Pontefract Races
Pontefract
15:55
Sky Bet Pontefract Cup Handicap (Round 4 of the Pontefract Stayers Championship 2021)
Pontefract
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2021
Distance: 2m2f
Type: Flat
Going: Good To Firm
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £3
Place: £1.40 £3.40 £1.60
Exacta: £35.80
Tricast: £316.20
Trifecta: £501.40
Non-Runners: Call My Bluff (unsuitable ground), Snookered (self certificate), Victoriano (self certificate)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 | Let Me Be (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Keith Dalgleish | 128 lbs | 11/4F | Won | Led - tracked leader after 1f - in touch with leaders after 4f - midfield and niggled along halfway - towards rear 4f out - pushed along 3f out - headway 2f out - ridden and led inside final furlong - soon hung left - idled and eased towards finish(op 7/2) | ||
| 2nd | 4 | Gauntlet (IRE) | N/A | AVG | William Knight | 128 lbs | 12/1 | 1 | Held up in rear - pushed along and headway from over 2f out - switched right over 1f out - ridden and chased leaders inside final furlong - went second towards finish(op 16/1) | ||
| 3rd | 8 | London Eye (USA) | 6 G | Poor | Chris Dwyer | 122 lbs | 11/1 | 0.3 | Close up early - in touch with leaders after 1f - prominent halfway - pushed along 4f out - led narrowly 2f out - ridden over 1f out - headed inside final furlong - lost second towards finish(op 8/1 tchd 10/1) | ||
| 4th | 11 | Selsey Sizzler (GB) | N/A | Elite | David Menuisier | 116 lbs | 3/1 | 1.25 | Prominent - led after 1f - pushed along 3f out - ridden and headed but close up 2f out - no extra inside final furlong(op 11/4) | ||
| 5th | 5 | Russian Rumour (IRE) | 8 M | AVG | Jonathan Portman | 127 lbs | 17/2 | 1 | Slowly into stride - pushed along early - towards rear - prominent after 1f - pushed along and lost position 4f out - ridden and chased leaders 2f out - no extra final furlong(op 14/1 tchd 9/1) | ||
| 6th | 2 | Magna Moralia (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | John Quinn | 131 lbs | 5/1 | 9 | Slowly into stride - bit short of room soon after start - in rear - headway on outer over 4f out - pushed along and chased leaders 3f out - ridden under 2f out - weakened from over 1f out(op 10/3) | ||
| 7th | 9 | Seagulls Nest (GB) | 4 F | Poor |
George Bass
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Mick Channon | 117 lbs | 10/1 | 6 | Midfield - towards rear after 4f - in rear 6f out - ridden and some headway from 3f out - raced wide home turn - weakened from 2f out(op 14/1 tchd 9/1) | |
| 8th | 6 | Neverbeen To Paris (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | Harry Whittington | 127 lbs | 15/2 | 2.25 | Slowly into stride - pushed along early - towards rear - midfield after 6f - ridden 5f out - weakened from over 3f out - dropped to last over 2f out(op 7/1 tchd 6/1 and tchd 8/1) |