18:30 Musselburgh

Tuesday 27 August 2019

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Bookie In The Morning Handicap

Off time: 18:32 | Winning time: 1m 53.80s

(9)

How Bizarre¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: D Nolan| T: L Bailey| OR: 72| C

9/2

Winner over 1m0.5f at Beverley in July off 4lb lower but scored off this mark last year. Front runner remains in good form and likely to make a bold bid in suitable conditions and a lower grade.

Form: 451253

(4)

Battle Of Marathon^p²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Cam Hardie| T: J Ryan| OR: 72| D

12/1

Two wins from 45 starts overall and his lone turf win came in a 6f two-year-old maiden back in 2014. Racing to a decent level of late and dropping to a good mark but has found this trip sharp in recent times.

Form: 674524

(3)

Jacob Black^v²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: J Fanning| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 70| C

12/1

Course specialist is now 2lb lower than 7f win here in May. Has completely lost his way on his last three starts and easy to overlook.

Form: 463700

(7)

Whatwouldyouknow¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: P Mulrennan| T: R C Guest| OR: 69| D

9/2

5-19 overall and in career best form with a Redcar win and Beverley second. Up another 2lb and in grade. Could easily be in the mix but this would require a touch more off this new mark.

Form: 464012

(8)

Ghayyar^p,t⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Danny Redmond⁽⁵⁾| T: T D Easterby| OR: 69| BF

13/2

Now 8lb lower than last win but overall just three wins from 31 career starts. Racing consistently of late albeit well below last year's form. Likely to be involved again off this reduced mark.

Form: 052346

(6)

Zeshov^p¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-2| J: Rowan Scott⁽³⁾| T: Rebecca Bastiman| OR: 65| C

16/1

Goes particularly well here with three C&D successes. Now 7lb lower than last win but racing to a lesser standard of late. Likely to find a few too good again.

Form: 843504

(10)

Dark Devil^p¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Sean Davis⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 64| BF

9/1

Poor overall strike-rate and without a win since 2017. Prefers some juice in the ground and needs to bounce back from a poor latest effort. Likely to find this ground too lively.

Form: 252634

(1)

Straight Ash¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Ben Robinson| T: Ollie Pears| OR: 64| BF| CD

7/1

Winner over 1m1f here this time last year and now 1lb lower. On a consistent run of form and while he's done his winning at a lesser level, he's unlikely to be far away again.

Form: 235392

(2)

Ventura Royal^h⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: R P Downey| T: D O'Meara| OR: 62

11/1

Still won just once but ran really well over 1m2f on seasonal reappearance after a wind-op. Not really followed on from that however and folded tamely after leading at Hamilton latest so others appeal more.

Form: 536-294

(5)

Lucky Violet^h¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 8-11| J: Jamie Gormley| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 60| C

7/1

Three-time course winner with the last two coming over this distance. On a winnable mark at present but needs to lift significantly from two poor efforts this month.

Form: 345585

Non-Runners

(11)

Ascot Week²⁷

Weight: 9-7| Age: 5

T: J & S Quinn J: Jason Hart

Forecasts

How Bizarre (9/2), Whatwouldyouknow (9/2), Ghayyar (13/2), Straight Ash (7/1), Lucky Violet (7/1), Ascot Week (7/1), Dark Devil (9/1), Ventura Royal (11/1), Jacob Black (12/1), Battle Of Marathon (12/1), Zeshov (16/1)

The step back up in distance and a return to quick conditions should suit HOW BIZARRE who could take some pegging back in this grade. Ghayyar is on a consistent run of form and should be competitive once again. Straight Ash is proving similarly reliable while Whatwouldyouknow is still improving and worth a go up in grade.