13:53 Musselburgh

Saturday 21 May 2022

All13:5314:2815:0315:3816:1316:4817:23

Edinburgh Gin Seaside Handicap

Off time: 13:55 | Winning time: 1m 0.91s

(3)

Eruption¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: J P Sullivan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 60| CD

10/3

C&D winner. 1 win from 3 runs this year. Winner here in April. Eighth of 11 in handicap (13/2) at Thirsk (5f, good to soft) 14 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Could well bounce back.

Form: 546-618

(6)

Ballistic Berry^p1⁴⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: Jessica Macey| OR: 57

11/2

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, fourth of 9 in minor event at Chelmsford City (5f) 44 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 7-64

(5)

Dandy's Diva¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Pierre-Louis Jamin⁽³⁾| T: R M Smith| OR: 57

8/1

66/1, sixth of 12 in handicap at Newcastle (5f) 11 days ago, unsuited by drop in trip. Vulnerable again kept to 5f.

Form: 428-066

(2)

The Gay Blade²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 55

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 14/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at this course (7.2f, good) 23 days ago, slowly away. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 588-5

(1)

Loose Lips¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 54

6/1

Can have a line put through latest run and should have a race in him off this sort of mark.

Form: 524040

(4)

Waverley Star^p¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Ryan Sexton⁽⁵⁾| T: A D Brown| OR: 53

9/4

9/2 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, good second of 7 in handicap over C&D, rallying. Unseated rider soon after start at Wolverhampton 2 weeks ago and worth another chance.

Form: 04602U

(7)

Claret Club¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Rowan Scott| T: Ewan Whillans| OR: 47

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Eighth of 12 in handicap (66/1) at Newcastle (5f) 11 days ago.

Form: 5-6058

Forecasts

Waverley Star (9/4), Eruption (10/3), Ballistic Berry (11/2), The Gay Blade (11/2), Loose Lips (6/1), Dandy's Diva (8/1), Claret Club (33/1)

WAVERLEY STAR unseated his rider soon after the start at Wolverhampton 2 weeks ago but he was only just denied over this C&D the time before so is worth another chance. Loose Lips was denied a clear run at Newcastle 11 days ago and rates the main threat off a tempting mark.