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20:20 Salisbury

Ginger Grouse By Famous Grouse Handicap (Class 5)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 6f 21y
  • Going: Good to Firm
  • Surface: Turf
  • £4,500 added
  • Winner: £2,911
  • 2nd: £866
  • 3rd: £433
  • 4th: £216
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 4.92s
  • Off Time: 20:20:50
  • 8 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Air Squadron

10/3

    2
    Silk -

    Significant Move

    5/1

      3
      Silk -

      Benbecula

      9/2

        1(5)
        Silk - Black, White star, halved sleeves and star on cap

        Polstar (FR)

        20
        16/1
        • Form 563100-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 10-0
        • Official Rating 73

        chased clear leader, ridden over 3f out, soon lost place, weakened and eased inside final 2f, tailed off

        2(7)
        Silk - Yellow, red chevron, red and yellow striped sleeves, red cap

        Benbecula

        41
        9/2
        • Form 0245-74
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-13
        • Official Rating 72

        led, clear to over 2f out, soon ridden, headed over 1f out, kept on same pace in 3rd inside final furlong

        3(8)
        Silk - Red, Black stars, Royal Blue sleeves, White armlets, Royal Blue cap

        Significant Move

        24 b
        5/1
        • Form 490-977
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-6
        • Official Rating 65

        tracked leaders, went 2nd over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, every chance over 1f out until inside final furlong, held final 100 yards

        4(2)
        Silk - Black and Light Blue check, Black sleeves, Light Blue cap

        Air Squadron

        26 BF
        10/3
        • Form 089-4
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-1
        • Official Rating 60

        held up mid-division, headway under pressure over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong

        5(6)
        Silk - Yellow, white seams, yellow sleeves and cap

        Double Dealites

        17
        4/1
        • Form 5974
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-0
        • Official Rating 59

        tracked leaders, driven over 5f out, soon ridden, weakened over 2f out, tailed off

        6(4)
        Silk - Purple and emerald green diabolo, halved sleeves, purple and emerald green quartered cap

        Newtown Cross (IRE)

        59 BF
        5/1
        • Form 181175
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-13
        • Official Rating 58

        held up in last pair, struggling over 4f out, eased over 2f out, tailed off

        7(3)
        Silk - Black and red stripes, hooped sleeves, quartered cap

        Assembly

        8
        12/1
        • Form 70-5908
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-10
        • Official Rating 55

        held up in last pair, struggling over 4f out, soon beaten, eased 2f out, tailed off

        8(1)
        Silk - Pink, black epaulets, sleeves and cap

        Last Echo (IRE)

        28
        10/1
        • Form 0-4670
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-0
        • Official Rating 56

        mid-division, driven to chase leaders over 3f out, modest 4th when ridden over 1f out, never on terms

        Previous results

        2013
        (1)
        Silk -

        Sunny Future (IRE)

        8/11
        • Age 7
        • Weight 10-0

        2012
        (4)
        Silk -

        Teak (IRE)

        6/1
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-12

        2011
        (6)
        Silk -

        Baltimore Clipper (USA)

        9/2
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-1

        In depth

        Verdict

        Newton Cross has failed to reproduce winning Polytrack form on Turf and is best watched until doing so whilst Air Squadron, having shown little in three runs in France, was tailed-off when backed into favouritism on his UK debut on the Fibresand. He won't be the last to not take to that special surface and it will be interesting to see if the money comes for him again reverting to Turf. BENBECULA has been in good form over timber this year where he's rated 120 and is a fair dual purpose performer. Mikey Ennis taking off 7lb is an interesting booking and he looks the safest option in a weak contest. Polstar looked to be going places earlier this year as a hurdler but has suddenly become devoid of spark on recent starts. Presumably he's been sent here in an attempt to rekindle the fire.

        Formwatch

        Polstar (FR) (9-6) 10th of 11, 16l behind Zarakhova (8-7) at Mont De Marsan(FR) 1m 2f stk gs in Sep.

        Benbecula 16-1 (8-13) Led and set good pace, pushed along 4f out, ridden and pressed 2f out, soon headed, chased leaders, edged right and weakened over 1f out, 4th of 5, 8l behind Xinbama (9-0) at Salisbury 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Jun.

        Significant Move 20-1 (9-0) Held up mid-division, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 9l behind Annaluna (8-7) at Chepstow 2m hcp 0-75 (5) gf.

        Air Squadron 6-4fav (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden 4f out, soon struggling, 4th of 6, 38l behind Dino Mite (8-9) at Southwell 1m 4f mdn auc stks (6) fbs in Jun.

        Double Dealites 7-1 (9-7) Held up towards rear, pushed along 6f out, staying on when hampered on inside over 1f out, switched right to outside and plugged on inside final furlong, modest 4th in closing stages, 4th of 11, 13l behind Underwritten (8-12) at Lingfield 2m hcp 0-60 (6) pol.

        Newtown Cross (IRE) 7-2fav (8-4) Tracked leading pair, ridden well over 1f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 8, 9l behind Arashi (9-1) at Kempton 2m hacp 0-70 (5) pol in May.

        Assembly 33-1 (9-10) Held up towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, never dangerous, 8th of 13, 12l behind Hostile Fire (9-6) at Nottingham 1m hcp 0-65 (6) gf.

        Last Echo (IRE) 25-1 (8-8) Towards rear, pushed along and struggling on outside 5f out, tailed off, 10th of 14, 30l behind Red Passiflora (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Jun.