Pontefract Races
Pontefract
21:00
Ronald Simpson 100th Birthday Handicap
Pontefract
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024
Distance: 6f
Type: Flat
Going: Good
Class: Class 5
Surface: Turf
Win: £6
Place: £1.70 £1.80 £4.20
Exacta: £29.40
Tricast: £391.53
Trifecta: £457.60
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2 | Havana Rum (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | Richard Fahey | 138 lbs | 5/1 | Won | Short of room soon after start - raced in last - switched right from under 2f out - up the centre and headway from over 1f out - kept on well and led inside final 110yds - soon drifted left - ran on(op 9/2 tchd 4/1) | ||
| 2nd | 4 | Act Of Violence (GB) | 4 G | AVG | Tim Easterby | 137 lbs | 6/1 | 1 | Led narrowly - headed but pressed leader halfway - led again over 1f out - no extra when headed inside final 110yds(op 11/2 tchd 13/2) | ||
| 3rd | 3 | Midnite Runner (IRE) | 3 G | AVG | Michael Dods | 137 lbs | 14/1 | 0.3 | Took keen hold - in touch with leaders on outer - edged left when headway from over 1f out - kept on inside final furlong(op 16/1 tchd 12/1) | ||
| 4th | 1 | Late Arrival (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Michael & David Easterby | 140 lbs | 100/30 | 1.75 | In touch with leaders - prominent halfway - outpaced over 1f out - rallied inside final furlong - keeping on when not clear run against far rail inside final 110yds - soon no extra(op 7/2 tchd 4/1) | ||
| 5th | 6 | One More Dream (GB) | 6 G | AVG | John & Sean Quinn | 134 lbs | 14/1 | 0.3 | Prominent - no extra and lost position inside final furlong(op 11/1) | ||
| 6th | 5 | A Pint Of Bear (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Scott Dixon | 136 lbs | 9/1 | 2.5 | Towards rear - headway from under 2f out - no extra inside final furlong(op 11/1) | ||
| 7th | 9 | Dream Deal (GB) | 6 G | Poor | Danny Brooke | 130 lbs | 11/1 | 1 | Took keen hold - towards rear - headway when against far rail from over 1f out - keeping on when not clear run inside final furlong - soon no extra (jockey said gelding was denied a clear run approximately 1f from line)(op 10/1) | ||
| 8th | 8 | Hour By Hour (GB) | 5 G | AVG |
Mohammed Tabti
(5)lbs
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Iain Jardine | 126 lbs | 3/1F | 1.75 | Pulled hard - in touch with leaders - weakened over 1f out (jockey said gelding ran too free)(op 11/4) | |
| 9th | 7 | Front Gunner (IRE) | 4 G | AVG | Ann Duffield | 133 lbs | 28/1 | 1.25 | Soon pressed leader - led narrowly halfway - headed over 1f out - weakening when bit short of room inside final furlong(op 25/1 tchd 22/1) |