14:15 Musselburgh

Friday 5 May 2023

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3R Solutions Handicap

Off time: 14:16 | Winning time: 1m 29.16s

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Code Purple¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: G Lee| T: B Haslam| OR: 67| CD

1/1

9/2, career best when cosily winning 11-runner handicap at Redcar (7f, heavy) 18 days ago. This C&D winner is expected to be bang there.

Form: 60-3211

(2)

Rumnotred³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: P Mulrennan| T: Mrs Stella Barclay| OR: 65| BF

7/1

10/3, seventh of 9 in handicap at Southwell (7.1f) 31 days ago. Makes turf debut. First run for yard after leaving Rod Millman. Can give a good account if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 52-2507

(7)

Monhammer¹⁹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: D Allan| T: Miss L A Perratt| OR: 62| CD

14/1

C&D winner. Twelfth of 14 in handicap (18/1) at Newcastle (8f). Off 6 months and needs to hit the ground running.

Form: 220190-

(6)

Gunnerside¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Oliver Stammers⁽³⁾| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 59| D

4/1

Latest win at Southwell in April before suffering a poor run when sixth of 10 in handicap (6/1) at Southwell (6.1f) 17 days ago. Well in the mix off the same mar.

Form: 332416

(5)

Giselles Izzy²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 55

8/1

11/2, last of 7 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 25 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 535327

(1)

The Gay Blade¹⁹²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Mark Winn⁽⁵⁾| T: I Jardine| OR: 53

9/1

Ended 2022 with a good fifth of 8 in handicap (8/1) at Newcastle (6f). Off 6 months but can't be discounted.

Form: 350155-

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One Last Hug⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 8-4| J: Cam Hardie| T: J S Goldie| OR: 46

18/1

Below form tenth of 17 in handicap (14/1) at Doncaster (7f, heavy) 7 days ago, finding test too much. Twenty eight runs since last win in 2020.

Form: 3605-30

Forecasts

Code Purple (1/1), Gunnerside (4/1), Rumnotred (7/1), Giselles Izzy (8/1), The Gay Blade (9/1), Monhammer (14/1), One Last Hug (18/1)

CODE PURPLE looks the way to go on the back of his cosy Redcar success and can defy a 2 lb rise in the weights to complete a quick hat-trick. Gunnerside suffered a poor run when sixth at Southwell last time so should ensure Ben Haslam's C&D scorer doesn't get things all his own way though. The returning The Gay Blade appeals as the pick of the remainder for place purposes.