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17:55 Pontefract

Racing On Monday 18th April Apprentice Handicap (Class 5)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f 6y
  • Going: Heavy
  • Surface: Turf
  • £5,000 added
  • Winner: £3,234
  • 2nd: £962
  • 3rd: £481
  • 4th: £240
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 29.14s
  • Off Time: 17:55:08
  • 7 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Astra Hall

3/1

    2
    Silk -

    Tamayuz Magic (IRE)

    3/1

      1(7)
      Silk - Yellow, royal blue chevron, royal blue sleeves, yellow stars, royal blue cap, yellow stars

      Shalamzar (FR)

      42 BF
      40/1
      • Form 200560-
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 75

      detatched in rear, headway over 1f out, never nearer

      2(6)
      Silk - BLACK, YELLOW chevron, hooped sleeves, YELLOW cap

      Champagne Rules

      628 CD
      7/2
      • Form 41627/
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 74

      broke well, soon restrained towards rear, headway over 3f out, chasing leaders when switched to race against stand side rail over 1f out, soon beaten

      3(8)
      Silk - Royal Blue, White spots

      Final

      33
      5/1
      • Form 31-253
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 74

      tracked leaders, under pressure over 3f out, soon lost place

      4(5)
      Silk - Yellow, Blue hoops, Blue and Red quartered cap

      Tamayuz Magic (IRE)

      212 b D
      3/1
      • Form 313246-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 73

      slowly into stride, held up i touch, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, ridden to challenge inside final furlong, kept on same pace closing stages

      5(4)
      Silk - Black and red stripes, checked sleeves, red cap

      Russian Royale

      108
      7/1
      • Form 3217/39-
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 71

      held up in touch, under pressure over 3f out, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, never a threat

      7(3)
      Silk - Mauve and purple (quartered), halved sleeves

      Hydrant

      3 D
      9/1
      • Form 90-7940
      • Age 10
      • Weight 8-11
      • Official Rating 65

      led until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

      8(1)
      Silk - Light green, white chevron and sleeves

      Astra Hall

      17
      3/1
      • Form 232470
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-7
      • Official Rating 59

      tracked leaders, led over 2f out, hard driven inside final furlong, stayed on strongly

      6(2)
      NR

      Farham (USA)

      29
      7/2
      • Form 3/4536-2
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 71

      NonRunner

      In depth

      Verdict

      A maiden winner at Wolverhampton, Final has come up short off similar marks in all-weather handicaps and has his first start on Turf. FARHAM makes more appeal on his third in a higher grade contest than this at Chelmsford in December and Richard Fahey's charge went close again on the all-weather on his return. He's also preferred to Tamayuz Magic, who remains 9lb higher than last year's victory at Newcastle but it's hard to make a case for any of the remainder.

      Formwatch

      Shalamzar (FR) 33-1 (11-7) Held up towards rear, weakened before 3 out, last of 12, dist behind Beyondtemptation (10-9) at Wetherby 2m hcp (5) sft in Feb.

      Champagne Rules 12-1 (9-5) Dwelt, keen in rear, ridden over 2f out, never a factor, 7th of 8, 24 1/4l behind Incurs Four Faults (8-0) at Hamilton 1m 1f hcp (4) gd in Jul.

      Final 6-1 (9-6) Soon in rear and outpaced, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 5l behind Captain Revelation (9-7) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Mar.

      Tamayuz Magic (IRE) 20-1 (9-6) Close up, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace, 6th of 19, 4 1/2l behind El Beau (9-8) at York 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Sep.

      Russian Royale 33-1 (11-6) In touch, ridden approaching when mistake 3 out, weakened before next, 7th of 11, 33 3/4l behind After Hours (10-13) at Haydock 2m hcp (3) hvy in Dec.

      Hydrant 16-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, driven over 3f out, soon lost place and ridden, weakened over 1f out, 13th of 16, 28 1/2l behind Bertie Moon (9-2) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (5) sft in Apr.

      Astra Hall 5-1 (9-10) Led, headed 2f out, weakened 1f out, last of 10, 21 1/2l behind Captain George (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Mar.

      Farham (USA) 11-4 (9-13) Led, headed well inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Pivotal Flame (8-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Mar.