Our Absent Friends Horse Racing Form | Musselburgh 12:53 05th November 2025

Our Absent Friends' Form | 05th November 2025

05th November 2025 Happy 70th Birthday John Grossick Handicap

Age
7
Weight
9-8
Trainer
T Davidson
(Last 14 Days: 0-4, 0%)
Owner
Mr R W Hislop
Sex
gelding
Breeder
Denis McDonnell
Colour
Chestnut
Foaling Date
2018-02-19
Race Type
Flat Turf
Class
6
Classifications
Handicap
Ground
Soft
Distance
0m 5f 1y
Runners
12
Prize Money
£7,000
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Horse Strength

43.6%

Session: 6817

Going % good races

13.11%

44 of 61

Distance % good races

12.11%

8 of 61

Class % good races

43.6%

18 of 179

Race Type % good races

60.5%

18 of 179

Course % good races

60.5%

18 of 179

Our Absent Friends Statistics
Date Course/Class/Distance/Type/Prize
Classifications
Weight
Headgear
Going Finish Pos./No. Of Runners - Dist. Won/Beaten/Finish Time
In Running Comments
Trainer
Jockey
SP BF Odds
Plc Odds
OR
0 2025-10-17 17:25 Haydock / 5 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat Turf / 8.5K
Handicap
9-0 Good 4 /10 - btn 1.8 Son Of Astar 8-7 1m 2.61s

prominent, ridden over 1f out, stayed on, no extra final 110 yards

T Davidson
Rowan Scott
13 17.65
4.1
65
1 2025-10-02 19:30 Newcastle / 6 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat AW / 6.2K
Handicap
9-10 Standard 8 /13 - btn 4.3 Mattice 9-13 59.98s

towards rear far side of group, pushed along halfway, headway under pressure over 1f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong

T Davidson
Rowan Scott
5 6.4
2.56
62
2 2025-09-24 16:35 Redcar / 5 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat Turf / 7K
Handicap
9-4 Good To Soft 1 /10 - win 0.5 Monks Dream 9-11 57.68s

mid-division, pushed along and headway to lead over 2f out, ridden 1f out, ran on well

T Davidson
Rowan Scott
10 12.56
3.57
62
3 2025-09-09 14:40 Catterick / 5 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat Turf / 10K
Handicap
9-2
Cheekpieces
Good 11 /13 - btn 5.7 Equity Law 9-12 58.49s

dwelt, always behind

T Davidson
S A Gray
15 18.04
5.1
65
4 2025-08-25 16:23 Ripon / 5 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat Turf / 9K
Handicap
9-10
Tongue Strap
Good 11 /11 - btn 10.3 Another Baar 10-0 59.24s

steadied to rear and switched to stands side, ridden over 2f out, never in contention

T Davidson
Jason Hart
5 5.9
2.14
67
5 2025-08-18 16:15 Catterick / 5 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat Turf / 10K
Handicap
9-11
Tongue Strap
Good To Firm 4 /8 - btn 2.05 Another Baar 9-10 59.29s

slowly into stride and went right start, outpaced in rear, some headway against far rail inside final furlong, never involved

T Davidson
Rowan Scott
7.5 8.8
2.34
67
6 2025-08-08 15:55 Musselburgh / 4 / 0m 5f 1y / Flat Turf / 12K
Handicap
9-2
Tongue Strap
Good 3 /7 - btn 2 Ziggy's Triton 9-4 1m

in rear, pushed along off pace 2f out, switched to outside final furlong, stayed on well

T Davidson
Jason Hart
6.5 7.43
3.35
68
7 2025-07-22 16:00 Musselburgh / 5 / 0m 5f 1y / Flat Turf / 10K
Handicap
9-7 Good 6 /10 - btn 4.55 Jm Jhingree 9-5 1m 0.81s

pressed leader, ridden over 1f out, weakened final 110yds

T Davidson
Jason Hart
3.12 3.18
1.58
67
8 2025-07-14 14:40 Ayr / 5 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat Turf / 8K
Handicap
9-8 Good 3 /8 - btn 1.1 Classy Al 8-13 57.93s

chased leader, ridden 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on final furlong

T Davidson
Jason Hart
4 4.14
1.63
69
9 2025-07-06 13:45 Ayr / 5 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat Turf / 8K
Amateur, Handicap, Nursery
10-8
Tongue Strap
Good To Soft 5 /7 - btn 6.85 Parisiac 10-11 1m 3.8725s

held up behind leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace, never threatened leaders

T Davidson
Miss Amy Milburn
5.5 4.84
1.72
69
10 2025-04-26 19:30 Doncaster / 5 / 0m 5f 3y / Flat Turf / 9.4K
Handicap
9-9
Cheekpieces
Good To Firm 4 /11 - btn 2.05 Ancient Times 9-4 59.31s

front mid-division, pushed along in 4th 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on, no impression

T Davidson
Jim Crowley
4 4.61
2.01
70
11 2025-04-19 17:17 Musselburgh / 4 / 0m 5f 1y / Flat Turf / 22.1K
Handicap
9-1
Cheekpieces
Good To Soft 4 /12 - btn 0.8 Zarzyni 9-9 59.87s

prominent, ridden and headway to dispute lead over 1f out, every chance close home, no extra and dropped to 4th final strides

T Davidson
C Lee
7.5 9
2.77
70
12 2025-03-13 19:30 Newcastle / 4 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat AW / 9.5K
Handicap
9-3 Standard 7 /8 - btn 5.8 Monks Dream 9-8 1m 0.07s

tracked leader, led inside final 2f, over 1f out, ridden and headed 1f out, ,weakened inside final furlong

T Davidson
Jason Hart
8.5 9.2
2.65
72
13 2025-02-27 15:20 Newcastle / 5 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat AW / 7.1K
Handicap
9-8
Cheekpieces
Standard 7 /10 - btn 2.2 Castan 9-8 59.3s

chased leaders near side rail, ridden inside final furlong, never going pace to get involved and weakened final 110 yards

T Davidson
Jason Hart
9 12
3.1
74
14 2025-01-31 14:28 Newcastle / 5 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat AW / 7.1K
Handicap
9-9
Tongue Strap
Standard 3 /9 - btn 3 Buzz Box 9-6 1m 0.11s

took keen hold, prominent, driven 2f out, chased winner entering final furlong, lost 2nd close home, weakened near finish

T Davidson
Callum Rodriguez
3.75 3.69
1.64
75
15 2025-01-25 16:35 Newcastle / 4 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat AW / 9.5K
Handicap
9-6
Cheekpieces
Standard 4 /10 - btn 1.95 Paddy's Day 9-2 59.66s

hampered start, midfield, driven over 2f out, minor headway entering final furlong, lost 3rd near finish

T Davidson
Rowan Scott
10 10.36
3.23
75
16 2025-01-08 14:33 Newcastle / 4 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat AW / 9.5K
Handicap
9-3
Cheekpieces
Standard To Slow 6 /7 - btn 11 Mondammej 9-5 1m 3.86s

led, headed over 4f out, prominent, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, weakened over 1f out

T Davidson
Rowan Scott
8 8.55
2.75
76
17 2024-12-17 18:00 Newcastle / 4 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat AW / 9.5K
Handicap
9-7
Cheekpieces
Standard 3 /9 - btn 0.95 The Ridler 9-1 58.69s

led against near side rail, ridden over 1f out, narrowly headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd inside final 100 yards, kept on same pace in 3rd

T Davidson
Jason Hart
17 21
4.99
76
18 2024-11-16 16:48 Newcastle / 3 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat AW / 15.2K
Handicap
8-12
Cheekpieces
Standard 4 /9 - btn 0.9 Elegant Erin 9-3 59.66s

chased leader, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon headed, no extra close home

T Davidson
Rowan Scott
17 20.59
4.38
76
19 2024-10-18 15:30 Haydock / 4 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat Turf / 10K
Handicap
9-6
Cheekpieces
Heavy 8 /8 - btn 17 Trilby 9-7 1m 8.2s

prominent, driven over 1f out, soon weakened

T Davidson
Paddy Bradley
19 26
4.64
77
20 2024-10-05 17:37 Redcar / 4 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat Turf / 10K
Handicap
9-5
Cheekpieces
Soft 5 /11 - btn 2.8 Curious Rover 9-7 59.68s

tracked leaders, asked for effort over 1f out, plugged on

T Davidson
Rowan Scott
4 4.73
1.97
77
21 2024-09-28 14:45 Ripon / 4 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat Turf / 15K
Handicap
9-8
Cheekpieces
Soft 1 /9 - win 0.2 High Opinion 9-4 59.93s

prominent, raced keenly, tracked leaders halfway, pushed along inside 2f out, ran on strongly final furlong, led towards finish, just held on

T Davidson
Rowan Scott
5.5 5.96
2
75
22 2024-09-15 16:30 Musselburgh / 5 / 0m 5f 1y / Flat Turf / 10K
Handicap
9-12
Cheekpieces
Good 3 /9 - btn 1.7 Zarzyni 9-12 59.54s

led, ridden over 1f out, edged right and headed inside final furlong, no extra in 3rd

T Davidson
Rowan Scott
4.33 4.73
1.8
75
23 2024-09-06 14:00 Haydock / 4 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat Turf / 12K
Handicap
9-4
Cheekpieces
Good To Soft 1 /13 - win 0.3 Arecibo 9-7 58.44s

midfield on far side, pushed along over 2f out, ran on well final furlong, soon made headway between horses to dispute lead final 110yds, ran on strongly to lead post

T Davidson
Rowan Scott
13 14.56
4.23
72
24 2024-08-26 16:20 Ripon / 5 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat Turf / 9K
Handicap
9-12
Cheekpieces
Good 2 /10 - btn 1.25 High Opinion 9-9 58.15s

prominent on outer, pushed along over 2f out, kept on well to go 2nd inside final furlong

T Davidson
Rowan Scott
15 19.5
4.3
72
25 2024-08-09 14:50 Musselburgh / 5 / 0m 5f 1y / Flat Turf / 15K
Handicap, Ladies
9-11 Good 2 /6 - btn 0.3 Protest Rally 8-5 1m 0.11s

led, pushed along over 1f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, stayed on

T Davidson
Marco Ghiani
7.5 8.4
3.95
70
26 2024-07-19 15:15 Haydock / 5 / 0m 6f 0y / Flat Turf / 8K
Handicap
9-5
Tongue Strap
Good 9 /9 - btn 14.65 Baba Reza 9-10 1m 16.22s

steadied start and awkwardly away, raced keenly and held up, some headway far side of group over 2f out, ridden and weakened soon after

T Davidson
Mark Winn
5.5 6.22
2.05
69
27 2024-07-08 20:00 Ripon / 4 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat Turf / 12K
Handicap
9-6 Good 2 /13 - btn 0.2 Woobay 9-0 57.81s

chased leaders, strong run inside final furlong, finished well, not reach winner

T Davidson
Jason Hart
23 28.02
8.48
69
28 2024-06-28 16:55 Newcastle / 5 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat AW / 9K
Handicap
9-6 Standard To Slow 13 /14 - btn 6.25 Elegant Erin 9-11 1m 1.5925s

took keen hold, midfield, ridden 2f out, faded inside final furlong

T Davidson
Phil Dennis
17 21
8.1
72
29 2024-04-20 18:35 Thirsk / 5 / 0m 6f 0y / Flat Turf / 8K
Handicap
9-9
Tongue Strap
Soft 11 /12 - btn 18 Gulliver 9-6 1m 21.22s

raced centre, led when groups merged over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong

T Davidson
Jason Hart
15 19.03
5.35
75
30 2024-03-13 19:15 Newcastle / 4 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat AW / 10.5K
Handicap
9-7
Tongue Strap
Standard 6 /9 - btn 3 Bonito Cavalo 9-4 1m 0.8s

in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace

T Davidson
Phil Dennis
34 33.56
7.2
77
31 2024-02-10 18:45 Newcastle / 4 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat AW / 14K
Handicap
9-3 Standard 11 /12 - btn 7.35 Cover Up 9-7 59.96s

rear of mid-division, well beaten from over 1f out

T Davidson
Phil Dennis
29 36.86
8.26
79
32 2024-01-16 18:30 Newcastle / 4 / 0m 6f 0y / Flat AW / 9.5K
Handicap
9-4
Tongue Strap
Standard 9 /9 - btn 20.25 Mighty Power 8-13 1m 17.56s

raced keenly, led, pushed along and headed inside final 2f, weakened quickly

T Davidson
Phil Dennis
8 9.43
2.56
80
33 2023-07-10 14:55 Ayr / 3 / 0m 6f 0y / Flat Turf / 20K
Handicap
9-3
Tongue Strap
Good To Soft 1 /8 - win 1.75 Manila Scouse 9-7 1m 11.34s

made all, pushed along over 2f out, ran on

T Davidson
Phil Dennis
23 28.98
5.91
75
34 2023-05-22 14:35 Carlisle / 4 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat Turf / 12.5K
Handicap
9-4
Tongue Strap
Good To Firm 7 /9 - btn 8.4 Ramon Di Loria 8-13 1m 2.19s

dwelt and hampered start, soon tracked leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened final furlong

T Davidson
Phil Dennis
10 13
3.32
75
35 2023-05-04 15:40 Ayr / 5 / 0m 6f 0y / Flat Turf / 8K
Handicap
9-8
Tongue Strap
Good To Firm 2 /5 - btn 0.75 Foreseeable Future 8-5 1m 9.29s

restless in stalls, dwelt, tracked leaders after 1f, ridden to challenge winner inside final furlong, not quicken towards finish

T Davidson
Phil Dennis
4.5 5.48
2.58
74
36 2023-03-31 18:20 Newcastle / 5 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat AW / 8.2K
Handicap
9-11
Tongue Strap
Standard 1 /11 - win 0.3 Murbih 9-11 59s

not much room start, held up in rear, switched right and headway over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, led close home

T Davidson
Phil Dennis
11 11.5
3.7
72
37 2022-10-27 18:00 Chelmsford / 6 / 0m 6f 0y / Flat AW / 8K
Handicap
10-2
Tongue Strap
Standard 5 /14 - btn 4.1 Vape 9-7 1m 12.63s

held up in behind leaders, shaken up over 2f out, soon ridden, ran on until no extra inside final furlong

T Davidson
Jason Hart
3.75 4
1.81
64
38 2022-10-18 16:45 Newcastle / 6 / 0m 5f 0y / Flat AW / 7.5K
Handicap
9-8
Tongue Strap
Standard 1 /14 - win 3 Tantastic 9-2 58.72s

close up, pushed along and led well over 1f out, kept on strongly, won going away

T Davidson
Jason Hart
34 61.26
13.16
64
39 2022-10-07 19:45 Newcastle / 5 / 0m 6f 0y / Flat AW / 8K
Novice, Stakes
9-6
Tongue Strap
Standard 4 /4 - btn 1.7 Shining Al Danah 9-4 1m 14.48s

restless in stalls, steadied and went left start, raced keenly in rear, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders

T Davidson
Phil Dennis
51 82.94
11
40 2022-09-21 15:28 Redcar / 5 / 0m 7f 0y / Flat Turf / 7.5K
Maiden, Stakes
9-10
Tongue Strap
Good To Firm 7 /8 - btn 13.55 Kaif 9-2 1m 25.31s

raced keenly rear mid-division, pushed along 2f out, never a factor

T Davidson
Jason Hart
21 31.78
5.3
41 2022-09-02 14:50 Newcastle / 5 / 1m 0f 5y / Flat AW / 8K
Novice, Stakes
9-9
Tongue Strap
Standard To Slow 3 /3 - btn 11.25 Dukeman 9-4 1m 45.152s

slowly away, held up in last, pushed along over 2f out, soon beaten

T Davidson
Jason Hart
51 94.87