Pontefract Races
Pontefract
14:05
Jamaican Flight Handicap (Round 1 Of The Pontefract Stayers' Championship 2022)
Pontefract
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022
Distance: 2m2f
Type: Flat
Going: Soft
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £14
Place: £4.90 £2.80
Exacta: £77
Trifecta: £482.10
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 | Be My Sea (IRE) | 10 G | AVG | Tony Carroll | 131 lbs | 12/1 | Won | Made virtually all - pushed along 3f out - ridden under 2f out - joined 1f out - stayed on and led clearly final strides - gamely(op 16/1) | ||
| 2nd | 6 | Rukwa (FR) | 8 G | AVG | Sam England | 126 lbs | 6/1 | 0.3 | Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - pushed along and went second 2f out - ridden and disputed lead 1f out - no extra final strides(op 13/2 tchd 8/1) | ||
| 3rd | 1 | Ernesto (GER) | 6 G | AVG | Ian Williams | 136 lbs | 15/2 | 2.25 | Prominent - pushed along 4f out - ridden over 3f out - lost position over 2f out - went third over 1f out - no match for first two (vet said gelding lost his right-hind shoe)(op 6/1 tchd 5/1) | ||
| 4th | 5 | Lion Face (IRE) | 4 G | AVG | L J Morgan | 128 lbs | 28/1 | 3.25 | Towards rear - pushed along 3f out - ridden over 2f out - in touch with leaders over 1f out - weakened final furlong(op 22/1) | ||
| 5th | 4 | Wynford (IRE) | N/A | Poor | Rebecca Menzies | 129 lbs | 11/4 | 3.75 | Dwelt start - raced in last - pushed along 4f out - ridden under 3f out - kept on but never on terms(tchd 5/2 and 3/1) | ||
| 6th | 7 | Mukha Magic (GB) | 5 G | AVG | Gay Kelleway | 120 lbs | 7/1 | .5 | Pressed leader - ridden under 3f out - weakened from over 2f out(op 11/2) | ||
| 7th | 2 | Cornerstone Lad (GB) | 11 G | AVG | Micky Hammond | 132 lbs | 15/8F | 27 | Never better than mid-division - dropped to last under 2f out - soon lost touch (regarding poor performance - trainer said the gelding ran flat; vet said a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)(op 9/4) |