17:10 Musselburgh

Wednesday 28 August 2019

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Mr And Mrs Smith Handicap

Off time: 17:10 | Winning time: 2m 48.06s

(2)

Spirit Of Lund¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Jamie Gormley| T: I Jardine| OR: 68

5/1

Nine-race maiden; twice runner-up over shorter trips (7f-1m1f) earlier in the season but hasn't convinced of late and continues to fall down the weights; has some stamina in pedigree.

Form: 502297

(6)

Three Castles¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: J Fanning| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 63

2/1

Both of his wins have come with cut underfoot, including when ploughing through heavy ground to beat Sarvi by a neck at Ayr (1m2f) latest; 3lb higher over a new trip.

Form: 641591

(1)

Cuba Ruba^p¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 57

6/4

Has shown marginally improved form since upped in trip, finishing in front of the disappointing Myklachi at Thirsk (1m4f, soft) on his penultimate start; needs just a fraction more and it'll come as no real surprise if he's there or thereabouts.

Form: 645544

(7)

Magrevio⁴⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: S H James| T: L Bailey| OR: 56

4/1

Six-race maiden; posted a much improved effort when second (favourite Mkylachi third) in a Class 6 handicap at Ripon (1m4f, good) 44 days ago; holds every chance if able to reproduce that form, but that's far from guaranteed.

Form: 587-802

(5)

Sleepdancer^t,v1¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: Cam Hardie| T: J Ryan| OR: 52

25/1

Poor over a range of trips (7f-2m) thus far; very lowly weighted after just a single handicap start; one of two declared runners to sport the Gerry McGladery silks; visor replaces cheekpieces.

Form: 5700

(3)

Gloryella⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-2| J: A Mullen| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 45

33/1

Has scarcely managed to beat a single rival in six career starts (1m-1m6f); out of the handicap proper and simply can't be the solution despite dropping back to an arguably more suitable trip; look elsewhere.

Form: 050008

Non-Runners

(4)

Exchequer (FR)⁶⁹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: Miss Lucinda V Russell J: K Stott

(8)

Myklachi¹⁹

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: D O'Meara J: Shane Gray

Forecasts

Cuba Ruba (6/4), Three Castles (2/1), Myklachi (7/2), Magrevio (4/1), Spirit Of Lund (5/1), Exchequer (FR) (7/1), Sleepdancer (25/1), Gloryella (33/1)

Although the form horse is undoubtedly Three Castles and the level of opposition can hardly be described as the most taxing, the Keith Dalgleish-trained runner is worth opposing over a new trip on a sound surface. The likes of Myklachi, Magrevio and CUBA RUBA all have related form lines but a chance is taken on the Tim Easterby-trained three-year-old in a very winnable contest.