2025-04-19 Musselburgh 17:17
Musselburgh

Virgin Bet Handicap

Distance: 5f1y

Going: Good To Soft

Prize: £11,567

Runners: 12

Winning time: 59.67s (slow by 2.17s)

Age: 4yo+

Class: Class 4

3 Zarzyni

J:Connor Beasley T:David & Nicola Barron

Age:8 Weight:9st 9lbs

OR:78 SP:7/2F

Towards rear - headway over 1f out - ridden to lead towards finish - ran on(tchd 18/5)

2 nk

1 Moonstone Boy

J:Mohammed Tabti(5) T:Iain Jardine

Age:4 Weight:9st 11lbs

OR:80 SP:12/1

Midfield - switched right when headway over 1f out - led inside final 110yds - headed towards finish(tchd 10/1)

3 nk ½

7 Eternal Sunshine

J:Paul Mulrennan T:Jim Goldie

Age:5 Weight:9st 2lbs

OR:71 SP:12/1

In touch with leaders - not clear run when headway over 1f out - went third final strides - kept on(op 17/2 tchd 8/1)

4 hd ¾

8 Our Absent Friends

J:Clifford Lee T:Tristan Davidson

Age:7 Weight:9st 1lbs

OR:70 SP:13/2

Pressed leader - led over 1f out - headed inside final 110yds - lost two places towards finish(op 9/1 tchd 10/1)

5 1¼ 2

9 Knicks

J:Joanna Mason T:Michael & David Easterby

Age:4 Weight:9st 1lbs

OR:70 SP:6/1

Prominent - pressed leader over 1f out - no extra inside final 110yds(op 5/1)

6 ¾ 2¾

6 Water Of Leith

J:Amie Waugh(3) T:Jim Goldie

Age:7 Weight:9st 2lbs

OR:71 SP:20/1

Taken down early - held up in rear - headway inside final furlong - not pace to challenge(op 16/1)

7 ¾ 3½

2 Balon d'Or

J:Oisin Murphy T:Hugo Palmer

Age:4 Weight:9st 10lbs

OR:79 SP:15/2

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)

8 nk 3¾

4 Arecibo

J:Zak Wheatley(3) T:Declan Carroll

Age:10 Weight:9st 9lbs

OR:78 SP:12/1

Midfield - headway over 1f out - weakened inside final 110yds(op 14/1)

9 1 4¾

10 Only Spoofing

J:Shane Gray T:Kevin Thomas Coleman

Age:11 Weight:9st 1lbs

OR:70 SP:9/2

Awkward start - in rear - headway inside final furlong - not reach leaders (jockey said gelding was slowly away from the stalls and thereafter ran flat; vet had nothing to report)(op 5/1 tchd 11/2)

10 ½ 5¼

5 Profitable Edge

J:Callum Rodriguez T:David & Nicola Barron

Age:5 Weight:9st 9lbs

OR:78 SP:11/1

Led early - headed and pressed leader after 1f - weakened inside final furlong(tchd 10/1 and tchd 12/1)

11 5 10¼

12 Classy Al

J:Rhys Elliott(5) T:Jim Goldie

Age:7 Weight:8st 12lbs

OR:67 SP:33/1

In rear - headway over 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 40/1)

12 4¾ 15

11 Zaphea

J:Andrew Mullen T:Iain Jardine

Age:4 Weight:8st 13lbs

OR:68 SP:80/1

Prominent - led after 1f - headed over 1f out - soon weakened(op 66/1 tchd 50/1)

Betting breakdown

Tote win: £4.50

Tote place: £1.90 £4.70 £3.50

Exacta: £68.70

Trifecta: £940.40

Tricast: £471.36

CSF: £46.97