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16:10 Musselburgh

Thomson Holidays Handicap (Class 3)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 5f
  • Going: Good to Firm
  • Surface: Turf
  • £17,000 added
  • Winner: £10,997
  • 2nd: £3,272
  • 3rd: £1,635
  • 4th: £818
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 46.41s
  • Off Time: 16:10:39
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Alcaeus

15/8

    2
    Silk -

    Cosmic Sun

    8/1

      1(1)
      Silk - DARK GREEN, RED cap, DARK GREEN diamond

      Scatter Dice (IRE)

      9 C
      4/1
      • Form 772560
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-10
      • Official Rating 86

      in touch in 4th, ridden over 2f out, kept on and lost 3rd place close home

      2(7)
      Silk - Royal Blue, White chevron, diamonds on sleeves, check cap

      Guising

      15 C
      7/1
      • Form 311029
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-9
      • Official Rating 85

      tracked leader, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened

      3(3)
      Silk - Royal blue

      Muntasir (IRE)

      47
      5/1
      • Form 285-002
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 83

      held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, pushed along and faded inside final furlong

      4(2)
      Silk - Black, Pink star, Pink sleeves, Black stars, Pink cap

      Alcaeus

      49 D
      15/8
      • Form 111110
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 90

      tracked leaders, went 2nd over 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, held on towards finish

      5(5)
      Silk - Light Blue and Yellow check, Red sleeves and cap

      Hawdyerwheesht

      8 CD
      10/1
      • Form 211504
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 79

      slowly away, in rear, headway over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on to take 3rd close home

      6(4)
      Silk - Dark Blue and Mauve diamonds, Dark Blue sleeves and cap

      Merchant Of Dubai

      13 v C
      16/1
      • Form 212266
      • Age 8
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 75

      led, headed over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out

      7(6)
      Silk - Emerald Green and White (quartered), hooped sleeves, Black cap

      Cosmic Sun

      21 t BFD
      8/1
      • Form 194733
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-11
      • Official Rating 73

      held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon chased winner, kept on and held towards finish

      In depth

      Verdict

      Scatter Dice, Guising and Alcaeus have the past form to figure but all ran shockers on their latest starts and can only improve. By contrast, MUNTASIR ran his best race of the year so far when runner-up at Nottingham last month. Saeed Bin Suroor's charge has been given a chance by the handicapper dropped 2lb for this and gets the vote ahead of Hawdyerwheesht. The latter also posted a much better effort when fourth at Ayr last week and is preferred to Cosmic Sun and the out of form Merchant Of Dubai

      Formwatch

      Scatter Dice (IRE) 10-1 (9-4) Chased leaders, pushed along over 7f out, quickly lost place, last of 13, well behind Mister Pagan (8-10) at Ayr 2m 1f hcp (3) sft.

      Guising 8-1 (8-12) Led, ridden 3f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, last of 9, 24l behind Forgotten Hero (8-12) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp 105 (2) gs.

      Muntasir (IRE) 5-1 (9-9) Chased leaders, came centre over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, no impression, 2nd of 4, 4 1/2l behind Fledged (9-1) at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp 0-90 (3) gd in Aug.

      Alcaeus (9-4) 13th of 14, well behind Hurricane Red (9-4) at Jagersro(SWE) 1m 4f Listed stks in Aug.

      Hawdyerwheesht 20-1 (9-1) Held up behind, headway 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 4th of 14, 1 1/2l behind Cockney Sparrow (9-1) at Ayr 1m 5f hcp 0-90 (3) gs.

      Merchant Of Dubai 10-1 (9-9) Tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 6th of 8, 15l behind Man Of Plenty (9-12) at Musselburgh 2m hcp 0-85 (4) gd.

      Cosmic Sun 6-1fav (9-0) Slowly away towards rear, headway 3f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 15, 5l behind Montefeltro (9-3) at York 1m 4f app hcp 0-80 (4) gd.