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19:30 Musselburgh

Forth One Handicap (Class 4)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f
  • Going: Good to Firm
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 37.02s
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Saif Sareea

4/7

    2
    Silk -

    Polish Power (GER)

    7/1

      1(3)
      Silk - White, Red inverted triangle, sleeves and cap

      Incursion

      222
      33/1
      • Form 77/9360-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 77

      in rear, ridden and outpaced over 3f out, kept on final 2f, no impression

      2(6)
      Silk - Pink, Emerald Green chevron, halved sleeves, quartered cap

      Polish Power (GER)

      22 BFD
      7/1
      • Form 121114
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 74

      chased leaders, chased winner from over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, one pace and no impression

      3(2)
      Silk - Black and Beige (halved), chevrons on sleeves, Beige cap

      Thistle

      271
      20/1
      • Form 21/5446-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 72

      led early, chased winner, until over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out

      5(1)
      Silk - Black, White seams, halved sleeves, Dark Green cap

      Saif Sareea

      8 D
      4/7
      • Form 1844-21
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-11
      • Official Rating 68

      soon led, and raced keen, ridden well over 1f out, stayed on strongly to go clear inside final furlong

      6(4)
      Silk - Red, Royal Blue star, Royal Blue sleeves, Red stars, Red cap, Royal Blue star

      Platinum Charmer (IRE)

      9 p BFCDD
      5/1
      • Form 197-622
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-7
      • Official Rating 63

      held up in touch, ridden and headway over 2f out, no impression

      7(7)
      Silk - Maroon, White spots

      Fiddlers Creek (IRE)

      3 t CDD
      20/1
      • Form 20U-050
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-2
      • Official Rating 58

      held up in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out

      4(5)
      NR

      Stage Manager (IRE)

      1 D
      6/1
      • Form 818465
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 70

      In depth

      Verdict

      Saif Sareea gets the call ahead of Thistle and Platinum Charmer. Saif Sareea has proven a revelation of late and, judged on his latest win, still has more to come. He should go well under his penalty. Polish Power has run up a sequence on the all-weather but will need to further build on the form if he is to win. Thistle could start the season on a fair mark, and is respected, while Stage Manager has shown some promise on the all-weather and now debuts on Turf. Platinum Charmer is five pounds above a winning mark so needs to build on his best to score, although he is a course and distance winner, while Fiddlers Creek is well-weighted based on the best of his all-weather wins, but we are happy to stick with Saif Sareera as the selection.

      Formwatch

      Incursion 66-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 1f out, 15th of 17, 13l behind Indian Pipe Dream (8-13) at Haydock 1m 6f hcp (3) gs in Sept.

      Polish Power (GER) 5-2fav (9-2) Held up, driven to challenge over 3f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 10, 2 1/2l behind Shaunas Vision (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcap (5) pol in Apr.

      Thistle 9-1 (9-11) With leader until weakened over 2f out, 6th of 7, 20l behind Liberty Seeker (8-11) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Aug.

      Saif Sareea 4-5fav (8-8) Pulled hard, led after 3f, clear over 2f out, eased towards finish, won at Catterick 1m 4f hcap (5) frm in Apr beating McEldowney (8-11) by 3 1/2l, 12 ran.

      Platinum Charmer (IRE) 11-4fav (8-8) Held up in touch, headway to lead over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Migration (8-2) at Southwell 1m 4f app hcp (5) gd in Apr.

      Fiddlers Creek (IRE) 20-1 (8-6) In touch, weakened over 2f out, 10th of 15, 10l behind Balwearie (8-5) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcap (5) gf.

      Stage Manager (IRE) 11-4fav (8-13) Held up towards rear, kept on final furlong, never dangerous, 6th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Llamadas (9-1) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.