15:55 Musselburgh
Thursday 28 February 2019
All13:3514:1014:4515:2015:5516:30
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- 5YO plus  |  Class 4  |  2m 4f 68y  |  Good  |  6 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 15:55Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 5m 9.65s
T:Â Stef KeniryJ:Â Alain Cawley
Tracked leader, led before 5th until next, chased leader, led again before 4 out, hit 2 out, stayed on gamely run-in op 2/1
T:Â Miss Lucinda V RussellJ:Â Thomas Willmott (7)
Chased leaders, went 2nd approaching 4 out, blundered 2 out, kept on same pace run-in op 8/1
T:Â N W AlexanderJ:Â Lucy Alexander
Waited with in rear, dived at 3rd, mistake 8th, headway on outside approaching 4 out, 4th and well held when hit last, kept on into 3rd towards finish op 9/4 tchd 5/2
T:Â S WaughJ:Â Callum Bewley
Held up off the pace in 5th, steady headway 11th, chasing leaders in 3rd and every chance when not fluent 4 out, ridden in 3rd and one pace 2 out, weakened into 4th towards finish op 13/2 tchd 4/1
T:Â V ThompsonJ:Â B S Hughes
Chased leaders, pushed along and outpaced before 4 out, weakened next op 8/1
T:Â Miss Lucinda V RussellJ:Â S Mulqueen (3)
Led until before 5th, in front again next, headed before 4 out, weakened before next where mistake
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Cool Valley1
Weight: 11-2|Â Â Age: 10
T: W Young Jnr  J: Danny Cook
NR
Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:£3.00Pl:£2.40, £2.70EX:£16.60Trifecta:£71.70SF:£13.95Swingers:£2.70, £1.70, £2.50
Forecasts
Benny's Secret (2/1), Old Salt (5/2), Cool Valley (3/1), The Road Home (9/2), Skye Chief (6/1), Scorpo (7/1), Devito'sgoldengirl (20/1)
A porous looking contest. Old Salt has been fairly treated by the handicapper with a 3lb rise in the weights for winning a very weak race over C&D latest (has the measure of Cool Valley), whilst The Road Home needs to rediscover some form of spark in order to capitalise upon a vastly reduced handicap mark. Therefore, the most enticing option is the least exposed horse over fences, the Nick Alexander-trained BENNY'S SECRET. A 2lb rise in the weights for finishing a short-head second to Henry's Joy over C&D in January (on just his second start over fences) is neither here nor there in the context of this race.
- Benny's Secret
- Old Salt
- The Road Home
Prize Money
1st: £4,809.002nd: £1,412.003rd: £706.004th: £353.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00
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