18:45 Musselburgh

Friday 4 August 2017

All17:4018:1018:4519:2019:5020:2020:50

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Off time: 18:45 | Winning time: 1m 31.84s

1^st

(1)

The Stalking Moon

39-6

11/4j

T: J & S QuinnJ: Jason Hart

Led 1f, tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, challenged over 2f out, led and edged left over 1f out, stayed on op 5/2 tchd 9/4 and tchd 3/1

2^nd

1 ¼

(7)

Roaring Forties

410-1

11/1

T: Rebecca BastimanJ: J Fanning

Slowly away, held up in rear, headway when not clear run over 2f out, went 2nd entering final furlong, stayed on, unable to challenge winner op 12/1

3^rd

2 ¾

(6)

Echo Of Lightning

710-1

5/1

T: B EllisonJ: Megan Nicholls (5)

Took keen hold, prominent on outside 1f, tracked leaders, closed 3f out, soon led narrowly, headed over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong op 9/2

4^th

(3)

Pepys

38-8

5/1

T: B SmartJ: Connor Beasley

Prominent, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong tchd 6/1

5^th

(2)

Curzon Line

89-6

5/1

T: M & D EasterbyJ: Nathan Evans

Broke well enough, soon steadied and held up, headway when not much room and switched right well over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong op 9/2 tchd 11/2

6^th

4 ½

(5)

Rock N Rolla

39-9

11/4j

T: K DalgleishJ: P Mulrennan

Ridden leaving stalls, led after 1f, reminder over 3f out, soon headed and beaten op 7/2 tchd 5/2

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Non-Runners

(4)

Alexandrakollontai¹²

Weight: 10-3| Age: 7

T: A C Whillans J: Rowan Scott

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.10Pl:£1.40, £4.70EX:£22.50Trifecta:£65.00SF:£32.36Swingers:£5.90, £2.70, £5.30

Forecasts

The Stalking Moon (11/4), Rock N Rolla (11/4), Echo Of Lightning (5/1), Pepys (5/1), Curzon Line (5/1), Alexandrakollontai (5/1), Roaring Forties (11/1)

ECHO OF LIGHTNING did things well enough over C&D three weeks ago to merit the suggestion he and Megan Nicholls can defy an extra 5lb here. The gelding has a decent strike rate at this sort of level and, in a small field, plenty of his rivals have questions to answer. Pepys rather blotted his copybook at Beverley last time out and comes with risks now while Alexandrakollontai's Redcar win came out of the blue and she's left with very little wiggle room off her revised rating. The Stalking Moon and Curzon Line appear most likely to thwart the selection on their best efforts this summer.