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15:30 Musselburgh

George Wimpey Edinburgh Gold Cup (Showcase Handicap) (Class E)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f
  • Going: Good to Soft (Soft in places; Round Course Good )
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 40.40s
  • 11 Ran
1(5)
Silk - Yellow, Purple cross belts and armlets
8/1
  • Form 16-0003
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-13

held up in touch, ridden to lead over 1f out, stayed on well

2(11)
Silk - Orange, Emerald Green sleeves, Orange armlets, quartered cap
  • Form 20-5625
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-12

tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, effort over 1f out, no extra

3(12)
Silk - Brown and White (quartered), Orange and Brown halved sleeves, Orange and White quartered cap
12/1
  • Form 031000
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-10

held up in rear, pushed along over 3f out, headway on inside 2f out, hampered over 1f out, eased final furlong

4(7)
Silk - Maroon and White diabolo, White sleeves, quartered cap
  • Form 020-040
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8

held up in rear, ridden 3f out, headway over 2f out, staying on when not much room over 1f out, no impression

5(6)
Silk - White, Black braces, armlets and star on cap
  • Form 4/0613-2
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-4

led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra close home

6(10)
Silk - Black, White diamond
  • Form 545024
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-1

mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, no impression

8(8)
Silk - Light Blue and Maroon stripes, Light Blue sleeves, Maroon armlets
6/1
  • Form 0050-20
  • Age 9
  • Weight 8-11

mid-division, ridden over 2f out, effort over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong

9(2)
Silk - Dark Green, Red stars, Dark Green sleeves, Red cap
5/1
  • Form 00-0000
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-11

mid-division, ridden 3f out, effort over 1f out, one pace final furlong

10(4)
Silk - White, red chevron and sleeves, royal blue and white quartered cap
14/1
  • Form 133044
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-8

tracked leaders, headway to join leader 4f out, ridden 3f out, effort right over 1f out, soon weakened

11(9)
Silk - Emerald Green and White (quartered), hooped sleeves, Black cap
6/1
  • Form 244306
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-6

in touch, ridden over 3f out, headway and effort final furlong, kept on under pressure

12(3)
Silk - Royal Blue, Red hoop, hooped sleeves, Royal Blue cap
10/1
  • Form 23-0360
  • Age 6
  • Weight 7-11

towards rear, never dangerous

7(1)
NR

Murzim

8 b
  • Form 0-12522
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-0

In depth

Verdict

Murzim is a course and distance winner and goes well in blinkers as he showed when a close second behind Contact Dancer over 1m6f at Nottingham last month. gerard Butler's chharge has since acquitted himself well on his all-weather debut at Lingfield and should give another bold display. King's Crest has been struggling of late but has now dropped to a most favourable mark and a return to the same level of form that saw him win three handicaps last term will make him hard to beat on these terms. Trouble Mountain has been in fair form and is better than his finishing position sugggests last time in Redcar's Zetland Gold Cup after finding trouble in running.