17:15 Musselburgh

Friday 26 March 2021

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1016:4517:15

Irish Thoroughbred Marketing, Gateway To Champions Mares' Intermediate Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 17:15 | Winning time: 3m 58.81s

1^st

Bella Bluesky

511-0

6/1

T: A C WhillansJ: Callum Bewley

Tracked leader, cruised to the lead 2f out and soon kicked clear, well clear 1f out and extended advantage, eased down towards finish, impressive

2^nd

Memors

611-0

9/1

T: N W AlexanderJ: Grant Cockburn

Held up in rear, closer far side and tracked leader, ridden and outpaced entering home straight, rallied and kept on strongly, went 2nd inside final furlong op 12/1

3^rd

4 ½

Roxanya

511-0

1/1f

T: S R B CrawfordJ: James Bowen

Led, upped tempo entering home straight, ridden along when headed 2f out, kept on at the one pace closing stages, no impression op 6/5 tchd 10/11

4^th

1 ¼

Gazwah

410-7

9/4

T: S R B CrawfordJ: B S Hughes

Tracked leaders, pushed along home turn, ridden 3f out, kept on at the one pace 2f out, weakened after 1f out op 15/8 tchd 5/2

5^th

Milly On Air

511-0

50/1

T: W ColtherdJ: Sam Coltherd (3)

Tracked leader, ridden home turn and weakened after 3f out, op 25/1 tchd 22/1

6^th

Stone Crossing

511-0

40/1

T: R M SmithJ: Ryan Mania

Held up towards rear, niggled along far side and slightly detached, weakened quickly after home turn and tailed off op 28/1

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Non-Runners

Pop The Champagne²¹

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: D Killahena & G McPherson J: Max Kendrick

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.20Pl:£2.20, £3.40EX:£40.50Trifecta:£114.90SF:£51.66Swingers:£3.90, £1.50, £1.80

Forecasts

Roxanya (1/1), Pop The Champagne (7/4), Gazwah (9/4), Bella Bluesky (6/1), Memors (9/1), Stone Crossing (40/1), Milly On Air (50/1)

POP THE CHAMPAGNE came from further back than ideal to make a winning start at Lingfield and, having been far from discredited at Newbury since, she's fancied to double her tally back against weaker opposition. The Stuart Crawford-trained pair of Roxanya and Gazwah look the chief threats.