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17:05 Musselburgh

National Racehorse Week 2024 Handicap (Class 6)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 104y
  • Going: Good (Good to Firm in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £8,000 added
  • Winner: £4,187
  • 2nd: £1,965
  • 3rd: £982
  • 4th: £491
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 43.60s
  • Off Time: 17:05:12
  • 5 Ran
2
Silk -
7/4

    1(4)
    Silk - Black and Pink diabolo, Black sleeves, Pink cap, Black star

    Midnight Lion

    117 t BF
    11/2
    • Form 875172
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-10
    • Official Rating 66

    raced keenly, pressed leader who set strong pace, steadied 9f out, closer 5f out, pushed along and lost 2nd 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f

    2(5)
    Silk - Royal Blue, Light Green epaulets
    • Form 09-3693
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-7
    • Official Rating 63

    held up off the pace in 3rd, closer 5f out, led on inside over 2f out, ridden and pressed over 1f out, battled on gamely to assert inside final furlong

    3(3)
    Silk - Black and White diamonds
    6/4
    • Form 431222
    • Age 5
    • Weight 9-6
    • Official Rating 62

    held up off the pace in 4th, closer 5f out, pushed along out wide over 2f out, ridden in 3rd and no impression inside final 2f

    4(2)
    Silk - Maroon, white seams, white sleeves, maroon stars, maroon cap, white star
    25/1
    • Form 23/687
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-4
    • Official Rating 60

    raced keenly, led at strong pace and pressed, went clear 9f out, reduced lead 5f out, headed and weakened rapidly over 2f out, behind and no chance after, tailed off

    5(1)
    Silk - Grey, white stars, grey sleeves, grey cap, white star

    Laudable

    5 p D
    7/4
    • Form 573111
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-3
    • Official Rating 54

    held up off the pace in rear, closer 5f out, headway out wide into 2nd inside final 2f, ridden to challenge over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong

    In depth

    Formwatch

    Midnight Lion 6-1 (10-12) Tracked winner, ridden over 2 out, soon weakened, 8th of 11, 37 1/2l behind Mostly Sunny (11-4) at Huntingdon 2m mdn (4) gd in May.

    Kingsley Pride 9-2 (9-9) Slowly into stride, held up in last trio, ridden out wide inside final 2f, plugged on inside final furlong, went moderate 3rd inside final 100 yards, 3rd of 9, 3l behind The Bay Warrior (9-4) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Sep.

    Freddy Robinson 5-1 (9-13) Prominent, raced wide, chased leaders 3f out, went second 1f out, every chance with sustained challenge final 110 yards, just held final stride, 2nd of 10, shd behind Kinetic (9-9) at Musselburgh 1m 4f hcp (6) gd in Aug.

    Eastvan (IRE) 66-1 (9-4) Raced keenly in last trio, pushed along and weakened over 2f out, last of 7, 19 1/4l behind My Noble Lord (9-5) at Hamilton 1m 5f hcp (4) gs in Jul.

    Laudable 3-1 (9-6) Dwelt, in rear, raced keenly early and soon in mid-division, shaken up and went 4th over 2f out, pushed along and headway over 1f out, led over 110 yards out and asserted, won at Catterick 1m 4f hcp (6) sft in Sep beating Due Consideration (9-2) by 2l, 7 ran.