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Sunday February 1 2009
Race Result Musselburgh 15:00 - Result
John Smith's Race Extra Smooth Novices' Chase
£10000 added, 5yo plus, 2m 4f, Class 3, £6505 penalty, 6 ran
Good, Good to Soft in places
Winning Time Winning Time: 5m 02.8s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Kalahari King (FR) 11-8 G Lee Ferdy Murphy 8 4/5 f
  tracked leaders, hit 9th, smooth headway to track leader approaching 4 out, every chance next, ridden and led 2 out, quickened under pressure flat opened 4/5 touched 4/5 £500-£500 £1000-£1100 £1200-£1500 £400-£500 £2438-£4000
2 Astarador (FR) 11-4 D F O'Regan J Howard Johnson 7 10/3
  led, ridden after 4 out, joined next, headed 2 out, driven and not quicken flat opened 13/2 touched 7/1
3 dist Waterski 10-12 F Davis (3) Mrs J C McGregor 8 250/1
  towards rear, lost place 8th, left poor 3rd 2 out opened 250/1 touched 250/1
4 8 Uptown Lad (IRE) 10-12 K Johnson R Johnson 10 100/1
  always behind, lost touch 10th opened 100/1 touched 100/1
F Palomar (USA) 11-8 D J Condon N G Richards 7 3/1
  keen and mid-division, close up and blundered 4 out, ridden next, in 3rd and held when fell 2 out opened 11/4 touched 3/1
F Hernando's Boy 11-4 J Reveley (3) K G Reveley 8 12/1
  tracked leader, close up and still going well when fell 5 out opened 10/1 touched 12/1