16:50
Racing TV Handicap Stakes
Class 6, 2m (1m7f217y), Flat, 3yo+, Rated 0-65, £3,664, 8 runners
- Going
- GOOD TO SOFT (GoingStick: 7.1)
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Simple Star No. 2, stall 3
Sam James · Gary Rutherford
✓ Top rated ✓ Course winner ✓ Won last time out
Simple Star heads the field on our figures at 65, two pounds better than Alpine Sierra and Ned Broy on 63, and that edge is enough to make him the one to beat in this modest Class 6 contest over two miles at Musselburgh. The good to soft ground shouldn't pose any particular problem for a top-rated runner in a race of this level, and he sets the standard of the eight on what we have. Alpine Sierra and Ned Broy are the obvious dangers given how little separates them from him, while Galahad Threepwood, a further seven pounds back on 56, is the best of the rest. Simple Star gets the vote.
Runners
Jack Nicholls (3)
Iain Jardine 5/28
Ned Broy arrives a last-time-out winner, with a third and a second also in his last five runs, and he has run over today's trip, making him a leading threat. The one concern is a 73-day absence, so fitness is the question at 142 lb.
- Sire
- Prince Of Lir (IRE)
- Dam
- Nora Batty (GB) by Zamindar
- Owner
- Iain Jardine Racing Club
- Foaled
- 25 Mar 2021
- Stable
- Carrutherstown, D'fries & G'way
- Trainer last 14 days
- 5 wins from 28 runs (18%)
- Trainer running to form
- 50%
- Ratings
- Perf 63, Speed 65
Sam James
Gary Rutherford 1/2
Simple Star arrives in winning form after taking his last start just 12 days ago, and he has run over today's trip and on this going before. Carrying 142 lb off an official mark of 64, he is the one to beat, with our rating of 65 ranking him top of eight, though his earlier form was patchy.
- Sire
- Sea The Stars (IRE)
- Dam
- Simple Elegance (USA) by Street Cry
- Owner
- Mrs D Monteith
- Foaled
- 20 Feb 2018
- Stable
- Jedburgh, Roxburghshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 2 runs (50%)
- Trainer running to form
- 12%
- Ratings
- Perf 65, Speed 68
Paul Mulrennan
Jim Goldie 3/38
Alpine Sierra has been consistent, a fourth last time out, a third two starts back, and has run on today's going, while our rating of 63 ranks him second of eight. The risk is a win drought, as his only success came six starts back, and he carries 140 lb.
- Sire
- Distorted Humor (USA)
- Dam
- Unaccompanied (IRE) by Danehill Dancer
- Owner
- James Callow J S Goldie
- Foaled
- 16 Mar 2018
- Stable
- Uplawmoor, Lanarkshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 38 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 50%
- Ratings
- Perf 63, Speed 65
Shane Gray
Ewan Whillans 1/8
Mr Withington is winless in his last six, with a fifth last time out and a second two starts back the best of a modest run, and he looks short of the class to trouble the principals. He has run on today's going and our rating ranks him seventh of eight, though 39 days off and a 50 mark leave a little hope.
- Sire
- Recorder (GB)
- Dam
- Eclectic (USA) by Giant's Causeway
- Owner
- The Potassium Partnership
- Foaled
- 1 Mar 2021
- Stable
- Hawick, Scottish Borders
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 8 runs (13%)
- Trainer running to form
- 26%
- Ratings
- Perf 52, Speed 57
Lauren Young (5)
Jim Goldie 3/38
Storm On Jura arrives in good heart after a second last time out and another second two starts back, just 14 days since her last run, and she has run on today's going before. Yet to win in her last six, she carries 126 lb, and our rating of 53 ranks her only sixth of eight.
- Sire
- Golden Horn (GB)
- Dam
- Padmavati (GB) by New Approach
- Owner
- Summerstorm Bloodstock Ltd
- Foaled
- 14 Mar 2022
- Stable
- Uplawmoor, Lanarkshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 38 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 50%
- Ratings
- Perf 53, Speed 51
Greg Fairley
Ewan Whillans 1/8
Second last time out, he steps up from a run of sixth, eighth and seventh finishes before that and is fresh enough after 20 days. He has run over today's trip and going, and our rating of 56 ranks him fourth of eight, though he is still yet to win in his last five starts.
- Sire
- Nathaniel (IRE)
- Dam
- Tesary (GB) by Danehill
- Owner
- Rhs Ltd
- Foaled
- 1 Apr 2017
- Stable
- Hawick, Scottish Borders
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 8 runs (13%)
- Trainer running to form
- 26%
- Ratings
- Perf 56, Speed 54
David Allan
Tim Easterby 9/80
Fairydale won last time out and is back quickly after just 12 days, with experience of today's trip and going, but a fifth two starts back and a seventh four starts back show her consistency is patchy. Carrying 124 lb off 54, she looks a midfield sort, ranked fifth of eight on our rating.
- Sire
- Waldgeist (GB)
- Dam
- Angevine (GB) by Sir Percy
- Owner
- S A Heley Partner
- Foaled
- 20 Jan 2023
- Stable
- Great Habton, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 9 wins from 80 runs (11%)
- Trainer running to form
- 32%
- Ratings
- Perf 56, Speed 50
Zak Wheatley
Katie Scott 1/12
Winless in his last six, Falaise Blanc has slipped from a second and a third five and six starts back to a sixth last time out, and he is hard to fancy as the lowest-ranked of eight on our figures. He has run on today's going and is only 12 days since his last outing.
- Sire
- Whitecliffsofdover (USA)
- Dam
- Shadow Of The Day (FR) by Until Sundown
- Owner
- Katie Scott Racing Syndicate
- Foaled
- 8 Feb 2022
- Stable
- Galashiels, Scottish Borders
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 12 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 29%
- Ratings
- Perf 47, Speed 56
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.