Musselburgh Races
Musselburgh
17:17
Virgin Bet Handicap
Musselburgh
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2025
Distance: 5f
Type: Flat
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £4.50
Place: £1.90 £4.70 £3.50
Exacta: £68.70
Tricast: £471.36
Trifecta: £940.40
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 | Zarzyni (IRE) | 8 G | Poor | David & Nicola Barron | 135 lbs | 7/2F | Won | Towards rear - headway over 1f out - ridden to lead towards finish - ran on(tchd 18/5) | ||
| 2nd | 1 | Moonstone Boy (IRE) | 4 G | AVG |
Mohammed Tabti
(5)lbs
|
Iain Jardine | 132 lbs | 12/1 | 0.3 | Midfield - switched right when headway over 1f out - led inside final 110yds - headed towards finish(tchd 10/1) | |
| 3rd | 7 | Eternal Sunshine (GB) | 5 M | AVG | Jim Goldie | 128 lbs | 12/1 | 0.3 | In touch with leaders - not clear run when headway over 1f out - went third final strides - kept on(op 17/2 tchd 8/1) | ||
| 4th | 8 | Our Absent Friends (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Tristan Davidson | 127 lbs | 13/2 | 0.2 | Pressed leader - led over 1f out - headed inside final 110yds - lost two places towards finish(op 9/1 tchd 10/1) | ||
| 5th | 9 | Knicks (IRE) | 4 G | Poor | Michael & David Easterby | 127 lbs | 6/1 | 1.25 | Prominent - pressed leader over 1f out - no extra inside final 110yds(op 5/1) | ||
| 6th | 6 | Water Of Leith (IRE) | 7 G | AVG |
Amie Waugh
(3)lbs
|
Jim Goldie | 125 lbs | 20/1 | .75 | Taken down early - held up in rear - headway inside final furlong - not pace to challenge(op 16/1) | |
| 7th | 2 | Balon d'Or (GB) | 4 G | AVG | Hugo Palmer | 136 lbs | 15/2 | .75 | Mounted in chute and taken down early - held up in midfield - some headway inside final furlong - never near to challenge(op 13/2 tchd 6/1) | ||
| 8th | 4 | Arecibo (FR) | 9 G | Poor |
Zak Wheatley
(3)lbs
|
Declan Carroll | 132 lbs | 12/1 | 0.3 | Midfield - headway over 1f out - weakened inside final 110yds(op 14/1) | |
| 9th | 10 | Only Spoofing (IRE) | 10 G | Poor | Kevin Thomas Coleman | 127 lbs | 9/2 | 1 | Awkward start - in rear - headway inside final furlong - not reach leaders (jockey said gelding was slowly away from stalls and thereafter ran flat; vet had nothing to report)(op 5/1 tchd 11/2) | ||
| 10th | 5 | Profitable Edge (IRE) | 5 M | AVG | David & Nicola Barron | 135 lbs | 11/1 | .5 | Led early - headed and pressed leader after 1f - weakened inside final furlong(tchd 10/1 and tchd 12/1) | ||
| 11th | 12 | Classy Al (GB) | 6 G | AVG |
Rhys Elliott
(5)lbs
|
Jim Goldie | 119 lbs | 33/1 | 5 | In rear - headway over 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 40/1) | |
| 12th | 11 | Zaphea (IRE) | 3 F | AVG | Iain Jardine | 125 lbs | 80/1 | 4.75 | Prominent - led after 1f - headed over 1f out - soon weakened(op 66/1 tchd 50/1) |