14:15 Musselburgh

Monday 20 December 2021

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Bet At racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 5m 11.90s

Somewhat Cloudy⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 105| D

9/4

Stepped up on hurdles debut when landing a 4-runner Huntingdon novice (19.6f) in October. Followed that with a creditable effort at Hexham (16.2f) and claims back up in trip for this handicap bow.

Form: 2-313

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Enlighten¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 103

5/2

Bumper winner who has yet to score over hurdles, but posted best effort to date in this sphere when third of 14 off this mark at Sedgefield (16.8f) recently. Likely to appreciate this stiffer test.

Form: 242-463

Go Bob Go²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: William Shanahan⁽⁷⁾| T: R M Smith| OR: 96

4/1

Fair maiden on Flat and improved efforts switched to handicaps in this sphere the last twice, latterly fifth in a 12-runner Ayr handicap (20.4f). 1 lb lower now and should be on the premises.

Form: 6-6625

Three Castles^p³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Sean Quinlan| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 91| C

7/2

Four-time winner on the Flat, but yet to strike following 13 attempts over hurdles and failed to make an impact at Ayr last time when sporting cheekpieces for the first time in this sphere.

Form: 406-509

Casamari Abbey^p1¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: J Kington| T: S G West| OR: 90| D

28/1

Modest hurdler/chaser in Ireland and offered little starting out for this yard at Sedgefield 17 days ago. Hopes pinned on first-time cheekpieces working the oracle.

Form: 094P09

Lizzie Loch²²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: Callum Bewley| T: Ewan Whillans| OR: 84WS

14/1

Modest Flat winner and while she appeared to take a step forward when third in 2m Kelso novice last December, her subsequent efforts in handicap company have lacked spark. Has undergone a wind op.

Form: FP735-5

Abouttimeyoutoldme⁶⁷¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Joe Williamson⁽⁵⁾| T: Ewan Whillans| OR: 74

66/1

No impact on Flat or over hurdles and pulled up in a C&D handicap hurdle when last seen in February 2020. 5 lb 'wrong' at the weights.

Form: F6060P/

Non-Runners

Coral Blue⁶⁰

Weight: 10-11| Age: 6

T: D Bourke J: Jack Hogan

Forecasts

Somewhat Cloudy (9/4), Enlighten (5/2), Three Castles (7/2), Go Bob Go (4/1), Coral Blue (8/1), Lizzie Loch (14/1), Casamari Abbey (28/1), Abouttimeyoutoldme (66/1)

ENLIGHTEN produced his best effort yet over hurdles when third at Sedgefield last time and, with this step up in trip a potentially good move, he earns the vote. Somewhat Cloudy is bound to be popular now making the switch to handicap company and she is second choice ahead of Go Bob Go, who appears to be getting the hang of things and should have a race in him off this sort of mark.