Results From Musselburgh - Wednesday, 1st March 2023

travelled strongly, prominent, raced in second after 3rd, led narrowly going easily just after 3 out, shaken up after 2 out, ridden and 3 lengths ahead run-in, reduced lead towards finish, always doing enough

jumped left on occasions, prominent, in touch with leaders after 3rd, reminder before 3 out, pushed along and went second 2 out, soon ridden, 2 lengths down when mistake last, kept on well final 110yds

jumped left on occasions, held up in last but in touch with leaders, pushed along before 3 out, ridden before 2 out, made no impression, hit last, went modest third run-in

jumped left on occasions, led, headed just after 1st, headed just after 3 out, soon ridden, weakened after 2 out

took keen hold, made all, soon went clear, reduced lead halfway, ridden and went clear again after 3 out, 7 lengths ahead last, eased inside final 110yds

towards rear, outpaced and dropped to last halfway, ridden and struggling before 4 out, rallied before 2 out, went second approaching last, kept on, no match for winner

took keen hold, held up in rear, steady headway and prominent halfway, went second 4 out, not fluent and lost ground 3 out, edged right and beaten when lost second last

raced wide, jumped slightly left throughout, chased clear leader, lost second and pushed along 4 out, edged right and weakened before 2 out, finished lame

raced in second, pushed along and led narrowly before 3 out, ridden after 2 out, 3 lengths ahead just after last, reduced lead towards finish, just held on

towards rear, not fluent 8th, ridden and headway before 2 out, went second and 3 lengths down just after last, kept on well, just failed

led, ridden and headed before 3 out, soon outpaced, stayed on run-in, went third final strides

in touch with leaders, pushed along 4 out, went second 3 out, made challenge when not fluent 2 out, soon ridden, mistake and pecked on landing last, soon lost second, weakened and lost third final strides, lost shoe (vet said gelding lost his left hind shoe)

in touch with leaders, not fluent 5 out, pushed along and outpaced before 4 out, mistake 4 out, weakening when hit 3 out, soon behind (trainer had no explanation for the poor form shown other than the race may have come too soon for the gelding; vet said a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)

didn't jump with fluency, towards rear, pushed along when mistake 5 out, soon weakened and behind, pulled up before 3 out (jockey said gelding was never travelling and did not jump fluently)

travelled strongly, in touch with leaders, prominent halfway, went second before 3 out, led going easily after 3 out, shaken up approaching last, 7 lengths ahead until eased towards finish, readily

led, pushed along and headed after 3 out, outpaced when bad mistake last, ridden and stayed on run-in, no match for winner

jumped left on occasions, held up in last, pushed along before 3 out, hit last, ridden and kept on run-in, went modest third towards finish

raced in second, not fluent 8th, pushed along and outpaced before 3 out, stayed on run-in

towards rear but in touch with leaders, pushed along and headway before 3 out, disputing second when awkward jump 2 out, ridden and weakened run-in

in touch with leaders, not fluent 6th, not fluent 4 out, pushed along and weakened before 3 out, soon behind

taken down early, took keen hold, made all, soon went clear, much reduced lead and hard pressed before 3 out, pushed along 2 out, ridden and edged left run-in, kept on, did well in the circumstances

chased clear leader, steady headway and every chance from 3 out, ridden when not fluent last, kept on final 110yds, held towards finish

towards rear, steady headway and prominent before 3 out, ridden before last, edged right and no extra final 110yds

took keen hold, towards rear, going easily when not fluent 3 out, soon hung right and outpaced, shaken up and beaten after 2 out

prominent in chasing group, disputing second after 4 out, ridden and weakened after 3 out (trainer's rep had no explanation for the poor form shown)

raced in last throughout

made all, went clear from 5 out, awkward jump 4 out, soon pushed along, ridden briefly after 3 out, kept on, comfortably

in touch with leaders, went second before 4 out, ridden after 4 out, soon no impression and no chance with winner

prominent on outer, pushed along and outpaced before 4 out, weakened 3 out, hit 2 out

in touch with leaders, not fluent 11th, pushed along after 5 out, weakened 4 out, hit 2 out

prominent, not fluent 12th, soon lost ground quickly, behind after 5 out, pulled up before 4 out

jumped left on occasions, towards rear but in touch with leaders, reminder after 6th, saddle slipped and pulled up before 5 out (jockey said saddle slipped after the thirteenth fence)

disputed lead, led 5th, pushed along and faced challenge after 4 out, ridden and led clearly just before last, jumped left last, stayed on

prominent, went second before 4 out, ridden and made challenge after 4 out, no extra and held from last

held up in last, headway and in touch with leaders 8th, pushed along and went third before 4 out, ridden before 2 out, hit 2 out, soon no impression and held

disputed lead, mistake and prominent 5th, pushed along and outpaced before 4 out, ridden and weakened after 3 out

disputed lead, lost position 3rd, towards rear 4th, mistake 9th, pushed along and struggling in rear from 13th