Shock as 66/1 chance Misu Mac comes good off basement mark of 23

Misu Mac earned the distinction of becoming one of the lowest-rated horses ever to win a race when overcoming her basement mark of 23 when beating three rivals to spring a 66-1 surprise at Southwell yesterday.

The five-year-old mare had shown little in her seven previous races at distances between five furlongs and a mile, but her trainer and breeder Neville Bycroft put that down to her being a big, backward type.

Misu Mac, ridden by 5lb claimer Joe Doyle, gave Bycroft his first winner for 89 days when beating Thunderbird by a neck in the Unibet Offer Daily Jockey/Trainer Specials Median Auction Maiden Stakes. Makin A Statement, running off a mark of 72 and sent off the 4-6 favourite, was last of the four, beaten 13 and a half lengths by the shock winner.