Make you want to give up
Southwell stunner as 23-rated runner wins
BY ADRIAN LEWIS 4:45PM 31 MAR 2015
FORM students were left scratching their heads after the 2.55 at Southwell went the way of the 23-rated Misu Mac, who was sent off the 66-1 outsider of four.
Trained by Neville Bycroft, and having never made the frame in seven starts, Misu Mac was left battling out a finish with the second-favourite Thunderbird, with the odds-on favourite nowhere to be seen.
While the sport is known to throw up shock results on a regular basis, few can claim to quite match the Southwell surprise, with the the lowest rated runner in the race having to give away weight to all of her rivals.
A five-year-old mare, Misu Mac's best run to date was when beating five rivals home at Redcar in October last year to finish tenth of fifteen runners. The odds of her last three starts were 200-1, 150-1 and 66-1 and she has never been sent off less than 28-1.
Joe Doyle, who picked up a spare ride on the winner, said: "It was a bit of a surprise. It's just one of those things, She jumped, she travelled and she hung a bit but she got it done when it mattered."
Makin a Statement, the well fancied favourite with an official rating of 72 was receiving 8lb from the winner but could only finish 11 lengths behind.
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