15:20 Musselburgh

Friday 2 May 2025

All13:3514:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:05

Travis Perkins Edinburgh Handicap

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 1m 29.66s

(7)

Purple Martini¹⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: P Mulrennan| T: B Haslam| OR: 55| CD

3/1

C&D winner. Well held here last 2 starts. Off 177 days. Starts campaign off a handy mark.

Form: 628390-

(5)

Keep Me Stable⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: D Allan| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 54| D

4/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2024. Creditable second of 5 in handicap (11/2) at Newcastle (7.1f) 43 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 3-69322

(2)

Colour Code^e/s1,h²⁴⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Callum Shepherd| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 53

50/1

33/1, last of 11 in handicap at this course (9f, good), very slowly away. Off 8 months. Back down in trip. Eyeshields on for 1st time.

Form: 704080-

(4)

Bird Of Play³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: D Nolan| T: L Bailey| OR: 52| D

12/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2023. 12/1, 14½ lengths last of 10 to Doomsday in handicap at this C&D (good) 30 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 0-68580

(1)

Doomsday²³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Billy Garritty| T: L Bailey| OR: 51| CD

10/3

C&D winner on return. 5/1, respectable fifth under a penalty in handicap at Catterick (7f, good) 23 days ago. Player off 3 lb lower.

Form: 4266-15

(8)

Coconut Bay¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Kaiya Fraser⁽³⁾| T: T Davidson| OR: 50| D

11/4

Not seen to best effect when fifth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 9/1) 11 days ago, racing closer to pace than ideal.

Form: 125245

(6)

Dandy Lichious^p¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: A Mullen| T: T Davidson| OR: 46| D

16/1

One win from 24 Flat runs. Eleventh of 13 in handicap at Thirsk (7f, good, 18/1) 10 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 337020

(3)

Ignac Lamar⁶²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Ryan Sexton| T: J S Goldie| OR: 45| D

16/1

Latest win at Southwell in February. Seventh of 8 in handicap at Southwell (7.1f, 7/1) 62 days ago. 1 lb out of handicap.

Form: 93-6917

Non-Runners

(9)

Tickets¹¹

Weight: 9-9| Age: 6

T: B Haslam J: Mark Winn

Forecasts

Coconut Bay (11/4), Purple Martini (3/1), Tickets (3/1), Doomsday (10/3), Keep Me Stable (4/1), Bird Of Play (12/1), Ignac Lamar (16/1), Dandy Lichious (16/1), Colour Code (50/1)

PURPLE MARTINI ended last season out of form but she starts the campaign off a handy mark so could be worth chancing down in class. Doomsday and Keep Me Stable head the dangers.