Roulston Scar to scale the heights at Musselburgh

Roulston Scar is expected to complete his hat-trick in the British EBF Flying Scotsman Conditions Stakes at Musselburgh.

Initially trained by Kevin Ryan before changing hands for 110,000 guineas two years ago, the five-year-old has a very consistent profile, with his 19 career starts yielding seven victories and seven placed efforts.

In handicapping terms Roulston Scar lines up in Scotland in the form of his life, with his current perch of 105 a career-high.

The Lope De Vega gelding failed to fire on his first start of the year at York in May, but rediscovered his mojo on a return from four months off the track when comfortably coming out on top in a three-runner affair at Leicester.

It was a case of more of the same at Chelmsford a couple of weeks ago as he again treated a couple of rivals with disdain.

Provided conditions are not too testing, this looks a good opportunity for the Simon and Ed Crisford-trained Roulston Scar to continue his winning streak before potentially heading back Dubai during the winter.

Northern Express gets the vote in the Racing TV Bass Rock Handicap.

The Michael Dods-trained three-yearold is still relatively lightly-raced following just 11 career starts and he remains on an upward curve judged on his victory at Ayr recently.

While the official winning margin was only a neck, he was value for a good bit more and a 2lb rise is not insurmountable if he in a similar mood.

Yarmouth punters are advised to side with top-weight Sayf Al Dawla in the Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap.

Impeccably-bred as a son of Frankel out of the brilliant racemare Attraction, Peter Chapple-hyam’s inmate confirmed the promise of two solid efforts on his first couple of starts when making it third time lucky Salisbury last month.

It looked as though the step up from a mile to a mile and a quarter helped Sayf Al Dawla raise his game and with a further rise in distance viewed as a positive, a mark of 82 for his handicap debut could prove lenient.