Race Result Musselburgh Fri, 20th Feb, 2009

Going - Good to Soft (Soft on the bends).

Placepot Pool - £47,043.26 Winning Units - 2842.97 Dividend - £12.00. Quadpot Pool - £3,338.88 Winning Units - 392.4 Dividend - £6.20. Place Six Dividend - £8.13. Place Five Dividend - £6.95.

Scottish Racing Novices´ Hurdle of £6000.00 4-y-o plus

2m. Hurdle 1st - £3903.00, 2nd - £1146.00, 3rd - £573.00, 4th - £286.00 OFF 14:00. 11 Ran.

1st		Red Moloney (USA) 11-11 (Andrea & Graham Wylie) (Time 3:46.20) SP 2/5fav Tote Win £1.30 Place £1.02	J H Johnson Denis O'Regan
		mid-division, smooth headway to track leaders 4 out, led on bit 2 out, drew clear flat
2nd	8L	Houston Dynimo (IRE) 10-7 (Mr Norman Ormiston) SP 8/1 Place £1.50	N Richards D J Condon
		prominent, ridden and led 3 out, headed next, soon one pace, no chance with winner
3rd	1L	Geojimali (GB) 10-13 (Fyffees 2) SP 20/1 Place £3.90	J Goldie J Reveley(3)
		held up, headway to chase leaders approaching 4 out, ridden next, kept on one pace
4th	2L	Raincoat (GB) 11-2 (Mr David Gibbons) SP 12/1	Heather Dalton S J Craine
		mid-division, close up approaching 3 out, ridden and soon one pace
5th	2.5L	Chord (GB) 11-2 (Mr Tony Meehan) (Blinkers) SP 9/1	Donald McCain J M Maguire
		tracked leader, led 2nd, ridden after 4 out, headed next, soon weakened
6th	20L	Pontop (IRE) 11-2 (Mr George A Charlton) SP 33/1	G A Charlton Jan Faltejsek
		always behind
7th	11L	Bee Sting (GB) 10-13 (Mr D Goulding) SP 100/1	Mrs L Williamson D Laverty(3)
		tracked leader, bumped 2nd, went prominent after 3rd, ridden after 4 out, soon weakened
8th	6L	Spare Days (GB) 11-2 (Miss L Wood) SP 250/1	J Barclay P Buchanan
		mid-division, hit 4th, ridden and behind from 4 out
9th	7L	Royal Citadel (IRE) 9-13 (Mr Steve Dick) SP 250/1	Mrs L Normile A Voy(10)
		tracked leader, blundered 1st, reminders 4th and soon behind
p.u.		Clandestino (FR) 10-11 (Mr A C Whillans) SP 250/1	A C Whillans M O'Connell(5)
		led, jumped left 2nd, soon headed, behind and ridden 4th, soon tailed off, pulled up before 4 out
p.u.		Pakineo des Pictons (FR) 11-2 (The DPRP Pictons Partnership) SP 40/1	F Murphy G Lee
		held up, ridden and chased leaders after 4 out, blundered next, pulled up lame before 2 out

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9.05 Barrow (Mares) INH Flat Race
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Little King Robin 25/1 50/1

9.05 Barrow (Mares) INH Flat Race
Boylesport 25/1 50/1

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Sidelined Jockeys

Injured Jockeys

E F Power - Fractured three vertebrae in a fall at Kilbeggan Fri, 3rd May
Mr D O'Connor - Fractured left leg in a fall at Dawstown pt-to-pt Mon, 6th May
B J Cooper - Fractured left leg (femur) in a fall at Down Royal Mon, 6th May
P T Enright - Fractured both hands in a fall at Down Royal Mon, 6th May
T P Treacy - Fractured tibia and fibula in a schooling accident Mon, 13th May
D G Lavery - Fractured pelvis in a fall at Wexford Fri, 17th May
T C Carroll - Suffered a collapsed lung & fractured ribs in a fall at Cork Fri, 24th May
K C Sexton - Double fracture right collarbone in a fall at Cork Fri, 24th May
Megan Carberry - Fractured hand in a fall at the Curragh Sat, 25th May
M P Burke - Fractured left collarbone in a fall at Tramore Fri, 31st May
No Jockey - Fractured left collarbone in a fall at Tramore Fri, 31st May
R P Cleary - Suffered concussion in a fall at Leopardstown Thu, 13th Jun

Suspended Jockeys

D G Hogan - Five day whip ban at Cork, starts Fri, 7th Jun
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