Pontefract Races
Pontefract
17:15
Pontefract Races Chairman's Challenge Apprentice Handicap (Apprentice Training Race - RE Series)
Pontefract
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2025
Distance: 5f
Type: Flat
Going: Good
Class: Class 5
Surface: Turf
Win: £3.50
Place: £1.70 £3.20
Exacta: £16.40
Trifecta: £34.30
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2 | Copper Knight (IRE) | 10 G | AVG |
Jake Dickson
(7)lbs
|
Tim Easterby | 132 lbs | 5/2 | Won | Prominent on inner - switched right home turn - led narrowly over 1f out - pushed out and kept on well against far rail inside final furlong(op 9/4 tchd 3/1) | |
| 2nd | 3 | Ancient Times (GB) | 7 G | AVG | Harry Eustace | 138 lbs | 6/1 | .5 | Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - headway from over 1f out - went second final strides(op 7/1) | ||
| 3rd | 4 | Protest Rally (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Liam Bailey | 138 lbs | 11/4 | 0.1 | Prominent - ridden and pressed winner over 1f out - no extra and lost second final strides(op 5/2) | ||
| 4th | 5 | Refuge (GB) | 7 G | AVG |
Lewis Chalkley
(3)lbs
|
Michael & David Easterby | 120 lbs | 14/1 | 4.75 | Soon led - lost three places and weakened over 1f out(tchd 12/1) | |
| 5th | 1 | Hover On The Wind (IRE) | 4 G | AVG |
Shay Farmer
(3)lbs
|
Paul Midgley | 137 lbs | 7/4F | 24 | Dwelt start - raced in last throughout - tailed off (jockey said gelding was never travelling and he felt it prudent to ease his mount as - when turning into home straight - he felt something was amiss; vet examined gelding post-race and had nothing to report)(op 2/1 tchd 13/8) |