleeves, white cap

Zaphea (IRE)

23 DCD
14/1
  • Form 669369
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-6
  • Official Rating 48

held up towards rear, raced wide, ridden 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out

12(3)
Silk - Yellow, black cross belts, diamonds on sleeves and cap
  • Form 600280
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-4
  • Official Rating 46

chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong

13(4)
Silk - Red, black seams, black and white striped sleeves and cap

John Kirkup

45 b DCD
33/1
  • Form 078037
  • Age 10
  • Weight 8-4
  • Official Rating 45

mid-division, raced wide, ridden over 2f out, kept on from 2f out, never threatened leaders

14(7)
Silk - White and Royal Blue (halved), Black sleeves, White spots, Black cap
80/1
  • Form 626544
  • Age 8
  • Weight 8-4
  • Official Rating 45

chased leaders, ridden and weakened quickly 2f out

3(6)
NR
9/2
  • Form 853411
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 59

NonRunner

6(1)
NR
5/1
  • Form 583019
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 57

NonRunner

Previous results

In depth

Formwatch

Wen Moon (IRE) 4-1jfav (9-7) Off the pace in last pair, headway near side of group and hung left over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 5th of 14, 4 1/4l behind Bonnie's Boy (9-9) at Newcastle 5f hcp (5) pol in Oct.

Our Absent Friends (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, stayed on, no extra final 110 yards, 4th of 10, 1 3/4l behind Son Of Astar (8-7) at Haydock 5f hcp (5) gd in Oct.

Ganesha 13-2 (9-4) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened quickly final furlong, 10th of 14, 6 3/4l behind Bonnie's Boy (9-9) at Newcastle 5f hcp (5) pol in Oct.

Royal Duke 9-1 (8-10) Shifted left start, towards rear, pushed along and beaten 2f out, 8th of 10, 5 1/4l behind Son Of Astar (8-7) at Haydock 5f hcp (5) gd in Oct.

Laurens Dream 18-1 (9-2) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on from over 1f out, never nearer, 7th of 13, 3 1/2l behind Giselles Izzy (9-5) at Redcar 6f hcp (6) gs in Oct.

Fear And Fast 11-2 (9-7) In touch behind leaders, effort over 2f out, driven over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 6th of 14, 4 1/4l behind Westgate Warrior (9-8) at Nottingham 5f hcp (6) gd in Oct.

Sir Benedict (IRE) 14-1 (9-4) Raced towards far side of centre in mid-division, headway tracking leaders when not clear run briefly over 1f out, ran on disputing lead inside final furlong, lost on the nod, 2nd of 14, shd behind Thunderstorm Katie (9-9) at Musselburgh 5f hcp (6) gd in Oct.

Ski Angel 5-1 (9-4) Raced centre and keen, held up towards rear, headway hanging right over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 5th of 14, 2 1/4l behind Thunderstorm Katie (9-9) at Musselburgh 5f hcp (6) gd in Oct.

Zaphea (IRE) 22-1 (9-4) Raced towards far side of centre, prominent, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 14, 4 1/2l behind Thunderstorm Katie (9-9) at Musselburgh 5f hcp (6) gd in Oct.

Little Mi Mi (IRE) 13-2 (8-10) Raced keenly, chased leader, led 4f out, headed inside final 2f, weakened quickly, 10th of 13, 13l behind Spun To Gold (9-3) at Newcastle 6f hcp (6) pol in Oct.

John Kirkup 28-1 (8-9) Handy, pushed along 2f out, faded, 7th of 12, 4 1/4l behind Sir Benedict (8-9) at Hamilton 5f hcp (6) sft in Sep.

Hard Nut (IRE) 12-1 (8-9) Disputed lead, pushed along and faded over 2f out, 4th of 6, 7 1/2l behind Ski Angel (8-9) at Musselburgh 5f hcp (6) sft in Oct.

Thunderstorm Katie 8-1 (9-9) Front mid-division, pushed along closed well over 1f out, ridden and led over 110 yards out, ran on, just held on final strides, won at Newcastle 5f hcp (6) pol in Oct beating Bibendum (9-4) by ns, 14 ran.

Kyber Crystal (IRE) 10-1 (9-4) Awkward start, soon prominent, closed into 3rd over 2f out, pushed along and led over 1f out, soon ridden, drifted left final 90 yards, kept on, won at Pontefract 5f hcp (6) gs in Sep beating Papa Don't Preach (9-9) by 1/2l, 8 ran.