Musselburgh
14:20
Champagne Pommery Cuvee Louise Handicap
Musselburgh Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2023 Distance: 1m4½f Type: Flat Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £4.50 Place: £1.50 £1.90 £1.50 Exacta: £24.20 Tricast: £87.32 Trifecta: £101.90
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 4 Simple Star (IRE) 7 G AVG Dianne Sayer 132 lbs 7/2 Won Travelled strongly - held up in rear - shaken up and headway against far rail over 2f out - ridden final furlong - kept on well to lead final strides - just did enough(op 10/3)
2nd 3 Freak Out (IRE) 5 G Poor Gemma Tutty 133 lbs 7/1 0.1 Ducked left start - led - faced challenge over 2f out - edged left over 1f out - kept on but headed final strides - just failed(op 13/2)
3rd 6 A La Francaise (GB) 3 F Poor Jim Goldie 128 lbs 100/30F 0.1 Towards rear - short of room and switched left over 2f out - headway from over 1f out - kept on well and went third final strides - eyecatcher(op 9/2 tchd 16/5)
4th 8 Smart Lass (IRE) 7 M AVG Iain Jardine 116 lbs 14/1 0.05 Raced in second - lost second after 2f - soon prominent - not clear run under 2f out - soon switched left - kept on well
5th 7 Can't Stop Now (IRE) 7 G AVG Iain Jardine 123 lbs 18/1 0.2 Midfield - went second after 2f - edged right when challenging over 1f out - kept on but lost two places final strides(op 22/1 tchd 16/1 and tchd 28/1)
6th 1 Fairmac (GB) 6 G Poor Charlie Johnston 136 lbs 7/2 4 Bumped start - soon in touch with leaders - short of room and lost position 2f out - edged right 1f out - soon weakened(tchd 10/3)
7th 2 Gibside (GB) 6 G AVG Tim Easterby 135 lbs 11/2 2.75 Hampered start - soon raced in last - headway on outer from 3f out - edged right 2f out - weakened from over 1f out (jockey said gelding suffered interference leaving the stalls)(op 4/1)
8th 5 Tendentious (GB) 4 G AVG David O'Meara 129 lbs 14/1 2.75 In rear - outpaced 3f out - struggling 2f out - never on terms