15:40 Musselburgh

Wednesday 28 August 2019

All14:1014:4015:1015:4016:1016:4017:10

EBF Stallions Winners Fillies' Handicap

Off time: 15:41 | Winning time: 1m 30.44s

(5)

Beryl The Petal^v²³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: D Nolan| T: D O'Meara| OR: 82| D

10/1

Won back-to-back races (6f-7f) on good to firm ground during July; not in the same form since (on good to soft); 5lb above her last winning mark.

Form: 221146

(6)

Caustic Love²²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: J Fanning| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 82| D

15/8

An improving filly; showed her best form to date when upped to 1m at Ripon (good to soft) beating the front-running Divinity by 1¾L; 5lb higher, but remains of some interest; stablemate of Gometra Ginty.

Form: 211421

(9)

Maggies Angel^p1¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Sean Davis⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 74

11/2

Sole win came on debut at Ripon (5f, good to firm) in April 2017; runner-up in Listed company over C&D in June 2018 and placed off this mark at Redcar (7f, good) latest; boasts a similar place chance in newly applied cheekpieces.

Form: 8-06953

(7)

Harvest Day^t⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Nathan Evans| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 71| D

10/1

Slowly inching back down the weights, albeit remains 3lb higher than when winning at Newcastle (7f) in January; first ever competitive start at Musselburgh.

Form: 213336

(1)

Oriental Lilly¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Corey Madden⁽⁷⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 71

20/1

Stronger on the AW (5-12) than on turf (1-26); finished last of eight over C&D (soft) just under three weeks ago.

Form: 554528

(3)

Gometra Ginty¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S A Gray| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 74| CD

9/2

Stablemate of the progressive Caustic Love; 5lb higher than when beating Battle of Waterloo by 1¼L over C&D (good) on her penultimate start; a shade disappointing latest.

Form: 5-15417

(2)

Evolutionary¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Jamie Gormley| T: I Jardine| OR: 66

14/1

Early promise on the AW for former handler James Tate; sold for 9,000gns in July; in there pitching until very late on stable/turf debut at Thirsk (7f, soft) 12 days ago; a sounder racing surface could suit.

Form: 632-596

(4)

Firsteen²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Cam Hardie| T: A C Whillans| OR: 60| D

13/2

A likeable and consistent filly who competes for an in-form trainer; narrow winner over this trip at Redcar in July (good to firm), but has risen yet another 2lb in the weights since finishing second to Castle Quarter at Newcastle.

Form: 020412

Non-Runners

(8)

Pinarella²⁰

Weight: 8-12| Age: 3

T: B Haslam J: A Mullen

Forecasts

Caustic Love (15/8), Gometra Ginty (9/2), Maggies Angel (11/2), Firsteen (13/2), Pinarella (8/1), Harvest Day (10/1), Beryl The Petal (10/1), Evolutionary (14/1), Oriental Lilly (20/1)

Keith Dalgleish is doubly-represented by the fast improving CAUSTIC LOVE and the recent C&D scorer Giometra Ginty. A strong preference is for the former who produced a career best when picking off the front-running Divinity on her first attempt beyond 7f at Ripon three weeks ago. She has earned a 5lb rise in the weights for that smooth success, but could ultimately prove herself as simply better than this level of opposition. The likeable and consistent Firsteen is also viewed positively despite stepping up in grade and ever rising in the weights.