Pontefract Races
Pontefract
19:15
Sky Bet Go-Racing-In-Yorkshire Summer Festival Handicap
Pontefract
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023
Distance: 1m
Type: Flat
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £6
Place: £2.10 £3.90 £3.30
Exacta: £101.80
Tricast: £1254.13
Trifecta: £1063
Non-Runners: Devasboy (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4 | Vaccine (IRE) | 4 G | Poor | Michael Dods | 139 lbs | 5/1 | Won | In touch with leaders - headway from 2f out - soon pushed along - edged left inside final furlong - ridden final 110yds - led final stride - all out (trainer could offer no explanation for the apparent improvement in form other than he runs well at Pontefract)(tchd 9/2) | ||
| 2nd | 9 | Perfect Swiss (GB) | 6 G | Poor | Tim Easterby | 128 lbs | 22/1 | 0.1 | Took keen hold - in touch with leaders on inner - pushed along when headway from over 1f out - led narrowly final 110yds - no extra and headed final stride(op 18/1 tchd 25/1) | ||
| 3rd | 3 | Mahanakhon (GB) | 3 C | AVG |
Sean Kirrane
(3)lbs
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Tim Easterby | 136 lbs | 12/1 | 0.2 | Prominent - on outer from 2f out - led 1f out - soon drifted left - headed final 110yds - lost second final strides(op 9/1 tchd 17/2) | |
| 4th | 1 | Hartswood (GB) | 8 G | AVG | Richard Fahey | 142 lbs | 13/2 | 1.25 | In rear on inner - headway from over 1f out - soon switched right - kept on well and went fourth towards finish(op 7/1 tchd 15/2) | ||
| 5th | 6 | Kentucky Bluegrass (GB) | 5 G | Poor | David O'Meara | 135 lbs | 7/2 | 1 | Disputed lead - raced in second after 3f - challenging from 2f out - keeping on when carried left inside final furlong - soon slightly hampered and lost position(tchd 16/5) | ||
| 6th | 2 | Beltane (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | Michael Appleby | 141 lbs | 9/4F | .5 | Took keen hold - prominent - keeping on when short of room over 1f out - soon waiting for room - kept on when in the clear inside final furlong - lost shoe (jockey said gelding was denied a clear run 1 1/2f out; vet said gelding lost his right-fore shoe)(op 5/2 tchd 3/1) | ||
| 7th | 10 | Fiftyshadesaresdev (FR) | 6 G | Poor | Micky Hammond | 127 lbs | 25/1 | .5 | Towards rear - pushed along and kept on from 2f out - no telling impression - finished lame (vet said gelding finished lame on his right-fore)(op 22/1) | ||
| 8th | 8 | Tiger Beetle (GB) | 7 G | Poor | Mark Rimell | 130 lbs | 18/1 | .75 | In rear - pushed along and kept on when on outer from over 1f out - no telling impression(op 12/1) | ||
| 9th | 5 | Ventura Rascal (GB) | 6 G | AVG | Kevin Ryan | 137 lbs | 8/1 | 3.5 | Disputed lead - led after 3f - edged right over 1f out - headed 1f out - short of room and eased inside final 110yds(op 17/2 tchd 15/2) |