15:00 Musselburgh

Friday 11 August 2017

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Watermans Handicap

Off time: 15:01 | Winning time: 1m 39.19s

(1)

Ralphy Boy¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Rowan Scott⁽⁵⁾| T: A C Whillans| OR: 65| CD

9/2

Has four wins and six other frame finishes from 18 starts here. Not at his best this season but now 10lb below his last winning mark and his turn has looked nearer on recent starts.

Form: 663966

(3)

Cabal^b²⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 9-10| J: S H James| T: G A Harker| OR: 61| D

12/1

Grand old mare who has now gone 17 races without success. Has been knocking on the door lately but needs to put a poor effort last time behind her. The handicapper has lent a hand and the extra furlong will help also.

Form: 233538

(7)

Relight My Fire^p¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 61

9/2

Beverley specialist who has gone more than two years without a win. Raised 3lb for his best effort of 2017 at that track 10 days ago but has won most of his races off higher. Finished third on his only start here and promises to be involved.

Form: 0-00032

(2)

Cliff Bay^h¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: J Fanning| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 67| D

4/1

Hamilton winner in June and well held in three starts since. Hood produced some improvement 11 days ago but more still needed off this mark.

Form: 251555

(8)

Twiggy^h⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Jamie Gormley⁽⁷⁾| T: I Jardine| OR: 67

10/1

Last of seven here on stable debut but previously produced a career best at Leicester when second at big odds. That run came without the hood she is accustomed to wearing and which is again fitted here. Drops in grade and worth a check in the market.

Form: 430-027

(6)

Adventureman^b¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 59| CD

7/1

Sole win in 27 starts came over C&D and he has been hit hard by the handicapper since. Two good runs here in May saw him head back up the weights and his form has been patchy since. Weighted to be competitive again and capable of putting in a bold show from the front. Blinkers replace the usual cheekpieces.

Form: 220489

(5)

Leopard^h¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Josh Doyle⁽³⁾| T: T Coyle & K Wood| OR: 61

25/1

Better since going handicapping for his new yard. This looks more competitive than his last two races and he has a lot to find.

Form: 57-946

(9)

Hellomoto^p³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: T Eaves| T: K A Ryan| OR: 59

9/1

Best effort came on return to action in April but that Catterick effort has been devalued buy others since. Two runs back from an enforced absence suggest his current mark is restrictive.

Form: 860-245

(11)

Joyful Star³³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: G Lee| T: F Watson| OR: 51

12/1

Hardly a winning machine with just one win to his name so far. However, has produced a few runs this year to show he is capable of winning something like this. Cheekpieces worn for the first time on his last start are retained here and off a 1lb lower mark he's one for the shortlist.

Form: 80-3446

(10)

Let Right Be Done^b,h¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: A Mullen| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 48

16/1

Landed his first race in over two years when picking up a poor Ayr apprentice race a month ago. Comfortably held on three starts since, which came in the space of a week, and it would be a surprise if he proved good enough to land this.

Form: 571647

Non-Runners

(4)

Ingleby Angel⁸

Weight: 9-12| Age: 8

T: C J Teague J: Nathan Evans

Forecasts

Cliff Bay (4/1), Relight My Fire (9/2), Ralphy Boy (9/2), Adventureman (7/1), Hellomoto (9/1), Twiggy (10/1), Joyful Star (12/1), Cabal (12/1), Ingleby Angel (12/1), Let Right Be Done (16/1), Leopard (25/1)

Relight My Fire has shown his turn might be near of late. The Beverley specialist has gone well around here but a 3lb rise for his latest effort makes his quest to land his first race in two years tougher but not impossible.. Ralphy Boy goes well around here and has appeared to be finding his level of late. Ruth Carr has her team in excellent order and ADVENTUREMAN is fancied to improve on recent displays A 1-27 profile is not the stuff of legends but this front-runner has a win and two seconds around here. His mark has dropped to a more competitive level and he is expected to go well at attractive odds.