19:52 Musselburgh

Friday 30 July 2021

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Off time: 19:55 | Winning time: 58.95s

(7)

Mokaman⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 66| D

7/2

Latest win at Catterick in June. 5/1, creditable third of 7 in handicap at Ripon (5f, good to firm) 43 days ago. Liable to be on the premises once more.

Form: 0-62913

(5)

Harrogate¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: G Lee| T: P T Midgley| OR: 60| D

5/1

Latest win at Ripon in May. Last of 6 in handicap (5/1) at Doncaster (5f, good to firm) 13 days ago. Not totally discounted.

Form: 213836

(4)

The Gloaming¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 62| CD

17/2

C&D winner. 9/1, 3 lengths eighth of 12 to Rory in handicap at Ayr (5f, good to firm) 18 days ago, first home in group. Just ticking over at present.

Form: 616458

(6)

Refuge^t¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Harrison Shaw| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 57| CD

4/1

C&D winner. 4/1, good second of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f) 10 days ago. Latest success (last October) came on bad ground at this track, so he makes plenty of appeal.

Form: 202442

(8)

Rory¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Ben Robinson| T: J S Goldie| OR: 61| D

5/2

Lightly-raced winner. 17/2, career best when winning 12-runner handicap at Ayr (5f, good to firm) 18 days ago, better placed than most. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 5-3081

(1)

Gorgeous Gobolina^t⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Cam Hardie| T: S Corbett| OR: 56| CD

25/1

C&D winner. 33/1, ninth of 11 in handicap at Thirsk (5f, good to firm) 7 days ago. Hard to make any sort of case for at present.

Form: 580-809

(3)

Lola Rebel⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: D Allan| T: C J Teague| OR: 57

16/1

40/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f) 4 days ago. Needs to do more if he's going to make an impact from this sort of mark.

Form: 5-66406

(2)

Corton Lass⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-8| J: Andrew Breslin⁽⁵⁾| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 45

12/1

Ungenuine type. Remains a maiden after 37 Flat runs. 12/1, fourth of 7 in handicap at Ayr (5f, good) 4 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 639464

Forecasts

Rory (5/2), Mokaman (7/2), Refuge (4/1), Harrogate (5/1), The Gloaming (17/2), Corton Lass (12/1), Lola Rebel (16/1), Gorgeous Gobolina (25/1)

RORY showed a good attitude to see off a subsequent winner at Ayr 18 days ago and, with few miles on the clock, there's good reason to expect further improvement from Jim Goldie's 3yo, so he gets the nod ahead of Refuge, who should give it a good go from the front. Mokaman is another one to consider.