Pontefract Races
Pontefract
20:25
Happy 50th Birthday Olena Handicap
Pontefract
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024
Distance: 1m4f
Type: Flat
Going: Good
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £4.34
Place: £2.30 £1.80
Exacta: £12.80
Trifecta: £51.80
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5 | St Pancras (GB) | 3 C | Good | Martyn Meade | 130 lbs | 100/30 | Won | In touch with leaders - headway when not clear run over 2f out - soon outpaced - ridden and rallied over 1f out - led inside final furlong - kept on(op 3/1 tchd 18/5) | ||
| 2nd | 4 | Flickering Halo (IRE) | 4 G | Poor | Tim Easterby | 134 lbs | 100/30 | 1.75 | Led - increased tempo from under 2f out - soon clear - reduced lead 1f out - headed inside final furlong - no extra final 110yds(op 4/1 tchd 3/1) | ||
| 3rd | 2 | Optician (GB) | 4 G | AVG | Shaun Lycett | 141 lbs | 13/2 | .5 | Prominent - outpaced from under 2f out - no extra inside final furlong(op 6/1 tchd 11/2) | ||
| 4th | 1 | Richard P Smith (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Ed Dunlop | 142 lbs | 12/1 | 0.2 | Towards rear - dropped to last over 4f out - headway when against far rail from 2f out - switched right and kept on inside final furlong | ||
| 5th | 6 | Frankelian (GB) | 3 F | Poor | Ralph Beckett | 130 lbs | 9/4F | 1 | In touch with leaders - midfield from over 7f out - outpaced over 2f out - soon lost ground - hung left from over 1f out - rallied and kept on inside final furlong (jockey said filly lost her action turning into home straight)(tchd 11/4) | ||
| 6th | 7 | Yippee (GB) | 3 G | Poor | Charlie Johnston | 125 lbs | 14/1 | 1 | Held up in last - headway on outer over 4f out - no impression when up the centre from under 2f out(tchd 12/1 and tchd 16/1) | ||
| 7th | 3 | Southern Voyage (FR) | 6 G | AVG | Richard Fahey | 136 lbs | 11/1 | 5.5 | Sweating - on outer throughout - in touch with leaders - prominent 4f out - outpaced and lost position over 2f out - weakened from over 1f out(op 10/1) |