chased leader until halfway, hung left over 2f out, soon driven and outpaced
led, ridden over 1f out, narrowly headed inside final furlong, stayed challenging under pressure, no extra and held close home
dwelt, tracked leading duo on rail, went 2nd halfway, ridden to narrow lead inside final furlong, held on gamely close home
Hamza certainly knew his job on his Musselburgh debut, breaking well and making all for a comfortable victory over Stonefield Flyer. By contrast the runner-up looked very green and, with a 5lb pull in the weights, can reverse the form. Marford Missile is another who led from the start to gain a narrow victory over the C&D. Triggerlo has already run three times and has got a little better with each start though he will need to improve again in this warm little race. The newcomer Maria Anna has plenty of pace in her pedigree but it's the other filly in the line-up, LILY'S ANGEL, who gets the vote as she did well to beat her consistent stablemate One Kool Dude at Beverley where she came home with a bit in hand.
Marford Missile (IRE) 3-1 (9-3) Made all, strongly challenged from 2f out, hard driven inside final furlong, held on gamely, won at Newcastle 5f 2yo mdn aut (6) gd beating Shevington (9-3) by 1/2l, 5 ran.
Stonefield Flyer 14-1 (9-0) Ran green, soon close up, ridden and went sharply right well over 1f out, straightened and ran on to 2nd 1f out, no chance with winner, 2nd of 8, 3 1/2l behind Hamza (9-3) at Musselburgh 5f 2yo mdn (5) gs.
Lily's Angel (IRE) 9-2 (8-6) Chased leaders in 3rd, went 2nd 2f out, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, held on well towards finish, won at Beverley 5f 2yo mdn aut (5) gf beating One Kool Dude (8-11) by 1/2l, 10 ran.
Hamza (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) With leader, led well over 1f out, ridden 1f out, ran on well, won at Musselburgh 5f 2yo mdn (5) gs beating Stonefield Flyer (9-0) by 3 1/2l, 8 ran.
Triggerlo 5-2 (9-0) Led, ridden 2f out, headed entering final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Cockney Fire (8-12) at Leicester 5f 2yo mdn aut (6) gf.
Maria Anna (IRE) Amadeus Wolf filly out of Corryvreckan.
