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16:10 Musselburgh

Archerfield Cup Handicap (Class 2)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 7f 217y
  • Going: Good (Good to Firm in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £30,000 added
  • Winner: £18,477
  • 2nd: £5,562
  • 3rd: £2,781
  • 4th: £1,386
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 29.21s
  • Off Time: 16:12:05
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Timoshenko

11/4

    2
    Silk -

    Austrian School (IRE)

    6/4

      1(1)
      Silk - Lime Green, Royal Blue epaulets and cap

      Austrian School (IRE)

      14 BF
      6/4
      • Form 144223
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-10
      • Official Rating 96

      tracked leaders, led approaching final furlong, soon carried left, headed entering final furlong, rallied closing stages, kept on well

      2(5)
      Silk - Claret, gold braid, claret sleeves, claret cap, gold tassel

      Life On Earth (USA)

      18
      9/2
      • Form 05211
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-11
      • Official Rating 83

      tracked leader, driven to challenge over 3f out, every chance over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong

      3(3)
      Silk - Dark Blue, Gold hoops, White sleeves and cap

      Artarmon (IRE)

      9 v
      4/1
      • Form 244211
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9
      • Official Rating 75

      led, set strong pace, hung left under pressure approaching final furlong, soon headed, no extra closing stages

      4(4)
      Silk - LIGHT BLUE, ORANGE epaulets

      Timoshenko

      14 p D
      11/4
      • Form 09-1111
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-2
      • Official Rating 74

      chased leaders, pushed along halfway, rallied over 2f out, led entering final furlong, soon challenged, stayed on gamely

      5(2)
      Silk - White, royal blue stars, red and white diabolo on sleeves, white cap, red star

      Gallus

      39
      25/1
      • Form 547
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-0
      • Official Rating 70

      held up, beaten over 3f out

      In depth

      Verdict

      There may only be five runners in this but four of them arrive in excellent form. Timoshenko bids for a five-timer but has risen 16lb in just over a month and he has been doing all of his winning in Class 6 company. Life On Earth steps up in trip after victories at Lingfield and Windsor but is still improving. Artarmon is also progressive and on a hat-trick but is upped another 6lb. AUSTRIAN SCHOOL (NAP) is giving away lumps of weight but is the class act. He has struggled for pace in his last two runs and a step up to 2m has been on the cards for a while given he won over 1m6f at Chelmsford back in May.

      Formwatch

      Austrian School (IRE) 6-4fav (8-10) Led, pushed along 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, soon outpaced, stayed on again towards finish, 3rd of 5, 1 1/2l behind Kelly's Dino (9-3) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp (2) gf in Jul.

      Life On Earth (USA) 11-8fav (9-4) Tracked leader, led 8f out, edged left to far side over 1f out, ridden and strongly pressed inside final furlong, always just doing enough, well on top towards finish, won at Windsor 1m 3f hcp fll (4) gf in Jul beating Vampish (8-11) by 1 1/4l, 6 ran.

      Artarmon (IRE) 2-1jfav (9-4) Made all, ridden over 1f out, stayed on strongly, unchallenged, won at Sandown 1m 6f hcp (4) gd in Aug beating Moon of Baroda (9-2) by 2 3/4l, 6 ran.

      Timoshenko 1-3fav (9-8) Tracked leaders, went 2nd inside final mile, led over 2f out, clear over 1f out, stayed on strongly, won at Chepstow 2m hcp (6) gf in Jul beating Aristocracy (9-4) by 1 3/4l, 8 ran.

      Gallus 20-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, lost place inside final 2f, weakened final furlong, 7th of 10, 16 1/2l behind Berkshire Blue (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f stks (6) pol in Jul.