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15:00 Musselburgh

Bank Of Scotland Corporate Willie Park Trophy Handicap (Class 2)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 6f
  • Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £25,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 4.16s
  • Off Time: 15:01:00
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Gee Dee Nen

6/1

    2
    Silk -

    Double Banded (IRE)

    4/6

      1(4)
      Silk - Light Blue, Royal Blue braces, Royal Blue cap

      Greenwich Meantime

      20 D
      10/1
      • Form 007940
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-13
      • Official Rating 95

      prominent, headway to lead briefly over 1f out, ridden and soon one pace

      3(2)
      Silk - Dark Blue, Orange epaulets, striped sleeves, quartered cap

      Gee Dee Nen

      20
      6/1
      • Form 475130
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 83

      tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, headway to lead over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on to lead again close home

      4(7)
      Silk - Pink, Black star, Pink and Black striped sleeves, Black cap

      King of The Moors (USA)

      2 C
      33/1
      • Form 640159
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 75

      led, ridden over 3f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened

      5(5)
      Silk - WHITE, EMERALD GREEN epaulets and stars on sleeves, YELLOW cap

      Trance (IRE)

      1 p D
      33/1
      • Form 340006
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 82

      held up, outpaced halfway, ridden over 4f out, no impression

      6(6)
      Silk - Old Gold, Light Blue sleeves and spots on Scarlet cap

      Rehearsed (IRE)

      13 D
      9/2
      • Form 012511
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 73

      tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, soon one pace

      7(3)
      Silk - Red, Green cap and striped sleeves

      Double Banded (IRE)

      7 D
      4/6
      • Form 611311
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-5
      • Official Rating 81

      held up, ridden over 2f out, headway to lead entering final furlong, headed and no extra close home

      2(1)
      NR

      Dzesmin (POL)

      48 D
      • Form 438251
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 83

      Nonrunner

      In depth

      Verdict

      Plenty of in-form performers here however Double Banded is the most progressive and he gets the vote ahead of fellow hat-trick seeker Rehearsed. John Dunlop's colt was impressive when winning over two miles at Newmarket and a 6lb winners penalty looks unlikely to halt his winning run. He is effective over this trip and with the ground perfect once again, another big run looks imminent. Rehearsed has proven adept on varying ground in the past and Hugh Morrison's progressive filly shouldn't be easily overlooked. Dzesmin scored well at Catterick but is arguably better over a mile and a half, whilst King Of The Moors takes a big step up in trip which looks like a slightly desperate measure. At a price don't rule out a bounce back to form from Chester Cup winner Greenwich Meantime, however Double Banded looks the one to side with.

      Formwatch

      Greenwich Meantime 50-1 (9-2) In rear, slightly hampered 11f out, some headway over 4f out, weakened 3f out, eased 2f out, 25th of 33, 50l behind Leg Spinner (8-11) at Newmarket 2m 2f hcap (2) gs in Oct.

      Gee Dee Nen 33-1 (8-1) Mid-division, in touch halfway, ridden when not clear run 4f out, weakened 2f out, 13th of 33, 19l behind Leg Spinner (8-11) at Newmarket 2m 2f hcap (2) gs in Oct.

      King of The Moors (USA) 9-1 (9-1) Led steady pace, shaken up to quicken over 3f out, driven over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra close home, 9th of 15, 4l behind Sforzando (8-11) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.

      Trance (IRE) 40-1 (9-8) Slowly into stride, always behind, 18th of 19, 23l behind Whenever (8-10) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Oct.

      Rehearsed (IRE) 9-2fav (9-13) Towards rear, plenty to do 3f out, steady headway 2f out, stayed on final furlong to lead post, won at Newbury 1m 4f ldy rds hcp (5) sft in Oct beating Pocket Too (9-0) by a shd, 13 ran.

      Double Banded (IRE) 2-1fav (9-0) Held up in 7th, smooth headway on bit over 2f out, led over 1f out, hung left but stayed on strongly final furlong, won at Newmarket 2m hcp 0-90 (3) gd beating Dr Sharp (9-13) by 5l, 10 ran.

      Dzesmin (POL) 11-4fav (9-3) Held up, ridden and headway over 3f out, led over 1f out, driven out, won at Catterick 1m 4f hcap (3) gd in Sept beating Realism (9-10) by a nk, 8 ran.