Miss Ellie in form

Miss Ellie has really come to herself in the last few weeks and can complete a quick hat-trick in the Miller Pilsner Handicap…

Miss Ellie has really come to herself in the last few weeks and can complete a quick hat-trick in the Miller Pilsner Handicap Hurdle at Musselburgh today.

Both of her previous wins have been achieved at this course and over the same two-and-a-half mile trip so conditions will obviously be in her favour here.

Her worst problem when winning on Tuesday seemed to be that she was too keen, with young amateur-rider Lorna Bradburne struggling to anchor the hard-pulling five-year-old for much of the race.

However turning for home the mare soon swept into an unassailable advantage with Miss Bradburne having to do nothing more than sit tight over the final couple of hurdles.

READ MORE

The pair clearly get on well and with just a 7lb penalty for that latest success should have a great chance of maintaining their winning streak.

Trump won the last time he raced in selling company and although the 12-year-old is getting no quicker as he gets older he can repeat the trick in the McEwan's Lager Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle.

The fact he carries top-weight tells you just what a moderate contest this is and Trump ran well enough when seventh of 17 in a better race over this course and distance last time out.

At Southwell Spanish Star can improve on his two-and-a-half-length second to Mi Odds over course and distance last month to go one better in the first division of the National Chocolate Fondue Day handicap over 11 furlongs.

And Risky Reef, a slow-starting fourth behind the useful Jorrocks over seven furlongs last time merits an interest with an extra furlong in his favour in the Hiram B Birdbath "King Of The Sand" Handicap.