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15:30 Musselburgh

Paul Merritt's 60th British Racecourse Handicap (Class 5)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 100y
  • Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £5,000 added
  • Winner: £3,234
  • 2nd: £962
  • 3rd: £481
  • 4th: £240
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 41.84s
  • Off Time: 15:30:14
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Brigadoon

9/4

    2
    Silk -

    Rawaafed (IRE)

    25/1

      1(3)
      Silk - RED, white star, white sleeves, red stars, white cap, red star

      Brigadoon

      14 BF
      9/4
      • Form 507643
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 69

      held up, headway over 5f out, led over 2f out, rider dropped whip inside final furlong, pushed out

      2(2)
      Silk - Dark Blue, large Red spots, sleeves and cap

      King Of Paradise (IRE)

      14
      5/2
      • Form 0-06813
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 68

      led and soon clear, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

      3(1)
      Silk - ROYAL BLUE and WHITE (quartered), BLACK and WHITE striped sleeves and cap

      Rawaafed (IRE)

      8
      25/1
      • Form 132077
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 65

      awkwardly away in rear, headway 3f out, ridden to chase winner entering final furlong, no impression

      4(7)
      Silk - Pink, large maroon spots

      St Ignatius

      5 p D
      6/1
      • Form 703321
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-12
      • Official Rating 60

      chased clear leader, ridden 3f out, kept on one pace

      5(5)
      Silk - White, Maroon chevrons, Maroon sleeves, White diamonds, White cap, Maroon diamond

      Talk of Saafend (IRE)

      20 CCD
      20/1
      • Form 378-393
      • Age 8
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 56

      chased leaders, lost place 6f out

      6(4)
      Silk - Orange, white star and sleeves

      Slide Show

      6 BFD
      9/4
      • Form 79-6212
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 56

      held up, headway 5f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace

      7(6)
      NR

      Ruby Glass (IRE)

      18
      • Form 6500-00
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-2
      • Official Rating 45

      Nonrunner

      Previous results

      2012
      (6)
      Silk -

      Houston Dynimo (IRE)

      6/5
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-5

      2011
      (2)
      Silk -

      Persian Peril

      5/1
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-12

      In depth

      Verdict

      A change to front-running tactics has worked the oracle for King Of Paradise as he made all at Hamilton before going close again at Pontefract last time. But it's likely he'll be taken on for the lead by St Ignatius here as the latter was never headed when scoring at Brighton last week. A fast pace could play into the hands of SLIDE SHOW as she bolted up at Catterick on her penultimate start and the lightly-raced five-year-old should have more to offer after last week's second in an amateurs race. Brigadoon is getting a bit closer as he slips down the weights but Rawaafed has gone off the boil of late.

      Formwatch

      Brigadoon 6-4fav (9-9) In touch, headway not clear run and switched right over 1f out, ridden and stayed on to 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 4l behind Velvetina (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.

      King Of Paradise (IRE) 7-1 (9-5) Pulled hard soon clear, ridden over 2f out, headed just inside final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 8, 2 3/4l behind Circle Of Angels (8-13) at Pontefract 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.

      Rawaafed (IRE) 17-2 (9-7) Slowly into stride, mid-division, never a factor, 7th of 8, 6l behind True Pleasure (8-9) at Ayr 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gf.

      St Ignatius 11-10fav (9-0) Made most, ridden 2f out, stayed on strongly, won at Brighton 1m 4f app hcp 0-60 (6) fm beating Beacon Lady (9-4) by 1/2l, 4 ran.

      Talk of Saafend (IRE) 16-1 (9-9) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, edged left inside final furlong, one pace, 3rd of 8, 3 1/2l behind A Southside Boy (10-2) at Hamilton 1m 5f ldy hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Jun.

      Slide Show 5-2fav (10-10) Towards rear, headway on outer over 3f out, led 2f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 12, 4 1/2l behind Gucci D'oro (10-7) at Catterick 1m 4f am hcp 0-65 (6) gf.

      Ruby Glass (IRE) 28-1 (9-7) Led, pushed along