Musselburgh 3:15 Result

Yermanthere is clearly progressive under Easterby, form reading -05122 with two seconds and a win in his last three, and he holds the highest OR (70) in the field by a couple of pounds - a mark he's justifying with recent runs. He carries top weight but that's earned through improving form, not a sign of being exposed. Drawn 2, he should get a good tow into the race over this 1m1f trip which clearly suits given his recent placings. The 5lb claim from Jake Dickson helps offset the topweight burden. Main market rival Runninsonofagun (OR68) is on a similar upward curve (513226) but is a fair way to the outside (draw 9) at a track where low numbers can be advantageous, and Theme Park (OR68) has been freshened after a break with modest recent placed efforts. Neither has quite matched Yermanthere's level of consistent placing at the top of the weights. The rest of the field are lower rated types (Falcon Nine excepted, who is in-form with 249222 but has already been racing at a lower class ceiling and may find this trip a stretch having placed rather than won). On pure formlines Yermanthere looks the one they all have to beat, and his current market position as a leading fancy is fully warranted rather than just favouritism for its own sake.