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15:55 Musselburgh

Thursday 28 February 2019

All13:3514:1014:4515:2015:5516:30

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Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 5m 9.65s

1^st

Old Salt

711-11

5/2

T: Stef KeniryJ: 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

2^nd

2 ½

The Road Home

711-12

9/2

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: Thomas Willmott (7)

Chased leaders, went 2nd approaching 4 out, blundered 2 out, kept on same pace run-in op 8/1

3^rd

1 ¾

Benny's Secret

911-11

2/1f

T: N W AlexanderJ: 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

4^th

Skye Chief

712-2

6/1

T: S WaughJ: 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

5^th

Scorpo

810-0

7/1

T: V ThompsonJ: B S Hughes

Chased leaders, pushed along and outpaced before 4 out, weakened next op 8/1

6^th

Devito'sgoldengirl

810-9

20/1

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: 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| Age: 10

T: W Young Jnr J: Danny Cook

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.