Racecards
15:00 Musselburgh
Dm Hall Selling Stakes (Class E) (Class E)
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 7f 30y
- Going: Good to Firm, Firm in places
- Form 514403
- Age 2
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer P Haslam
- Jockey G Faulkner
led, ridden over 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
- Form 003
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
tracked leaders, ridden 4f out, kept on final furlong
Mr Maxim
53- Form 050
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer R Whitaker
- Jockey Dean McKeown
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong
Royal Flynn
41- Form 640
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, kept on inside final furlong
Toldo (IRE)
13- Form 000402
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
stumbled start and soon behind, ridden over 3f out, not clear run until switched left and headway over 1f out, kept on to lead inside final furlong
- Form 33650
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer J D Bethell
- Jockey J Fanning
prominent, ridden over 2f out, every chance until weakened inside final furlong
Zolash (IRE)
15- Form 506044
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer J S Moore
- Jockey Derek Nolan
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
- Form 23030
- Age 2
- Weight 8-6
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, kept on one pace
Purple Door
16- Form 6
- Age 2
- Weight 8-6
- Trainer R M Beckett
- Jockey F Norton
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon one pace
In depth
Verdict
Indibraun sets a decent standard here and gets the vote over Zolash and Mytton's Bell. The selection, a winner of an auction maiden at Doncaster in May, has struggled since but this represents an ease in grade for Pat Haslam's gelding and he should have too much class for his rivals. Zolash showed at Salisbury last time that this would be more his level and he has to be respected although a bigger threat may come from Mytton's Bell. Alan Bailey's filly showed promise in a Chester nursery earlier this month and again at Haydock subsequently. The Michael Dods-trained Royal Flynn takes a drop in class after three runs in maidens and is another worthy of a mention, along with James Bethell's Twice Nightly, who has shown signs of ability. Mick Channon's two-year-olds have been running better of late so Wiltshire is probably better than his debut effort would suggest, while Strathtay, a stablemate of the selection has to be respected in receipt of so much weight. However, Indibraun has an obvious chance in this grade and gets the vote.