14:45 Musselburgh

Tuesday 2 April 2019

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Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 2m 43.98s

(2)

Sioux Frontier³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: I Jardine| OR: 65

14/1

Sole win came over an extended mile on soft ground at Hamilton in June 2018 (for Richard Fahey); untested over this 1m4f+ trip (never beyond 1m2f); dropping in grade into a Class 6.

Form: 53697-9

(7)

Home Before Dusk^p²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Connor Beasley| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 65

3/1

Eight-race maiden; generally reliable, and was beaten just over 2L (fourth) by Lopes Dancer on his penultimate start at Newcastle (1m4f); likely to appreciate the drop in grade into a Class 6.

Form: 2243-46

(3)

Enmeshing¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Rossa Ryan| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 64| D

9/2

Has plenty of experience of racing on synthetics (2-18), but has competed on turf over hurdles as often as he has on the Flat; beaten ¾L by Endlessly in a 1m6f Class 5 handicap at Wolverhampton on his penultimate start.

Form: 325-824

(9)

Pammi⁸⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Jamie Gormley⁽³⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 55| D

13/2

Winner of a similar contest at Newcastle (1m4f) in November, and is perfectly versatile in terms of racing surface; ran on to press the winner Maulesden May when beaten ¾L over C&D in August 2018; stablemate of Elite Icon; chance.

Form: 24315-5

(6)

Enemy Of The State²³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-3| J: Nathan Evans| T: J Ward| OR: 47

11/4

12-race maiden; has left Linda Perratt since finishing a head second to Trautmann over C&D (good) in August 2018; kicks-off life for Thirsk trainer Jason Ward from just a 1lb higher mark.

Form: 843482-

(10)

Sosian^v³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-2| J: P Mathers| T: R A Fahey| OR: 45

7/1

17-race maiden; now rated 17lb lower than when last competing on turf in August 2018; stamina to prove over this trip, albeit was keeping on at the finish when beaten 1L (third) over 1m2f at Lingfield last month.

Form: 50-5753

(4)

Fillydelphia^h¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 8-2| J: Rachel Richardson| T: L Bailey| OR: 45| D

16/1

Infrequent winner (strongest at Catterick); found the frame over C&D in July 2018 when beaten 1½L by Falcon's Fire; unseated her rider over hurdles on debut for Liam Bailey here 11-days ago.

Form: 244470-

(5)

Elite Icon²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-2| J: Phil Dennis| T: J S Goldie| OR: 45

20/1

Poor win ratio (1-21), with that success coming in deep ground over 1m6f at Carlisle in September 2017 (for Iain Jardine); recent form on the AW is uninspiring; stablemate of Pammi.

Form: 04-8500

(8)

Dutch Melody²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-2| J: Victor Santos⁽⁷⁾| T: L Egerton| OR: 45

200/1

Six-race maiden; has shown virtually no ability whatsoever so far, including over hurdles; very lowly rated and well out of the handicap proper as a result; stablemate of Orobas.

Form: 00/670-

Non-Runners

(1)

Orobas¹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 7

T: L Egerton J: B A Curtis

Forecasts

Enemy Of The State (11/4), Home Before Dusk (3/1), Enmeshing (9/2), Orobas (5/1), Pammi (13/2), Sosian (7/1), Sioux Frontier (14/1), Fillydelphia (16/1), Elite Icon (20/1), Dutch Melody (200/1)

Orobas was a winner on the AW at Lingfield last week and could feasibly turn up seeking a hat-trick depending upon the outcome of events at Chelmsford on Monday (5.15pm). However, with his participation in the contest uncertain at this stage, we'll look elsewhere and take a chance on Jim Goldie's PAMMI. A winner from a broadly similar mark at Newcastle in November, she's versatile in terms of racing surface and has previous fair form at Musselburgh. Others in with a reasonable shout in a modest contest include Home Before Dusk and Enemy Of The State.