Crotchet can set the tone

CROTCHET can feel the full benefit of Connor

Murtagh’s 5lb allowance in tomorrow’s Irish Stallion Farms EBF Scottish

Premier Fillies’ Handicap at Musselburgh.

The three-year-old’s mark has been on the rise of late with a victory at the Edinburgh track last month the high point of her year.

Eked up 3lb by the handicapper, Crotchet fell half a length short back at the same course last time, with her mark subsequently unchanged on 85.

Murtagh’s claim puts her right back in the mix here, though, and the way she kept on over seven furlongs that day suggests this step up to a mile should be well within her compass.

The UBS Wealth Management Confined Handicap is for horses that have yet to win a race this year, and Ocelot can ensure she strikes her name from that list by lifting the five-furlong prize.

Robert Cowell’s runner may not have got her head in front yet - but she has consistently been on the premises, finishing no worse than sixth in seven starts in 2018.

She is now without a win in over a year, but she has shown more than enough spark to suggest it is just a matter of time. (Jumps) (Flat) Navan (Flat) Naas (Flat) Roscommon Naas (Flat) Cork

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