Racecards
13:15 Musselburgh
Gifts4golf.Com Maiden Hurdle (Class E)
- 15 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f
- Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
- Form 4660
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Mrs A Duffield
- Jockey M H Naughton
tracked leaders, ridden 8th, weakening when blundered 3 out
Carousing
15- Form 2/440-64
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Mrs J McGregor
- Jockey B Hitchcott
in touch, ridden after 4 out, gradually weakened
- Form 4P-6540
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
tracked leaders and mistakes, weakened and behind from halfway
- Form 3/00-3
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
mid-division and keen early, ridden approaching 3 out, soon one pace
Great Oaks
138- Form 0433/4
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer J Jefferson
- Jockey G Lee
ridden 3 out, one pace from next
High Cheviot
52- Form 22-4250
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Ferdy Murphy
- Jockey D N Russell
tracked leaders, hit 2nd, ridden from 3 out, soon one pace
- Form 1
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
behind and keen, effort 6th, behind when pulled up after 4 out
- Form 263P-FU
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer J Howard Johnson
- Jockey P Whelan
tracked leaders, ridden after 4 out, gradually weakened
- Form 226-23
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer M Grassick
- Jockey C F Swan
always prominent, led 5th, drew clear from 2 out, unextended
Mr Stitch
23- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Mrs L Normile
- Jockey N Hannity
always behind, pulled up after 4 out
- Form 50
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Mrs S Bradburne
- Jockey M Bradburne
headway approaching 8th, ridden 3 out, no chance with winner
- Form 0/0506-F
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer J R Adam
- Jockey J P McNamara
led, headed 5th, weakened from 8th
- Form 300-2
- Age 5
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer J Charlton
- Jockey B Gibson
held up, headway halfway, ridden after 4 out, one pace from next
Rosemead Tye
20- Form UFP-PF0
- Age 6
- Weight 10-9
ridden approaching 3 out, weakening when pulled up before 2 out
- Form 60-
- Age 5
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer Ms Liz Harrison
- Jockey C McCormack
tracked leaders, ridden over 3 out,wknd from next
In depth
Verdict
A field big in numbers but lacking in quality and the TEAMtalk selection is Itsdedfast. The gelding from the Len Lungo yard was a good winner of a bumper on his only start so far this season when defeating Minster Bay at Sedgefield. He is sure to have been well schooled and he will be hard to beat if he can translate that ability to hurdles. The Irish trained Moore's Law rates the main danger he has experience on his side and was a good third behind Taming at Cheltenham last time out a reproduction of that effort will see him go close. High Cheviot is a colt by Shirley Heights who has shown a modicum of ability over hurdles but his best effort came at Cartmel on heavy ground and he may find this surface on the fast side. Carousing will have come on for his latest effort when fourth behind Midnight Creek at Kelso, but he may be seen to better effect over longer distances having appeared one paced over this sort of trip of late. Peggy Sioux is also worth of consideration on her hurdling debut having been a fair second behind the Highly regarded Silken Pearls in a bumper last time out. For Your Ears Only has also shown promise in bumpers but he is a keen sort and he may come on for this his debut run over hurdles.