MUSSELBURGH, 21 May 2007, Good To Firm

3:10 Edinburgh Holiday Claiming Stakes (Class 6) (3yo+) 5f

[off 3:10] £1,943.10, £578.10, £288.90, £144.30

1 Whinhill House 7 D W Barker 7 9-8 v Pat Cosgrave 7/2 56 — —

2 3 Dematraf (IRE) 8 Peter Grayson 5 8-5 Patrick Mathers(3) 33/1 41 — —

3 1¾ Rothesay Dancer 4 J S Goldie 4 9-9 Daniel Tudhope 5/1 53 — —

4 1½ Blackheath (IRE) 5 D Nicholls 11 9-2 Adrian T Nicholls 7/4F 55 — —

5 1¾ Legal Set (IRE) 3 Miss A Stokell 11 8-11 b Ann Stokell(5) 25/1 44 — —

6 1¼ Rudi´s Pet (IRE) 1 D Nicholls 13 9-2 v Silvestre De Sousa 6/1 60 — —

7 nk Compton Classic 2 J S Goldie 5 9-7 Gary Bartley(7) 15/2 55 — —

8 hd Alfie Lee (IRE) 9 D A Nolan 10 9-0 t Paul Mulrennan 250/1 33 — —

9 6 Howards Prince 10 I Semple 4 8-12 p Paul Fessey 16/1 50 — —

9 ran TIME 59.48s (slow by 0.88s) TOTAL SP 114%

NON RUNNER: My Drop (IRE)

1st OWNER: D W Barker BRED: W R And Mrs Arblaster TRAINER: D W Barker

2nd OWNER: Alan Williams

3rd OWNER: Highland Racing

TOTE WIN £5.70 PL £1.40, £7.10, £1.90; Ex £107.70; CSF £107.73

Whinhill House was the subject of a friendly claim.

Exposed performers in this sprint claimer in which WHINHILL HOUSE jumped out smartly, made all and was never caught, scoring eased down. He had a sound chance on official ratings, and was reversing last week's form with Compton Classic on better terms.

Dematraf, rated 41 and making her seasonal debut, ran well enough in second ahead of Rothesay Dancer, who ran creditably, but has a modest win record.

SOUTHWELL (A.W), 13 April 2007, Standard

2:55 Golf And Racing At Southwell Selling Stakes (Class 6) (3yo+) 6f

[off 2:55] £2,184.00, £644.80, £322.56

1 Whinhill House 1 D W Barker 7 9-13 v Pat Cosgrave 11/4F 54 — —

2 shd Borzoi Maestro 13 G F Bridgwater 6 9-13 p Adam Kirby 40/1 46 — —

3 1¼ Penel (IRE) 5 P T Midgley 6 9-9 p Lee Enstone 4/1 48 — —

4 1 Rudry World (IRE) 9 P A Blockley 4 9-9 T P O´Shea 10/1 60 — —

5 nk Soba Jones 12 J Balding 10 9-10 Jason Edmunds(3) 4/1 57 — —

6 shd Mister Incredible 2 J M Bradley 4 9-10 v Saleem Golam(3) 13/2 51 — —

7 1 Sundried Tomato 10 D W Chapman 8 9-9 p Hayley Turner 20/1 43 — —

8 1½ Blushing Russian (IRE) 6 J M Bradley 5 9-6 p Barry Savage(7) 28/1 45 — —

9 ¾ Bridget´s Team 4 D G Bridgwater 3 8-10 Dale Gibson 22/1 50 — —

10 2½ Spy Gun (USA) 11 T Wall 7 9-9 b Chris Catlin 16/1 43 — —

11 4 Sabo Prince 3 J M Bradley 5 9-6 p Stephen Donohoe(3) 33/1 42 — —

12 23 Drink To Me Only 8 J R Weymes 4 9-9 b1 N Callan 14/1 42 — —

12 ran TIME 1m 17.44s (slow by 2.44s) TOTAL SP 119%

NON RUNNERS: Ask No More ,Savile´s Delight (IRE)

1st OWNER: D W Barker BRED: W R And Mrs Arblaster TRAINER: D W Barker

2nd OWNER: Battlefield Brook Racing

3rd OWNER: M E Elsworthy

TOTE WIN £3.70 PL £1.70, £14.90, £2.30; Ex £117.10; CSF £139.32

There was no bid for the winner.

Exposed sorts in this seller in which WHINHILL HOUSE gained the 11th win of his career, three of them on this track, coming late to get up in the last stride. Although the majority of his wins have been at 5f, he clearly stays 6f well enough.

Borzoi Maestro had 14lb to find with the winner on BHB figures, but ran a good race in second, making the running and being headed only in the last stride. He'll be interesting back in handicap company before he's reassessed.

Penel shaped a bit better than of late, running on for third, though never getting to the leaders. Rudry World was the least experienced member of the field and shaped as though he may be able to win in similar grade.

SOUTHWELL (A.W), 02 April 2007, Standard

3:30 Hospitality Packages Available Handicap (Class 6) (4yo+,0-60) 5f

[off 3:30] £2,388.75, £705.25, £352.80

1 Whinhill House 5 D W Barker 7 9-0 v Pat Cosgrave 20/1 54 — —

2 1½ Dysonic (USA) 9 J Balding 5 8-9 v David Allan 5/1J 49 — —

3 3½ Triskaidekaphobia 11 Miss J R Tooth 4 9-4 t Darryll Holland 6/1 58 — —

4 nk Favouring (IRE) 8 M C Chapman 5 8-4 b Russell Kennemore(5) 6/1 49 — —

5 1¼ Primarily 1 Peter Grayson 5 8-8 Robbie Fitzpatrick 5/1J 48 — —

6 ½ Spirit Of Coniston 10 C J Teague 4 8-3 b Duran Fentiman(5) 16/1 48 — —

7 hd Gone´N´Dunnett (IRE) 4 Mrs C A Dunnett 8 8-12 v Chris Catlin 16/1 52 — —

8 1¾ Dazzler Mac 12 N Bycroft 6 8-9 Suzzanne France(7) 14/1 56 — —

9 3 Throw The Dice 7 D W Barker 5 9-4 p Paul Hanagan 12/1 58 — —

10 shd Mystery Pips 6 N Tinkler 7 8-10 v Kim Tinkler 50/1 50 — —

11 1¾ Compton Plume 2 M W Easterby 7 9-4 Dale Gibson 20/1 58 — —

12 nk Optical Seclusion (IRE) 13 T J Etherington 4 8-7 b Saleem Golam(3) 33/1 50 — —

13 1 Orchestration (IRE) 3 K J Burke 6 8-5 v Dominic Fox(3) 16/1 48 — —

14 3½ Thoughtsofstardom 14 P S McEntee 4 8-12 eb Jamie Spencer 17/2 52 — —

14 ran TIME 59.58s (slow by 1.58s) TOTAL SP 118%

1st OWNER: D W Barker BRED: W R And Mrs Arblaster TRAINER: D W Barker

2nd OWNER: T R Pearson

3rd OWNER: Raymond Tooth And Steve Gilbey

TOTE WIN £22.30 PL £7.40, £2.00, £2.20; Ex £192.90; CSF £112.06; TRICAST £710.80Not won. Pool of £322.22 carried over to Saturday 7th April.

Those racing down the middle of the course dominated throughout, as is the usual pattern here.

WHINHILL HOUSE had been drawn high on his return to action here last month after a six-month break and never got competitive, but he was sharply away on his occasion and galloped all the way to the line to record his fourth course and distance success.

Dysonic chased the winner throughout, but the dual banded race winner was always playing second fiddle, though he kept the rest at bay and this was as good a performance as he has given.

Triskaidekaphobia, who had made all at Wolverhampton last month and was racing off a 6lb higher mark on this first try on Fibresand, ran close to his Wolverhampton form but it was not good enough for him to follow up.

\Favouring, knocked about at the start and then outpaced, ran well in the circumstances but is proving difficult to win with these days.