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Pontefract Course Guide
The West Yorkshire course hosts racing throughout the summer including four Listed contests of which the Pontefract Castle Stakes is arguably the seasonal highlight.
Run over a mile and a half, the race has been won by some useful horses since its inception in 2005, most notably Brown Panther, who scored in 2012 and 2013 before going on to prove himself a very smart horse with wins in the Goodwood Cup, Irish St Leger and Dubai Gold Cup.
Other important races run at the Yorkshire track include the Pipalong Stakes, a one-mile event for fillies and mares, the Pomfret Stakes, run over a mile for three-year-olds and older and the Silver Tankard Stakes, a one-mile race for two-year-olds in October.
Left handed, with considerable gradients and a stiff, uphill finish. The emphasis is more on stamina than speed courtesy of the final three furlongs; as such, in-running punters should be wary of those who go for home a long way out. On very testing going, the jockeys occasionally race wide in search of better ground, swinging across to the stand side in the straight.
You have to be aware when you’re on a keen horse at Pontefract that, whether you go to post to the left or right, it’s downhill all the way to the start. Wise local punters often go down to the 1f marker to watch their fancy for that very reason. The track itself is incredibly stiff, a proper test, and being on the inside is a massive advantage. There’s a temptation to come wide, which can be a good move in soft ground, but, when it’s quick, you’re best to sit and suffer. Stamina there is always at a premium.
View from the saddle: Jason Weaver
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f Judicial (Good to Firm) 24 Apr 2017 1m 0.49s 6f Mehronissa (Good) 14 Aug 2016 1m 14.04s 1m 4y Red Tea (Good to Firm) 24 Apr 2017 1m 41.39s 1m 2f 6y Mysterial (Good to Firm) 15 Sep 2016 2m 10.59s 1m 4f 5y Antonia De Vega (Good) 15 Jun 2020 2m 34.54s 2m 1f 27y Becky The Thatcher (Good to Firm) 11 Jun 2018 3m 44.87s 2m 2f 2y Akavit (Good to Firm) 25 Jun 2017 3m 58.33s 2m 5f 122y Tuscan Gold (Good to Firm) 24 Apr 2017 4m 53.25s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R A Fahey 183 28 £215,855 15.3% £27.24 M Johnston 115 21 £206,632 18.26% -£39.08 T D Easterby 158 17 £117,410 10.76% -£60.88 D O'Meara 106 16 £136,381 15.09% -£30.00 K A Ryan 61 12 £71,890 19.67% £11.65 P T Midgley 76 11 £58,831 14.47% -£3.92 Micky Hammond 77 10 £44,519 12.99% -£21.75 M R Channon 39 10 £42,984 25.64% £21.95 M Appleby 51 9 £81,960 17.65% -£5.67 R M Whitaker 48 9 £35,576 18.75% £3.58 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L B A Curtis 94 25 £141,339 26.6% £40.00 D Tudhope 124 23 £145,016 18.55% -£52.32 S De Sousa 57 18 £168,740 31.58% £3.94 G Lee 128 16 £109,643 12.5% -£0.17 D Allan 105 14 £102,047 13.33% -£20.72 F Norton 62 14 £116,940 22.58% -£14.97 P Hanagan 80 12 £95,805 15% £25.71 J Fanning 82 12 £73,149 14.63% £17.88 A Mullen 79 9 £44,446 11.39% £109.83 T Hamilton 71 9 £43,535 12.68% -£10.72
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