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14:45 Musselburgh

National Racehorse Week Nursery Handicap Stakes

1m · Flat · Class 6 · Good · 7 runners · £3,664 · Monday, 24 August 2026

Result

Race report

AI top pick wonat SP 4/5F·1.80
  1. 1st
    Forest Berry (GB)AI top pick · 54.9
    Luke Morris·Sir Mark Prescott Bt
    4/5F·1.80
    SP
  2. 2nd
    Astral Calling (IRE)
    Jack Nicholls·K. R. Burke·beaten 1 length
    17/2·9.50
    SP
  3. 3rd
    Bluestone Lady (IRE)
    Paul Mulrennan·Phillip Makin·beaten 2.5 lengths
    7/1·8.00
    SP
Race time
1m 41.16s

Race time recorded.

In-running (Forest Berry (GB))

“Held up in the pack early - improved into second spot 3f out - hit the front inside the final 2f - pressed on under urging in the closing stages to assert late”

Settled · 1pt level stake = 0.80 pt return on the winnerTipping P&L →

Furlong's verdict

Reading the form…

AI-written, grounded in our data on this race. May be wrong. Verify before staking. Opinion, not advice.

Pundit corner

Racing Post · third-party
Pundit pick: Forest Berry

Forest Berry heads this seven-runner Musselburgh mile on form that puts her narrowly ahead of the field, with a ten-point advantage over Rule Of The Agency the most telling gap in the line-up, and she looks well-equipped to dominate at Class 6 level on good ground over eight furlongs. Rule Of The Agency and Bluestone Lady represent the most credible threats, while The Resdev Rocket cannot be entirely dismissed, but none of them carries the form to seriously trouble the selection on the figures available. Forest Berry is the pick.

Editorial from Racing Post analysts via the Racing API — not generated by Racing Alpha. Formbook forecast prices are estimates, not market prices.

Why the model rates this top

Forest Berry

Luke Morris · Sir Mark Prescott Bt · 2yo

Top-rated of 7
score 54.9 · +4.5 clear of next best (50.5)
Scores compare runners within this race only

The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.

  • Freshness10% weight
    70strong
    7d since last run (quick turnaround)
  • Form20% weight
    69strong
    Last 6: 7-2-4-2-4-1
  • Trainer20% weight
    63average
    Sir Mark Prescott Bt: 5/20 winners last 14d (25%)
  • Ratings50% weight
    43below average
    OR 65 — highest combined rating in the field
MarketBest price 2.50 (Spreadex) · market favourite.

v1.3 rating — a field-relative score, not a win probability; for market-derived value see the Fair column in the runners table. Weights and method on /about. Tips are opinions, not advice.

Draw bias — Musselburgh 1m

full course data →

Moderate: high (outside) favoured (IV 1.20).

Low (1–3)
IV 0.85
Mid (4–5)
IV 0.97
High (6–7)
IV 1.20

Today: Bluestone Lady (draw 6) and Rule Of The Agency (draw 7) get the bias; The Resdev Rocket (draw 1) is in the least-favoured band.

IV = impact value: 1.00 is neutral, above it a stall band wins more often than its share of runners predicts. 126 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.

Runners · sorted by finishing position

PosNo.HorseFormORAISP
11
Forest Berry
J: Luke Morris · T: Sir Mark Prescott Bt · draw 5
2yo · F · bhFT H
724241
6554.9
4/5F·1.80
SP
27
Astral Calling
J: Jack Nicholls(3) · T: K. R. Burke · draw 3
2yo · F · b
670
4934.0
17/2·9.50
SP
33
Bluestone Lady
J: Paul Mulrennan · T: Phillip Makin · draw 6
2yo · F · bb
642014
6450.5
7/1·8.00
SP
45
Bonjour Belle
J: M. P. Sheehy · T: Brian Ellison · draw 2
2yo · F · ch
57046
5233.4
12/1·13.00
SP
56
Le Grand Etoile
J: Andrew Mullen · T: Charlie Johnston · draw 4
2yo · G · b
9057
4936.5
7/1·8.00
SP
64
The Resdev Rocket
J: Billy Garritty · T: Michael & David Easterby · draw 1
2yo · G · b
875
5637.0
11/1·12.00
SP
72
Rule Of The Agency
J: Jason Hart · T: Tim Easterby · draw 7
2yo · C · bpFT P
739
6434.9
18/1·19.00
SP

OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 14:45 Musselburgh on 24 August 2026?

Forest Berry (GB) won the 14:45 Musselburgh at SP 1.80. Ridden by Luke Morris. Trained by Sir Mark Prescott Bt.

Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 14:45 Musselburgh?

Yes — the AI top-rated horse, Forest Berry, won the race (AI score 54.9).

What were the placings in the 14:45 Musselburgh?

Top finishers: 1. Forest Berry (GB) (1.80), 2. Astral Calling (IRE) (9.50), 3. Bluestone Lady (IRE) (8.00).

What was the winning time for the 14:45 Musselburgh?

The winning time was 1m 41.16s.

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