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Larkspur Racing 100m Invitation Handicap
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About
The Larkspur Racing 100m Invitation Handicap is the inaugural meeting of the new Musselburgh Athletics Series.
The event, sponsored by Larkspur Racing Ltd. (Bookmakers), will be held in conjunction with the final National Hunt meeting of the season on Saturday 24th February.
Twenty-eight sprinters, many of whom were semi-finalists of the recent New Year Sprint, are due to line up with their eyes firmly fixed on the £1000 first prize.
The event will be staged as 4 heats of 7 runners, with heat winners and 4 fastest losers going through to the final. Each race will be broadcast on live television. The heats will be published on race day.
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Prizes
The prizes range from £1000 for the winner down to £75 for 8th and last in the final:
- 1st prize: £1000
- 2nd prize: £300
- 3rd prize: £150
- 4th prize: £100
- 5th prize: £75
- 6th prize: £75
- 7th prize: £75
- 8th prize: £75
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Results
Glorious weather greeted the final National Hunt meeting of the season at Musselburgh Racecourse. But, with only a few minutes to go before the first race on the card, sunshine briefly turned to snow. A subsequent stewards inspection of the course resulted in abandonment of the horse racing, but the foot racing pressed ahead. Yet again the foot racing failed to achieve television coverage.
First cross-tie
| 1 |
E. Smart |
Wallsend |
5 |
| 2 |
R. Pitt |
City of Edinburgh AC |
0.5 |
| 3 |
G. Keen |
Selkirk |
4.25 |
| 4 |
L. Notman |
Hawick |
1 |
| 5 |
J. Law |
Jedburgh |
10.75 |
| 6 |
S. Smail |
Kelso |
6.25 |
| 7 |
J. Cunningham |
Haddington |
2.75 |
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| Qualifiers for final: 1st J. Cunningham 11.35 secs, L. Notman, J. Law.
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Second cross-tie
| 1 |
R. Linnett |
Stanley |
1 |
| 2 |
T. Finkle |
Jedburgh |
2.25 |
| 3 |
J. McCraw |
Jedburgh |
4.5 |
| 4 |
B. Middleton |
Sale H. |
Scr. |
| 5 |
D. Lauder |
Hawick |
6 |
| 6 |
Kevin Turner |
Edinburgh |
10.75 |
| 7 |
J. Steede |
Jedburgh |
15 |
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| Qualifiers for final: 1st K. Turner 11.50 secs, J. McCraw.
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Third cross-tie
| 1 |
C. Telford |
Newcastle |
3.75 |
| 2 |
J. Paxton |
Hawick |
7 |
| 3 |
C. Gillie |
Kelso |
4.5 |
| 4 |
C. Cochrane |
Jedburgh |
1.5 |
| 5 |
D. Kilner |
Peebles |
9.75 |
| 6 |
A. Crawford |
Annan |
6.25 |
| 7 |
D. Clark |
City of Edinburgh AC |
1.5 |
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| Qualifiers for final: 1st C. Telford 11.33 secs.
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Fourth cross-tie
| 1 |
A. Bryson |
Hawick |
14 |
| 2 |
M. McPhail |
Ayr Seaforth AC |
3.5 |
| 3 |
S. Robertson |
City of Edinburgh AC |
1.75 |
| 4 |
Karen Steede |
Jedburgh |
15 |
| 5 |
G. Wilson |
Hawick |
7.5 |
| 6 |
T. Bradley |
Edinburh |
13 |
| 7 |
D. Hush |
Hawick |
10.5 |
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| Qualifiers for final: 1st G. Wilson 11.28 secs, Karen Steede.
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Final
| 1 |
J. Cunningham |
Haddington |
2.75 |
5 |
11.34 |
| 2 |
C. Telford |
Newcastle |
3.75 |
6 |
11.34 |
| 3 |
L. Notman |
Hawick |
1 |
1 |
11.41 |
| 4 |
G. Wilson |
Hawick |
7.5 |
3 |
11.47 |
| 5 |
J. McCraw |
Jedburgh |
4.5 |
7 |
11.69 |
| 6 |
Karen Steede |
Jedburgh |
15 |
2 |
11.71 |
| 7 |
Kevin Turner |
Edinburgh |
10.75 |
4 |
11.73 |
| 8 |
J. Law |
Jedburgh |
10.75 |
8 |
11.95 |
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Photos
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| The first cross-tie battle through the snow. |
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| James Cunningham (2nd from left) wins the final. |
Photos by John Grossick Photography.
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