20:50 Musselburgh

Friday 1 August 2025

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East Air Conditioning Handicap

Off time: 20:54 | Winning time: 59.31s

(6)

Mersea⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 65| D

2/5

Winner over 6f on the AW in February. Haydock second represented a step in the right direction and wasn't seen to best effect when below form tenth of 19 in handicap at York (5f, good to firm) 6 days ago, ended up challenging deeper than ideal. Worth another chance down markedly in grade.

Form: 370520

(1)

Zaphea¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 62| CD

10/1

Unreliable individual. 3-time C&D winner but offered little having broken on terms when seventh of 8 in handicap (50/1) at Ayr (5f, good to firm) 18 days ago. Not easy to make a strong case for given known issues out of the stalls.

Form: 093677

(2)

Sixcor^p¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: Harry Burns⁽³⁾| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 51| CD

7/2

C&D winner. Latest win at Hamilton in July but wasn't in the same for turned out quickly under a penalty when 6/1, below form seventh of 12 in handicap at Ayr (6f, good to soft) 11 days ago. More reliable than most in this field and no surprise to see him more competitive here.

Form: 432317

(7)

Heritor^p1,t¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Rhys Elliott⁽⁵⁾| T: R M Smith| OR: 45

28/1

Fared no better when tenth of 12 in handicap (125/1) at Ayr (6f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Tongue strap back on with cheekpieces applied for first time but has improvement to find from 1 lb out of the handicap.

Form: 7-79700

(3)

Hard Nut³⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 8-9| J: William Pyle⁽³⁾| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 45| CD

20/1

C&D winner. 100/1, last of 6 in handicap at Hamilton (5f, good to firm) 36 days ago. Arrives out of sorts and is difficult to fancy from 1 lb out of the weights.

Form: 868-966

(4)

Sali Cinnamon^h¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Greg Fairley| T: I Jardine| OR: 45

40/1

Has only beaten a couple of rivals in total across 6 starts, faring no better in first time hood (retained) at Ayr 11 days ago. Isn't one to be interested in.

Form: 9-00787

Non-Runners

(5)

Wrestling Revenue²⁵

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: B Haslam J: P Mulrennan

Forecasts

Mersea (2/5), Sixcor (7/2), Wrestling Revenue (11/2), Zaphea (10/1), Hard Nut (20/1), Heritor (28/1), Sali Cinnamon (40/1)

MERSEA took a step in the right direction when runner-up at Haydock last month and wasn't seen to best effect in a much deeper race at York 6 days ago. She can capitalise on this drop in class, with Sixcor next best having been in good form prior to disappointing over 6f at Ayr last time. Wrestling Revenue ought to be competitive if stepping forward from his recent reappearance.