14:50 Musselburgh

Saturday 5 June 2021

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Off time: 14:54 | Winning time: 1m 27.97s

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(2)

Yazaman³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: D Tudhope| T: W J Haggas| OR: 89

11/4

Tricky customer who has had plenty of racing. Ran well back on turf when fourth in a strong-looking handicap at Newbury (7f) in April but only sixth of 7 at Chester since. Headgear off.

Form: 23-7646

(6)

Titan Rock¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: D Allan| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 86| D

3/1

Goodwood maiden winner on good to firm at 2. Shaped as if retaining all his ability when fourth of 11 in 7f handicap there (soft) on return 14 days ago and may be sharper with the run behind him.

Form: 4158-4

(7)

Thunder Of Niagara³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: J Fanning| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 85

17/2

Back on track when third in a 7f handicap at Kempton on return in March but failed to see his race out when last of 7 back on turf at Newmarket 5 weeks later. Best form to date has come on AW.

Form: 1604-37

(4)

Captain Cooper²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: K Stott| T: K A Ryan| OR: 84| D

3/1

Off the mark at Newcastle in January. Has failed to build on that in a pair of turf handicaps since but it's clearly still early days.

Form: 26-145

(1)

Sir Benedict⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: P Hanagan| T: Ian Williams| OR: 80

8/1

Dual winner as a juvenile and has showed he's trained on with creditable in-frame efforts over 6f at Chester and Haydock on his last 2 starts. 7f well worth a go. Contender.

Form: 813-943

(3)

London Palladium^b²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Cieren Fallon| T: H Palmer| OR: 79| D

14/1

Dual winner who performed respectably on AW at the end of 2020 but was down the field on his Doncaster return 3 weeks ago. Needs to leave that behind. Blinkers back on in place of a visor.

Form: 81743-9

(5)

Bulls Aye²⁷²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 78| CD

18/1

Settled better without blinkers and confirmed debut promise at second time of asking when landing C&D novice auction last September. Opening mark no gimme but he is unexposed.

Form: 461-

Forecasts

Yazaman (11/4), Titan Rock (3/1), Captain Cooper (3/1), Sir Benedict (8/1), Thunder Of Niagara (17/2), London Palladium (14/1), Bulls Aye (18/1)

Quite a useful contest in which SIR BENEDICT is taken to strike now stepping up to 7f for the first time, the way he finished off when third at Haydock last weekend suggesting this trip will suit him (dam 7f winner). Titan Rock can step up on his reappearance and provide the chief threat ahead of the talented but quirky Yazaman.