16:10 Musselburgh

Tuesday 27 August 2024

All13:4014:1014:4015:1015:4016:1016:4017:10

Lens Self Storage 60th Anniversary Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 1m 42.27s

(6)

Keep Me Stable¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Jason Hart| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 55| D

4/1

17/2, much improved when winning 9-runner minor event at Ayr (8f, good) 15 days ago, easily. Will be bang there if able to repeat that back in a handicap.

Form: 057701

(3)

Golden Valour^p¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: Rhys Elliott⁽⁷⁾| T: R M Smith| OR: 55| D

10/1

Unreliable type. Latest win at Ayr in May. Eighth of 12 in handicap at Ayr (10f, good, 50/1) 15 days ago.

Form: 7-18258

(4)

Little Ted^p¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 55| CD

9/2

Ungenuine type. C&D winner. Seventh of 9 in handicap at Ripon (9.8f, good to firm, 5/1) 10 days ago, not ideally placed.

Form: 812437

(5)

Bulls Aye^b¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 53| C

8/1

Unreliable sort. Course winner. 22/1, fifth of 9 in handicap at this course (9f, good to firm) 18 days ago, very slowly away.

Form: 799095

(9)

Mr Strutter^p1¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 9-5| J: A Elliott| T: D Thompson| OR: 51| C| D

3/1

Course winner. Good second of 9 in handicap at this course (9f, good to firm, 11/2) 18 days ago, never nearer. Cheekpieces on first time and he's a big player at this level.

Form: 733852

(8)

Haalim^p,h,t²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: O J Orr| T: A McCann| OR: 51| BF

12/1

3/1 and cheekpieces on for first time, fifth of 6 in handicap at Carlisle (7.8f, soft) 22 days ago. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 862625

(7)

Fanzone^b²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: Tom Kiely-Marshall⁽⁷⁾| T: L Bailey| OR: 47| BF| C

11/1

Twenty nine runs since last win in 2022. Creditable second of 7 in minor event (3/1) at this course (7.1f, good to firm) 25 days ago, nearest finish. Cleary in good order but more of a place only proposition.

Form: 532322

(2)

Turbo Sprint^p¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: S D Bowen⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 45

6/1

40/1, very good fourth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (8f) 12 days ago, faring best of those held up. One to monitor in the betting.

Form: 0000-04

Non-Runners

(1)

Gordonstoun³⁵

Weight: 9-6| Age: 6

T: L Bailey J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Mr Strutter (3/1), Keep Me Stable (4/1), Little Ted (9/2), Turbo Sprint (6/1), Bulls Aye (8/1), Golden Valour (10/1), Fanzone (11/1), Haalim (12/1), Gordonstoun (16/1)

It's very late in the day for 10-y-o MR STRUTTER to be fitted with cheekpieces but he figures on a very handy mark and, versatile with regards ground conditions, he gets the tentative vote. Keep Me Stable and Fanzone are others to consider.