16:05 Musselburgh

Wednesday 26 August 2020

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Racing Welfare Supporting Racing's Workforce Handicap

Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 2m 54.25s

(8)

Smart Lass^p³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 60| CD

7/2

C&D winner. Seventh of 8 in handicap (7/2) at Ayr (13.1f, good to firm) 37 days ago. Had shaped encouragingly on reappearance and drops back down in grade.

Form: 5211-37

(10)

Hillgrove Angel⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-12| J: Sean Kirrane⁽⁵⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 60| CD

6/1

C&D winner. 28/1, creditable third of 14 in handicap at Catterick (12.1f, good to soft) 9 days ago. Can remain competitive at this level.

Form: 0/811-73

(7)

Najashee²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: B A Curtis| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 59| BF

11/2

Seventeen runs since last win in 2017. 7/2, creditable third of 11 in handicap at Beverley (9.9f, good to firm) 22 days ago. Up in trip. Merits consideration.

Form: 00-2333

(5)

Lizzie Loch³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: P Hanagan| T: A C Whillans| OR: 56| BF

8/1

3/1, good second of 8 in handicap at Ayr (13.1f, good to firm) 37 days ago, just failing. Should continue to be thereabouts.

Form: 767-232

(1)

Millie The Minx^b¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs Dianne Sayer| OR: 55| D

11/2

13/8, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Hamilton (12.1f, good to soft) 13 days ago, well on top finish. Likely to go well again.

Form: 6-34311

(6)

Mamdood^t⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Harrison Shaw⁽³⁾| T: Stef Keniry| OR: 49| D

12/1

5/1, fell in handicap at Ayr (13.1f, good) 44 days ago, travelling better than most at this time and likely to have been involved in the finish. Mark still looks fair, so not totally discounted.

Form: 6897-4F

(2)

Peerless Percy²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: P Mulrennan| T: M Dods| OR: 55

3/1

Promising sort. 6/1, third of 12 in handicap at Hamilton (9.2f, soft) 25 days ago, needing stiffer test. Still unexposed and very much the type to improve for this longer trip.

Form: 780-3

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to board prices only - deduction 5p in the pound

Non-Runners

(9)

Maldonado³³

Weight: 9-9| Age: 6

T: M & D Easterby J: G Lee

(3)

Barney Bullet²²

Weight: 9-0| Age: 5

T: R Menzies J: Cam Hardie

(11)

Miracle Eagle¹⁴

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: Jedd O'Keeffe J: J Garritty

(4)

Black Star Dancing⁸

Weight: 8-12| Age: 3

T: K Dalgleish J: Ben Sanderson

Forecasts

Peerless Percy (3/1), Smart Lass (7/2), Millie The Minx (11/2), Najashee (11/2), Hillgrove Angel (6/1), Lizzie Loch (8/1), Mamdood (12/1), Barney Bullet (12/1), Maldonado (20/1), Miracle Eagle (25/1), Black Star Dancing (33/1)

This looks competitive for the grade but PEERLESS PERCY stands out on profile. He's lightly raced and open to improvement stepping up in trip, so he's taken to get the better of some much more exposed sorts, acknowledging the likes of Millie The Minx and Lizzie Loch arrive in excellent form.