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Musselburgh Course Guide
Racing has taken place at the Scottish course since 1816 and Musselburgh stages racing under both codes during the year. Due to its location close to the coast, the track has a reputation of beating harsh weather during cold snaps when other meetings are abandoned.
Musselburgh’s feature races on the flat both fall in June. The Edinburgh Castle Stakes, a Class 2 event for two-year-olds and run over the minimum trip has been won by some smart youngsters, whilst the Scottish Sprint Cup, staged at the second June meeting, is a hotly-contested sprint handicap which is so popular that a consolation race is held for horses eliminated at the 48-hour declaration stage.
In recent years Musselburgh has successfully established Scottish Trials day ahead of the Cheltenham Festival. The meeting comprises of a mix of novice races and handicaps with the feature races being the Triumph Hurdle Trial and Scottish County Hurdle.
Right handed, sharp. The turns at the top end of the course are particularly sharp, so the adaptability to negotiate the bends is of paramount importance. Big, long-striding, cumbersome horses are at a disadvantage on the round track, especially at races at up to nine furlongs. On the straight course the fields typically race towards the stand rail, although the deceptive camera angle can give the impression that the horse nearest the rail is further back than is actually the case. The course is one of best draining in the country, conditions rarely on the testing side.
Musselburgh used to have the tightest right-hand bend in British racing, but they’ve spent a fortune re-cambering and now you can ride into it much faster, without feeling you have to pull your mount around it. It’s a track that still suits sure-footed horses, though, and, if you’re on a nimble one when conditions are fast, you can scoot away and leave the others struggling. The 5f course is very quick indeed, despite a slight uphill incline, and, generally, you’d want to be towards the stands’ side rail.
View from the saddle: Jason Weaver
A right-handed oval track a little over a mile and a quarter in extent, almost flat with sharp bends, favouring handy types as opposed to gallopers. A polytrack strip was installed on the bend running away from the stands towards the end of 2012 in order to protect ground which tended to get worn and bare due to overuse. There are eight fences (four in each straight) or six flights of hurdles (three in each straight nowadays) to a circuit. The two-mile start is on a spur on the last bend.
The last four furlongs at Musselburgh feel as if they’re downhill and if you see a horse that comes from way off the pace there, the chances are it’s a good one. I always think a novice who wins round there, especially if it’s been ridden from behind, could be well handicapped when it goes somewhere else. Generally, it pays to be handy, especially when conditions are quick, and horses unable to make ground from off the pace can get disappointed. When it gets soft, you can afford to be a bit more patient.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 182y Monsieur Co (Good) 28 Feb 2019 3m 46.75s 2m 195y Wishfull Dreaming (Good to Soft) 10 Mar 2019 4m 8.2s 2m 4f 68y Shallow Run (Soft) 22 Jan 2021 3m 56s 2m 6f Wolfcatcher (Good) 10 Dec 2018 5m 25.05s 2m 7f 170y Rancher Lass (Good) 18 Dec 2017 5m 51.5s 3m 2f 139y Castletown Bridge (Good) 03 Nov 2016 6m 48.1s 4m 176y Dancing Shadow (Good) 04 Feb 2017 8m 28.1s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 124y Lough Derg Spirit (Good) 05 Feb 2017 3m 34.9s 2m 85y Manamite (Good) 27 Feb 2019 3m 50.3s 2m 3f 81y Dominada (Good) 01 Jan 2017 4m 40.7s 2m 6f Dizoard (Good to Firm) 07 Nov 2018 5m 23.15s 2m 7f 180y Jet Master (Good) 01 Jan 2019 5m 46.2s 3m 2f 26y El Bandit (Good) 05 Feb 2017 6m 26.1s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 124y Alright Sunshine (Good) 28 Feb 2019 3m 28.95s 2m Hello Bob (Good) 22 Mar 2019 3m 54.3s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f 1y Lara Silvia (Good to Soft) 29 Sep 2019 56.54s 7f 30y Kalk Bay (Good to Firm) 04 Jun 2016 1m 25s 1m 2y Masarzain (Good to Firm) 30 Aug 2017 1m 38.35s 1m 1f Ghostly Arc (Good to Firm) 09 May 2016 1m 50.46s 1m 4f 104y Dance King (Good to Firm) 09 Jun 2018 1m 40.98s 1m 5f Amirli (Good) 29 Jul 2016 2m 51.2s 1m 6f Impulsive American (Good to Firm) 04 Jun 2016 3m 0.98s 1m 7f Rock N'stones (Good to Firm) 13 May 2019 3m 16.41s 1m 7f 217y Just Hubert (Good to Firm) 14 Sep 2019 3m 26.9s 2m 2f 28y Kitty's Cove (Good to Soft) 28 Aug 2019 4m 7.88s -
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Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L B S Hughes 49 13 £74,346 26.53% £17.87 D R Fox 26 4 £22,548 15.38% -£12.25 Craig Nichol 13 4 £20,923 30.77% £7.20 Rachel McDonald 11 4 £38,930 36.36% £7.92 Sean Quinlan 18 3 £15,596 16.67% £12.58 Blair Campbell 14 3 £14,685 21.43% -£3.50 Bryony Frost 4 3 £34,050 75% £3.28 S Mulqueen 26 2 £8,642 7.69% -£4.00 Henry Brooke 17 2 £8,123 11.76% -£2.00 Sam Coltherd 23 2 £12,022 8.7% -£10.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L B S Hughes 95 15 £94,379 15.79% -£15.12 Danny McMenamin 42 6 £31,451 14.29% -£20.53 D A Jacob 10 5 £59,238 50% £4.88 Blair Campbell 36 4 £17,976 11.11% -£20.75 Sean Quinlan 39 4 £20,423 10.26% -£21.00 H Cobden 7 4 £43,036 57.14% £1.82 Callum Bewley 53 3 £29,880 5.66% -£33.00 Ross Chapman 41 3 £11,827 7.32% -£32.18 Craig Nichol 40 3 £13,191 7.5% -£25.33 D R Fox 24 3 £16,505 12.5% £0.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L B S Hughes 15 8 £23,392 53.33% £16.28 Sean Quinlan 7 1 £3,249 14.29% £16.00 Henry Brooke 6 1 £3,249 16.67% £15.00 G Sheehan 2 1 £2,599 50% £1.25 Joe Colliver 2 1 £3,249 50% £4.00 Adrian Heskin 2 1 £3,249 50% £1.75 R Johnson 2 1 £3,249 50% £0.00 R D Day 2 1 £3,249 50% £10.00 Patrick Cowley 1 1 £2,599 100% £8.00 P T Enright 1 1 £3,249 100% £0.83 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L J Fanning 142 26 £201,251 18.31% -£23.81 D Tudhope 67 18 £115,647 26.87% £13.31 G Lee 90 16 £99,421 17.78% -£4.75 Jason Hart 106 14 £53,214 13.21% -£7.80 D Allan 92 13 £73,920 14.13% -£26.55 P Mulrennan 100 13 £75,303 13% -£44.63 S A Gray 90 13 £66,930 14.44% £19.88 P Hanagan 70 12 £66,288 17.14% £0.35 Kevin Stott 78 11 £61,766 14.1% -£44.58 Jamie Gormley 118 10 £44,862 8.47% -£57.63
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