16:00 Pontefract

Thursday 26 September 2019

All14:1514:5015:2516:0016:3517:0517:40

Simon Scrope Dalby Screw-Driver Handicap

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 3  |   1m 2f 5y  |   Good to Soft  |   5 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:00  |   Winning time: 2m 15.82s
1st
Horse silk
2
(2)
10/11f
T: K A RyanJ: T Eaves
In touch, led over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on towards finish op 5/4 tchd 11/8
2nd
Horse silk
¾
1
(4)
5/2
T: K FrostJ: Rossa Ryan
Tracked leader, led briefly over 1f out, kept on and held towards finish op 2/1
3rd
Horse silk
4
3
(1)
6/1
T: T P TateJ: J P Sullivan
Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace op 8/1
4th
Horse silk
9
5
(5)
6/1
T: R HannonJ: Theodore Ladd (5)
Led, pushed along and headed over 1f out, one pace op 11/2 tchd 5/1
5th
Horse silk
7
4
(3)
49-2
20/1
T: Miss T JacksonJ: P Hanagan
In rear, pushed along over 3f out, no impression op 22/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.90Pl:£1.20, £1.50EX:£4.00Trifecta:£10.20SF:£3.65

Forecasts

Ayutthaya (10/11), Francis Xavier (5/2), Awake My Soul (6/1), Leroy Leroy (6/1), Jamil (20/1)

Verdict

Francis Xavier bids for back-to-back successes in this Class 3 handicap, arriving right at the top of his game following a brave front-running display at Ascot three weeks ago. A subsequent 4lb rise in the weights means that a career best performance is required in order to bring his record to an impressive 6 from 11. However, it is the threat of a sustained spell of rain which presents most worries, especially with the proven mud-lark AYUTTHAYA among his rivals. Admittedly the selection has disappointed at Pontefract previously (0-2), but the forecast conditions promise to be to his liking and he had the clear measure of the veteran Awake My Soul at Haydock.
  1. Ayutthaya
  2. Francis Xavier
  3. Jamil

Previous Winners

2018
Francis Xavier
Weight: 9-10  |Age: 4
5/2

Prize Money

1st: £9,338.002nd: £2,796.003rd: £1,398.004th: £699.005th: £350.006th: £176.00

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