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16:57 Musselburgh

Betway Handicap (Class 5)

  • 12 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2y
  • Going: Good to Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £7,000 added
  • Winner: £3,456
  • 2nd: £1,622
  • 3rd: £812
  • 4th: £406
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 42.75s
  • Off Time: 16:58:20
  • 12 Ran
1(2)
Silk - Red, royal blue chevron, royal blue and white diabolo on sleeves, red cap, white diamond

Makeen

15 D
5/2
  • Form 03258-4
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-10
  • Official Rating 72

close up, ridden and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on

2(7)
Silk - Dark blue, white disc, light blue sleeves, white spots and cap
9/2
  • Form 24195-4
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-10
  • Official Rating 72

held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong

3(3)
Silk - Royal Blue, Red chevron, Red sleeves, White armlets, White cap, Red star
  • Form 9209-51
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 71

tracked leaders, ridden and every chance in side final furlong, stayed on

4(8)
Silk - Red and Emerald Green diabolo, Red sleeves, Emerald Green armlets, White cap
  • Form 1-72734
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 71

held up, ridden and weakened 2f out

5(6)
Silk - Dark blue, grey diamond
20/1
  • Form 60-1249
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 71

held up, ridden and weakened over 1f out

6(9)
Silk - Purple, emerald green star, emerald green sleeves, purple armlets and star on emerald green cap
18/1
  • Form 018774-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 69

towards rear, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, never nearer

7(1)
Silk - Dark Blue, White hoops, chevrons on sleeves, striped cap

Merricourt (IRE)

46 p DCD
66/1
  • Form 11539-5
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 66

tracked leader, led 5f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra

8(12)
Silk - Black, White Cross of Lorraine
  • Form 25-1511
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 66

close up, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace

9(5)
Silk - Black and Pink diabolo, Black sleeves, Pink cap, Black star
  • Form 355466-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 65

slowly away in rear, never on terms

10(4)
Silk - Red, black and red hooped sleeves, beige cap

Kats Bob

165 p C
15/2
  • Form 622117-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 63

keen in touch, ridden 2f out, not trouble leaders

11(11)
Silk - Royal blue, yellow epaulets, white sleeves, royal blue armlets, yellow cap

Spartakos

165 C
14/1
  • Form 701019-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-5
  • Official Rating 53

led, headed 5f out, tracked leader, ridden and weakened over 1f out

12(10)
Silk - White, dark green hoops, white sleeves, dark green spots, dark green cap

Lochnaver

85 h
50/1
  • Form 98565-6
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-4
  • Official Rating 52

slowly away, always in rear

In depth

Verdict

Pallas Lord carried over his good form on the all-weather to score at Redcar earlier in the month. He’s preferred to Newcastle winner Saisons D'Or, who hasn’t won on Turf since 2019, and ESPRESSO FREDDO is another without a win on Turf for some time. But the latter finished a close-up fourth when dropped into this grade at Windsor recently and it could be his turn today. Taskheer may improve on his second start gelded while Makeen will be sharper for a recent outing at Leicester.

Formwatch

Makeen 8-1 (8-13) In rear, ridden and headway stand side over 1f out, running on when not clear run towards finish, 4th of 13, 1 3/4l behind Dashing Dick (9-4) at Leicester 7f hcp (4) gs in Apr.

Taskheer (IRE) 11-4fav (9-0) Prominent, led over 5f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no chance with winner, weakened and lost two places final 100 yards, 4th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Lammas (9-1) at Southwell 1m hcp (4) pol in Jan.

Saisons D'Or (IRE) 7-2 (9-5) Chased leader, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, won at Newcastle 7f hcp (5) pol in Mar beating Carnival Zain (9-1) by nk, 6 ran.

Espresso Freddo (IRE) 7-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, headway out wide chasing leaders 3f out, hung right inside final furlong, held when lost 3rd post, 4th of 10, 1 1/2l behind Newton Jack (9-7) at Windsor 1m hcp (5) gd in Apr.

Always Fearless (IRE) 12-1 (9-5) Off the pace and always towards rear, last of 9, 9 1/4l behind Mawkeb (9-0) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (5) pol in Mar.

Goodwood Glen 16-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on final furlong, never going pace to threaten, 4th of 10, 4 1/4l behind Dark Spec (9-8) at Pontefract 1m hcp (5) sft in Oct.

Merricourt (IRE) 28-1 (9-0) Led until over 3f out, weakened quickly, tailed off, last of 5, dist behind Millionaire Waltz (9-6) at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) pol in Mar.

Pallas Lord (IRE) 2-1fav (9-6) In touch, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Redcar 7f hcp (6) sft in Apr beating Lockdown Lass (8-8) by 1/2l, 13 ran.

Kraken Filly (IRE) 22-1 (8-0) In rear, ridden over 2f out, weakened soon after, last of 6, 16l behind Rising Star (9-2) at Musselburgh 1m hcp fll (4) gd in Jul.

Kats Bob 11-1 (9-8) In rear near side, pushed along over 2f out, some late headway, never on terms, 7th of 19, 7 1/4l behind Vocatus (9-10) at Redcar 1m hcp (6) sft in Nov.

Spartakos 7-1 (8-12) Led far side, pushed along and headed over 3f out, ridden and weakened quickly 2f out, 9th of 19, 12 1/2l behind Vocatus (9-10) at Redcar 1m hcp (6) sft in Nov.

Lochnaver 12-1 (8-9) In touch in mid-division, lost place over 3f out, well beaten final 2f, 6th of 9, 11 1/2l behind Abnaa (9-3) at Newcastle 7f hcp (6) pol in Jan.