16:10 Musselburgh

Wednesday 28 August 2019

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

Aiua Handicap

Off time: 16:14 | Winning time: 1m 56.74s

(8)

Twentysixthstreet⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: T P O'Shea| T: Andrew Hughes| OR: 66

8/1

Sprung a 33-1 surprise when beating Amazing Grazing by ¾L at Hamilton (6f, good) in July; beaten (fifth of six) under a penalty on soft just six days later; remains low-mileage.

Form: 96415

(6)

Catch My Breath^p¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: D Allan| T: J Ryan| OR: 63

6/4

Consistent eight-race maiden; on the premises until the closing stages when beaten 1¼L by the Richard Fahey-trained Calvados Spirit at Newmarket (1m, good to soft) 12 days ago; stablemate of Princess Florence.

Form: 336323

(4)

Osmosis¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: C J McGovern⁽³⁾| T: J Ward| OR: 61

11/4

With Ger Lyons in her early career; 0-8 for Jason Ward; appeared to be suited by dropping back in trip at Beverley (good to soft) latest and the form of that race has been franked since; of interest in a modest contest.

Form: 485483

(7)

Archies Lad⁶²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: P Mathers| T: R M Smith| OR: 60

28/1

Winner of a 7f Leicester claimer (good) for Richard Fahey in May; turned in a dismal effort on debut for this trainer at Hamilton (1m) the following month and absent since; risky stablemate of Geography Teacher.

Form: 52-5918

(5)

Geography Teacher⁹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Jamie Gormley| T: R M Smith| OR: 60

33/1

Three Fibresand wins (6f-1m) for Roger Fell; given an 8lb rise for the latest success in May, and joined this trainer (also saddles Archies Lad) recently at the Doncaster Sales for £5,000; watching brief.

Form: 654761

(9)

Bannockburn²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Shane Gray| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 55WS

25/1

Very low-key to date; well beaten on handicap debut (post wind surgery) at Southwell (1m4f) on Monday; early days but very difficult to enthuse over.

Form: 0809

(10)

Jazz Hands¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Sean Davis⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 52| CD

7/1

Has just the single success on his CV, but that was over C&D (good to firm) in May and he competes off a very similar mark today; finished behind today's rival Ifton after racing prominently at Yarmouth latest.

Form: 803276

(3)

Princess Florence¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Cam Hardie| T: J Ryan| OR: 49

20/1

Kept busy (five starts) since winning a modest 7f Class 6 handicap at Brighton (good to firm) in early July; 2lb above that winning mark; finished behind today's rival Ifton at Yarmouth latest; stablemate of Catch My Breath.

Form: 178007

(1)

Treasured Company^e/s⁵⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: Nathan Evans| T: R C Guest| OR: 45

12/1

Nine-race maiden who has done the bulk of his racing on the AW; it's difficult to envisage that he'll prove to be more effective on turf.

Form: 48-7340

Non-Runners

(2)

Ifton¹³

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: Mrs R Carr J: T Eaves

Forecasts

Catch My Breath (6/4), Osmosis (11/4), Ifton (4/1), Jazz Hands (7/1), Twentysixthstreet (8/1), Treasured Company (12/1), Princess Florence (20/1), Bannockburn (25/1), Archies Lad (28/1), Geography Teacher (33/1)

An unappealing low-grade three-year-old handicap. The reliable Ifton was an eye-catching second at Yarmouth, finishing in front of a couple of today's rivals and theoretically this longer trip should suit. Shock Hamilton scorer Twentysixthstreet remains low-mileage for the Irish handler Andrew Hughes, but the tentative selection is the Jason Ward-trained OSMOSIS. Dropping back from 1m2f appeared to suit this filly at Beverley and that form has a degree of substance with both the winner (One To Go) and the third (Northern Lyte) filling the first two places back on the Westwood last weekend.