13:25 Musselburgh
Saturday 4 April 2026
All13:2513:5514:3015:0515:4216:1216:45
Virgin Bet A Good Bet Royal Mile Handicap
- 3YO only  |  Class 3  |  1m 2y  |  Good to Soft  |  6 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 13:25Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 1m 41.52s
T:Â K R BurkeJ:Â S H James
Towards rear, keen early, tracked leaders 3f out, pushed along to go second over 1f out, led inside final 110yds, won going away tchd 7/2
T:Â C JohnstonJ:Â Rowan Scott
Soon raced in third, headway and took second before halfway, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final 110yds, no extra towards finish tchd 10/3
T:Â I JardineJ:Â Cam Hardie
Midfield, pushed along over 2f out, briefly outpaced over 1f out, rallied and kept final 110yds, edged right and bumped rival towards finish, ran on tchd 22/1
T:Â B EllisonJ:Â Harry Davies
Held up in rear, pushed along halfway, chased leaders inside final furlong, bumped towards finish, kept on op 10/1
T:Â A M BaldingJ:Â Oisin Murphy
Soon raced in second, pushed along 2f out, denied clear run and short of room over 1f out, switched left inside final furlong, weakened towards finish tchd 7/4 and tchd 2/1
T:Â G BougheyJ:Â H Crouch
Led, pushed along and hung right when headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, dropped to last towards finish op 4/1 and tchd 9/2
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Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:£5.00Pl:£2.00, £2.10EX:£21.50Trifecta:£230.20SF:£18.51Swingers:£3.30, £8.90, £10.80
Forecasts
Comic Hero (15/8), Vincenzo Peruggia (7/2), Utmost Good Faith (7/2), Strength of Spirit (4/1), Kanishka (17/2), Monoceros (28/1)
None of the sextet can be discounted with the narrow vote in favour of Andrew Balding's COMIC HERO. He beat a subsequent winner on return to action at Kempton in February and there's surely even better to come from the son of Saxon Warrior. Vincenzo Peruggia is the type to progress again as a 3-y-o and he's feared for the stable who took this prize 12 months ago. Strength of Spirit completes the shortlist.
- COMIC HERO (IRE)
- VINCENZO PERUGGIA (IRE)
- STRENGTH OF SPIRIT (IRE)
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £15,462.002nd: £7,251.003rd: £3,627.004th: £1,812.005th: £906.006th: £453.00
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