16:40 Musselburgh

Wednesday 28 August 2019

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Witherbys Handicap

Off time: 16:43 | Winning time: 4m 7.88s

(6)

Clearance¹^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Harry Russell⁽⁷⁾| T: I Jardine| OR: 60

4/6

Joined this trainer recently (from Gary Moore) after winning a selling hurdle at Stratford; was a cosy winner on the Flat at Ayr (1m7f, heavy) subsequently, seeing off a couple of today's rivals; is also declared at Ripon (5.05pm) on Tuesday.

Form: 4-11711

(10)

Hugoigo⁷^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Corey Madden⁽⁷⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 52

8/1

Off the mark at the 23rd attempt when keeping on strongly to reel in Frightened Rabbit at Carlisle (1m3f, good to soft) last week; incurs a 5lb penalty (negated by a claimer); stays beyond 2m; stablemate of Pammi and Elite Icon.

Form: 842261

(2)

Kitty's Cove^p,t¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 49

4/1

12-race maiden with plenty of recent placed form, including when left toiling by Anyonecanhaveitall at Redcar (1m6f, good) 18 days ago; has previous course experience (runner-up in July) but looks likely to find others stronger.

Form: 566232

(3)

Pammi¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: P Mathers| T: J S Goldie| OR: 48

12/1

Doesn't win all that often, but is adaptable in terms of trip/ground and on the whole is reasonably consistent; finished 3L behind Clearance at Ayr (1m7f, heavy) latest; trainer also saddles Hugoigo and Elite Icon.

Form: 664563

(4)

Gemologist^t¹⁰⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Nathan Evans| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 47

14/1

Yet to win a race after 17 attempts, but has made the frame on numerous occasions over hurdles; makes her first Flat start for Lucinda Russell (previous Flat runs were for Mark Johnston).

Form: 9/8684-5

(1)

Elite Icon^v¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Cam Hardie| T: J S Goldie| OR: 47| C

16/1

Course winner (1m6f, good) in May and placed on a couple of occasions since; finished behind (fifth) today's rivals Clearance and Pammi at Ayr (1m7f, heavy) latest; trainer is also responsible for two other declared runners.

Form: 374945

(9)

Dizoard²⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 8-5| J: Jamie Gormley| T: I Jardine| OR: 45| C

50/1

Landed a gamble when winning over hurdles here (2m6f) last November; 1-36 overall and fully exposed as a poor Flat racer; stable have a much better winning chance with Clearance.

Form: 4-50009

(7)

Put The Law On You^p²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: A Mullen| T: A C Whillans| OR: 45

28/1

Runner-up in a maiden hurdle at Perth (2m4f) in July; poor on the Flat so far (0-4) and simply can't be the solution here from outside of the handicap proper.

Form: 8079

Non-Runners

(5)

Uptown Funk¹

Weight: 9-13| Age: 5

T: K Dalgleish J: J Fanning

(8)

Buyer Beware¹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 7

T: L Bailey J: S H James

Forecasts

Clearance (4/6), Uptown Funk (3/1), Kitty's Cove (4/1), Hugoigo (8/1), Pammi (12/1), Gemologist (14/1), Buyer Beware (14/1), Elite Icon (16/1), Put The Law On You (28/1), Dizoard (50/1)

Tuesday's staying race at Ripon (5.05pm) promises to hold plenty of clues as to the likely outcome of this particular contest with CLEARANCE, Buyer Beware and the hurdler Uptown Funk all doubly declared. Until the result of the race is known and digested this race is very difficult to assess.