led, headed 4th, pushed along before 2 out, driven and no response, soon beaten
jumped well, chased leader, headway to lead 4th, went clear before 2 out, pushed out, readily
held up in rear, mistake 2nd, detached 4th, never involved
Star Of Markinch was still beaten out of sight when third at Musselburgh and will do well to figure barring accidents. The remaining pair carry penalties for earlier victories but Palm Beach has struggled since winning at Kelso last May and has switched yards whereas GREDIN scored over track and trip in October. The latter ran well in a handicap at Doncaster last time and gets the vote back at this level.
Gredin (FR) 11-2 (11-8) Prominent, ridden and asked for effort at 3 out, outpaced and kept on before 2 out, weakened after final hurdle, 4th of 6, 10l behind Silva Eclipse (10-12) at Doncaster 3m hcp (3) sft in Feb.
Palm Beach (IRE) 20-1 (11-2) Always towards rear, never a factor, mistake 2nd, ridden and no impression after 4 out, no extra from next, 15th of 18, dist behind Autumn Evening (11-6) at Listowel 2m hcp Good - Yielding in Sep.
Star Of Markinch (IRE) 100-1 (10-13) Mistake 1st in rear, not fluent 2nd, behind from 5th, lost touch and plugged on for remote 3rd, tailed off, 3rd of 6, dist behind Loughderg Rocco (11-6) at Musselburgh 2m 4f mdn (4) gs in Mar.
