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15:45 Musselburgh
Tuesday 2 April 2019
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- 4YO plus | Class 3 | 7f 33y | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 10 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 15:48 | Winning time: 1m 26.86s
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Four-time career winner (6f-1m); sits 5lb above his last winning mark, albeit was beaten just over 2L (fourth) in a Class 2 contest won by today's rival Hayadh over C&D in October; off since.
Bolted up on Fibresand at Southwell (made all) on his penultimate start; finished lame (weakened tamely) when bidding to follow up there from a 4lb higher mark in late February; seemingly handles the vast majority of underfoot conditions.
Left John Gosden for 37,000gns in October 2018 as a three-time winner over this 7f trip; 1lb higher than when beating Apex King by ¾L on the Polytrack at Kempton in August 2018; can he be the first winner for Phillip Makin?
Notched a fourth career win when pipping Muntadab on the post over C&D in October (today's rival Three Saints Bay fourth); never threatened off his revised mark (90) at Doncaster 12-days later; off since.
Ended last season well below his peak form and is now rated 2lb lower than when winning this contest by a comfortable 3¾L in 2018 - came into that race 12 months ago with the benefit of a more recent run.
C&D winner in August 2017 (made all); ended last season with his third career win when adopting similar forcing tactics to beat Our Charlie Brown by 2L (7f Catterick, good to firm); 5lb higher in a more competitive race.
Returns to turf seeking the hat-trick following back-to-back autumn wins on the AW at Newcastle (1m); now rated 4lb higher than when beating the solid yardstick Trevithick by a head 144-days ago; first start over 7f since November 2016.
Productive on turf last season, winning three of his five starts (7f-1m2f) for Charles Hills; sold for 100,000gns in October 2018 after flopping on his sole AW start; mildly interesting to see how he figures in the market.
Now rated 10lb lower than when last competing on turf in November 2018 and is unexposed in this discipline for current handler David Barron; not masses of obvious promise on the AW (6f-7f), albeit rates as dangerous too dismiss out of hand.
Not always the most consistent but is adaptable in terms of trip (5f-7f) and racing surface (turf or AW); slipping back down the weights, and beaten by just a neck (off a 6lb higher mark) over C&D in August 2018.
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Love Dreams24
Weight: 9-6| Age: 5
T: C & M Johnston J: P J McDonald
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Forecasts
Love Dreams (7/2), Raselasad (5/1), Porth Swtan (8/1), Hayadh (8/1), Reckless Endeavour (17/2), Three Saints Bay (9/1), Saint Equiano (10/1), Lualiwa (11/1), Alfred Richardson (11/1), Fennaan (33/1), Oriental Lilly (33/1)
Alfred Richardson seeks the hat-trick following back-to-back autumn wins on Tapeta at Newcastle (1m), but it's slightly surprising that connections didn't persist over the winter months on the AW, and this race is his first over 7f since November 2016. Lualiwa won this race last year from a 2lb higher mark but with the benefit of a more recent run on that occasion, whilst Hayadh, Three Saints Bay and LOVE DREAMS all locked horns over C&D in October. Although the selection came out worst of that trio there (sixth), he has spent time in the winter sun in Dubai since and arrives off the back of an excellent second to Sanaadh on the Kempton Park Polytrack (7f).
- Love Dreams
- Alfred Richardson
- Lualiwa
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £8,092.002nd: £2,423.003rd: £1,212.004th: £606.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00
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