15:00 Musselburgh

Friday 22 January 2021

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Heed Your Hunch At Betway Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:01 | Winning time: 5m 14.7s

Quest For Life⁵⁵⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: M Walford| OR: 115| D

40/1

Fairly useful winning hurdler/chaser at his best but off the track for 18 months. Fitness a clear concern and he needs to hit the ground running on his return.

Form: 5/41274-

Sidi Ismael⁶⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Craig Nichol| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 114

8/1

Fair bumper winner who arrives in excellent nick over hurdles, disputing lead when falling two out over C&D last time. Ought to give another good account for last year's winning yard.

Form: 44P-22F

Ryedale Racer^v1⁴⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: Grant Cockburn⁽³⁾| T: N W Alexander| OR: 113| D

80/1

Arrives well out of sorts, and cheekpieces on when last of 10 in 3m handicap here 46 days ago. Visored now but readily opposed.

Form: 1PP-PP0

Loughermore²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: William Shanahan⁽⁷⁾| T: S Waugh| OR: 111| D

13/2

Maiden pointer who showed much-improved form to make it sixth time lucky over hurdles at Wetherby (19.7f) on Boxing Day, the deep ground posing no problem. Up 6 lb but has solid claims of a repeat.

Form: 644341

Taking Flight¹⁸⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: R D Day| T: N G Richards| OR: 110

16/1

Modest form in bumpers and over hurdles thus far, having wind op before fair fourth in 22f Cartmel novice on return. Goes into handicaps now with plenty to find.

Form: 34/4P-4

Pammi^p⁶⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Harry Reed⁽³⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 109| CD

22/1

Successful at Perth in August but ended 2020 in disappointing fashion and she remains 5 lb above that winning mark.

Form: 1275U7

Frightened Rabbit³³¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: Danny McMenamin⁽³⁾| T: Mrs Dianne Sayer| OR: 107

40/1

Posted career best when making all in 2m1f Carlisle handicap in 2019 but not seen since a below-par run at Musselburgh 11 months ago. Perhaps best watched unless betting vibes strong.

Form: 213137-

Artic Mann⁴⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Bruce Lynn⁽⁵⁾| T: N W Alexander| OR: 107

7/4

Has returned very much on the up, confirming reappearance promise with ready win in 22f handicap at Kelso 47 days ago. Form has been franked so fancied to defy hefty weights rise.

Form: 0555-31

Red Reminder³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Callum Bewley| T: C Grant| OR: 107| D

17/2

Dual 2m4f novice winner last season who arrives in decent nick in handicaps, third at Sedgefield latest. Dropped 2 lb so she's worth considering for a place again.

Form: 41-8P33

For Three⁶⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: B S Hughes| T: J Ewart| OR: 106

8/1

Back-to-back Hexham winner in the spring of 2019. Struggled to hit same heights since but hasn't enjoyed much luck on his last couple of outings. Others still preferred though.

Form: 63-4603

Big Jim Dwyer³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Billy Garritty⁽³⁾| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 105

9/2

Fair maiden who posted best effort on only second run in handicap when third of 15 over C&D 32 days ago. Much respected off same mark for trainer who took this event 12 months ago.

Form: 363303

Non-Runners

Serious Ego⁵³

Weight: 11-5| Age: 8

T: N G Richards J: Non Runner

Spanish Jump⁵⁷

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: J & A O'Neill J: G Sheehan

Northern Bound⁷⁰

Weight: 11-3| Age: 7

T: B Pauling J: Non Runner

Tawseef²⁵

Weight: 11-1| Age: 13

T: D McCain Jnr J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Artic Mann (7/4), Big Jim Dwyer (9/2), Spanish Jump (5/1), Loughermore (13/2), Serious Ego (13/2), For Three (8/1), Sidi Ismael (8/1), Red Reminder (17/2), Northern Bound (10/1), Taking Flight (16/1), Pammi (22/1), Tawseef (25/1), Quest For Life (40/1), Frightened Rabbit (40/1), Ryedale Racer (80/1)

A few with chances but ARTIC MANN has returned an improved model this term so is fancied to follow up his impressive Kelso success despite taking a 11 lb hike in the weights. Loughermore can also have a say on the back of his Wetherby win while Sidi Ismael is likely to be on the premises too in an open handicap.