15:50 Musselburgh

Thursday 2 May 2019

All13:1513:4514:1514:4515:1515:5016:2517:00

Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 15:51 | Winning time: 1m 29.04s

(3)

Caesar's Comet^b²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: K J Leonard⁽³⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 62

6/4

Capable sprinter when on song as he twice demonstrated in 2018 when delivered late over 6f at Fairyhouse; well weighted after an unproductive spell on the AW (Dundalk); stays 7f; major player.

Form: 9-09660

(5)

Vallarta³⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 59| D

8/1

2lb lower than when winning a veterans' handicap at Catterick (6f, soft) in October 2018; showed speed until weakening from the furlong pole over 5f here last month.

Form: 510-456

(1)

Crazy Tornado^h²²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Connor Beasley| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 58

7/1

Won twice at Hamilton (1m-1m1f) in August 2018, and sits just 2lb above his last winning mark; today's trip looks to be on the sharp side for his seasonal reappearance and ideally requires softer ground conditions than forecast.

Form: 161767-

(4)

Robben Rainbow¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Phil Dennis| T: K Scott| OR: 56| D

12/1

Ex David Barron - joined Galashiels trainer Katie Scott for £2,200 in October 2018; 1lb lower than when winning over this trip at Catterick (good to firm) in July 2018.

Form: 5446-90

(9)

Be Bold^b¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: D Allan| T: Rebecca Bastiman| OR: 52| D

8/1

Much more effective on turf (5-42) than on the AW (0-22); fairly attractively handicapped based upon his placed 7f form at Ayr in July 2018; each-way possibilities.

Form: 6-52046

(10)

Downtown Diva^b,e/s1¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: J Fanning| T: A Keatley| OR: 50

6/1

31-race maiden with a plethora of previous placed efforts; eye-shields now accompany the blinkers; trainer has a fine overall record with his Scottish raiders (often at Ayr).

Form: 3745-95

(8)

Quiet Moment^t⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: T Eaves| T: M A Barnes| OR: 48

66/1

A heavy ground 1m Ayr winner for Keith Dalgleish in late 2017; woeful on all three starts in 2019 (two of those were over hurdles); no obvious reason as to why she should be competitive.

Form: 85709-0

(7)

Colour Contrast^b²⁰³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: Jamie Gormley⁽³⁾| T: I Jardine| OR: 47

6/1

30-race maiden; so often the gift that kept giving to the bookmakers in the early months of 2018; regularly makes the frame over C&D without putting in maximum effort; a quirky horse.

Form: 673345-

(6)

Palavicini Run²⁰³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-7| J: S A Gray| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 45| D

80/1

Ex-Irish (would have a chance based upon her peak form for J.Levins); 0-9 for Linda Perratt in 2018 - mainly at Ayr (5f-7f); dropping down the handicap like a stone; stablemate of Bareed.

Form: 009000-

(2)

Bareed^h1¹⁷⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Ben Robinson⁽³⁾| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 45

14/1

Has shown plenty of pace in low-grade AW handicaps (over 1m); hooded on return to turf racing off a 174-day absence; drop in trip a potential positive; stablemate of Palavicini Run.

Form: 076746-

(11)

Tom's Anna¹⁵³

Age: 9| Weight: 8-7| J: Robbie Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: S Regan| OR: 45| D

66/1

Veteran; impossible to draw any positives whatsoever from her form in the second half of 2018; look elsewhere.

Form: 560000-

Non-Runners

(12)

Blue Whisper⁴⁸

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: S Donohoe J: B A Curtis

Forecasts

Caesar's Comet (6/4), Colour Contrast (6/1), Downtown Diva (6/1), Blue Whisper (6/1), Crazy Tornado (7/1), Be Bold (8/1), Vallarta (8/1), Robben Rainbow (12/1), Bareed (14/1), Quiet Moment (66/1), Tom's Anna (66/1), Palavicini Run (80/1)

Another very winnable contest. The 30-race maiden Colour Contrast was a friend of the bookmakers throughout the course of 2018, so it'll take a brave punter to decide that he'll make it 31st-time lucky despite the clear and obvious paucity of viable winning opposition. Be Bold is of definite each-way interest for Rebecca Bastiman, but for win purposes a more realistic alternative is the top-weight CAESAR'S COMET. The Irish-raider has a potent turn of foot, and when fully on song is essentially a fair bit better than this level of opposition.