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16:40 Musselburgh

Witherbys Handicap (Class 6)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 2f 28y
  • Going: Good to Soft (Good in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £6,069 added
  • Winner: £3,105
  • 2nd: £924
  • 3rd: £462
  • 4th: £300
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 7.88s
  • Off Time: 16:43:53
  • 8 Ran
3(6)
Silk - Red, black sleeves, white spots
4/6
  • Form 4-11711
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-11
  • Official Rating 60

held up in touch, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, effort on inside over 1f out, kept on same pace

4(10)
Silk - Black, Yellow sleeves, Black armlets, Black cap, Yellow stars
8/1
  • Form 842261
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 52

held up, headway over 2f out, no impression

5(2)
Silk - White, Maroon Cross of Lorraine, sleeves and cap

Kitty's Cove

18 pt
4/1
  • Form 566232
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-9
  • Official Rating 49

dwelt, held up, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, hung right under pressure approaching final furlong, led closing stages, stayed on well

6(3)
Silk - White, Red chevron, White and Black chevrons on sleeves, Black cap

Pammi

18
12/1
  • Form 664563
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-8
  • Official Rating 48

prominent, outpaced over 4f out, stayed on into 3rd inside final furlong, never able to challenge

7(4)
Silk - Royal Blue and Yellow diamonds, White sleeves, Royal Blue cap, Yellow diamond
14/1
  • Form 9/8684-5
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-7
  • Official Rating 47

held up in rear, headway over 3f out, every chance 2f out, staying on same pace when hampered approaching final furlong, no extra

8(1)
Silk - Black, Yellow sleeves, Black armlets, white cap

Elite Icon

18 v C
16/1
  • Form 374945
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-7
  • Official Rating 47

in touch, ridden over 2f out, no impression

9(9)
Silk - Royal Blue, White star, Red sleeves and cap

Dizoard

26 C
50/1
  • Form 4-50009
  • Age 9
  • Weight 8-5
  • Official Rating 45

led until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, eased

10(7)
Silk - Grey, Red stripe, armlets and cap
  • Form 8079
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-5
  • Official Rating 45

chased leaders, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, soon rallied, kept on gamely

1(5)
NR
3/1
  • Form 3/4343-4
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-13
  • Official Rating 67

NonRunner

2(8)
NR
14/1
  • Form 553872
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 61

NonRunner

In depth

Verdict

Clearance, Uptown Funk and Buyer Beware were all due to run yesterday at Ripon and the race would take on an entirely different complex if none of that trio turn up. Hugoigo has a penalty for winning a lady amateurs’ race at Carlisle when relatively easy to back and, along with Elite Icon, was behind Pammi at Ayr earlier. Kitty's Cove has yet to win but has been knocking on the door lately. GEMOLOGIST is also a long-standing maiden but hasn’t been running badly over hurdles this year and could go close if ready after a short break.

Formwatch

Clearance 3-1jfav (9-6) Chased leader, stayed alone far side over 3f out, led over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, eased close home, won at Ayr 1m 7f hcp (6) hvy in Aug beating Oromo (8-10) by 2 3/4l, 7 ran.

Hugoigo 20-1 (10-8) Chased leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, kept on well, won at Carlisle 1m 3f hcp (6) gs in Aug beating Frightened Rabbit (10-2) by 1/2l, 12 ran.

Kitty's Cove 5-2 (9-1) Held up and behind, headway on outside chasing leaders over 4f out, went 2nd inside final 3f, ridden and hung left final 2f, kept on same pace, no chance with winner, 2nd of 7, 6l behind Anyonecanhaveitall (9-7) at Redcar 1m 6f hcp (6) gd in Aug.

Pammi 6-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, no impression on winner, 3rd of 7, 3l behind Clearance (9-6) at Ayr 1m 7f hcp (6) hvy in Aug.

Gemologist (IRE) 9-4 (10-8) Jumped right and not always fluent, led until last, no impression on winner flat, 2nd of 7, 6l behind Dollys Destination (10-12) at Hexham 2m (4) gd in May.

Elite Icon 10-3 (8-13) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 5th of 7, 4l behind Clearance (9-6) at Ayr 1m 7f hcp (6) hvy in Aug.

Dizoard 50-1 (9-9) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, never on terms, last of 9, 16l behind Corton Lad (10-10) at Musselburgh 1m 5f hcp (5) gd in Aug.

Put The Law On You (IRE) 16-1 (10-8) Prominent, keen, lost place when jumped left 3rd, never dangerous, tailed off, last of 11, dist behind Putting Green (11-10) at Perth 3m hcp (4) gd in Jul.

Uptown Funk (IRE) 6-5fav (11-0) Chased leaders, pushed along after 3 out, went 2nd last, no chance with winner, 2nd of 3, 16l behind Ardera Cross (11-0) at Perth 2m 4f hcp (3) hvy in Aug.

Buyer Beware (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) In touch on inside, pushed along and weakened 4f out soon behind, tailed off, 7th of 8, 26 1/2l behind Land Of Oz (8-7) at Ayr 2m 1f hcp (4) sft in Jul.