Musselburgh

Virgin Bet Every Saturday Money Back Silver Arrow Handicap

Distance: 7f15y
Going: Good To Soft
Prize: £15,462
Runners: 9
Winning time: 1m 27.69s (slow by 2.79s)
Age: 4yo+
Class: Class 3
1
Age: 8
Weight: 9st 2lbs
OR: 87
SP: 18/1
Prominent - pushed along over 2f out - led over 1f out - kept on well (trainer could offer no explanation for the apparent improvement in form)(tchd 16/1 and tchd 22/1)
2 ¾
Age: 8
Weight: 9st 5lbs
OR: 90
SP: 4/1
Led - headed over 2f out - soon rallied - pressed winner inside final furlong - kept on(tchd 5/1)
3 nk 1
Age: 4
Weight: 9st 0lbs
OR: 85
SP: 10/1
Midfield - headway and went third over 2f out - ran on(op 12/1)
4 1 2
Age: 5
Weight: 9st 9lbs
OR: 94
SP: 9/2
Held up in rear - headway against rail over 2f out - went fourth over 1f out - stayed on(op 4/1 tchd 18/5)
5 3 5
Age: 5
Weight: 8st 4lbs
OR: 75
SP: 100/30F
Prominent - in touch with leaders after 1f - no extra inside final furlong(op 9/2 tchd 3/1)
6 8 13
Age: 5
Weight: 9st 6lbs
OR: 91
SP: 12/1
Took keen hold - held up in rear - switched left over 2f out - no extra inside final furlong (jockey said gelding ran too free)(op 10/1 tchd 9/1)
7 16½
Age: 4
Weight: 9st 1lbs
OR: 86
SP: 9/1
Never better than midfield(op 17/2 tchd 8/1 and tchd 10/1)
8 21¼
Age: 4
Weight: 9st 4lbs
OR: 89
SP: 16/1
Pressed leader - weakened over 2f out (jockey said filly had no more to give - having made the running)(tchd 18/1)
9 ¾ 22
Age: 4
Weight: 8st 13lbs
OR: 84
SP: 5/1
Towards rear throughout (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the poor form shown - other than a post-race report from the rider that gelding ran flat; vet had nothing to report)(op 9/2 tchd 4/1)
NR
Age: 4
Weight: 9st 3lbs
OR: 88
SP: -

Betting breakdown

Tote win: £19
Tote place: £4.10 £1.60 £3
Exacta: £119.10
Trifecta: £726.70
Tricast: £602.06
CSF: £89.03