15:30 Musselburgh

Wednesday 26 August 2020

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Upskill Your Job With Scottish Racing Academy Handicap

Off time: 15:31 | Winning time: 1m 1.7s

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Militia¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: G Lee| T: P T Midgley| OR: 82| CD

9/2

Two wins from 6 runs this year. 5/1, career best when winning 9-runner handicap at Chester (5.1f, good) 12 days ago, keeping on well. Has to be of interest in current mood.

Form: 343211

(4)

Glory Fighter¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: I Jardine| OR: 82| D

10/1

Two wins from 6 runs this year. 3/1, won 8-runner handicap at Chester (5.1f, good) 12 days ago, bit in hand. Expected to be bang there from 4 lb higher.

Form: 237411

(1)

Canford Bay⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 80| D

14/1

Latest win at Catterick in July. 40/1, good fourth of 12 in handicap at Chester (5.1f, good to soft) 6 days ago, shaping nicely considering he was wide throughout from a tough draw.

Form: 531754

(6)

Mutabaahy⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: J P Sullivan| T: A Brittain| OR: 73| D

9/1

Latest win at Newcastle in July. Creditable fifth of 12 in handicap at Chester (5.1f, good to soft, 10/1) 6 days ago, not clear run. That effort confirms he's in top form.

Form: 615265

(11)

Show Palace^v1¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: J Fanning| T: J Candlish| OR: 71| D

11/2

Good third of 11 in handicap at Hamilton (5f, good to soft, 16/1) 13 days ago. Visor on first time. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 44-0833

(12)

Primo's Comet¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: K Stott| T: J S Goldie| OR: 71| CD

11/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in July. Respectable 2¾ lengths third of 7 to Glory Fighter in handicap (13/2) at Haydock (5f, good to firm) 18 days ago, taking time to get going. Must improve.

Form: 551703

(7)

Dapper Man^b²²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: B A Curtis| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 69| D

18/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2019. 3¼ lengths fifth of 7 to Dream House in handicap at Catterick (5f, good to firm, 13/2) 22 days ago, doing too much too soon. Tough to assess at present.

Form: 850095

(14)

Quanah¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Jason Hart| T: L Bailey| OR: 68| BF| CD

4/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Hamilton in June. Creditable fourth of 11 in handicap (7/2) at Hamilton (5f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 161564

(5)

Dream House^b²²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 64| D

14/1

11/1, career best when winning 7-runner handicap at Catterick (5f, good to firm) 22 days ago by short head from Mutabaahy, just holding on. Up 2 lb and this is a deeper race.

Form: 4169-41

(3)

Economic Crisis¹³

Age: 11| Weight: 8-2| J: Nathan Evans| T: A Berry| OR: 59| CD

22/1

Six-time C&D winner. Latest win here in July. 11/1, seventh of 11 in handicap at Hamilton (5f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Has it to do from 2 lb out of the weights.

Form: 7-65417

Non-Runners

(8)

Gowanbuster²⁷

Weight: 9-7| Age: 5

T: S Corbett J: P Mulrennan

(13)

Eeh Bah Gum⁴⁶

Weight: 9-5| Age: 5

T: T D Easterby J: Non Runner

(9)

Royal Brave²⁷

Weight: 8-8| Age: 9

T: Rebecca Bastiman J: Non Runner

(2)

Red Stripes¹²

Weight: 8-5| Age: 8

T: L Williamson J: Harrison Shaw

Forecasts

Quanah (4/1), Militia (9/2), Primo's Comet (11/2), Show Palace (11/2), Gowanbuster (13/2), Mutabaahy (9/1), Glory Fighter (10/1), Eeh Bah Gum (10/1), Canford Bay (14/1), Dream House (14/1), Dapper Man (18/1), Royal Brave (20/1), Economic Crisis (22/1), Red Stripes (66/1)

Almost certain to prove strong form for the grade. GLORY FIGHTER and Militia boast similar profiles in that they are hat-trick seekers up 4 lb having won different divisions of a handicap on the same card at Chester 12 days ago. Marginal preference is for the Iain Jardine representative, who had a bit in hand there. Mutabaahy and Show Palace also merit consideration.