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14:05 Pontefract

Jamaican Flight Handicap (Class 4)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 2f 2y
  • Going: Soft (Good to Soft in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £11,000 added
  • Winner: £5,616
  • 2nd: £2,636
  • 3rd: £1,319
  • 4th: £659
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 24.53s
  • Off Time: 14:05:44
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Be My Sea (IRE)

12/1

    2
    Silk -

    Rukwa (FR)

    6/1

      1(3)
      Silk - Light blue and red (quartered), hooped sleeves, white cap

      Ernesto (GER)

      116 pt
      15/2
      • Form 85/8542-
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-10
      • Official Rating 77

      tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on one pace final furlong

      2(5)
      Silk - yellow, light blue armlets, light blue cap

      Cornerstone Lad

      35 p C
      15/8
      • Form 521/41-4
      • Age 8
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 73

      in touch, pushed along 3f out, weakened entering final 2f, tailed off

      3(6)
      Silk - White, Purple epaulets, sleeves and star on cap

      Be My Sea (IRE)

      28
      12/1
      • Form 15352-8
      • Age 11
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 72

      set steady pace, quickened pace over 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, rallied gamely to lead again final strides

      4(4)
      Silk - Dark blue, maroon and white check sleeves and cap

      Wynford (IRE)

      11 pt CD
      11/4
      • Form 212513-
      • Age 9
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 70

      dwelt in rear, ridden over 2f out, some headway over 1f out

      5(2)
      Silk - Light green, white sleeves, light green stars, white cap

      Lion Face (IRE)

      11 v
      28/1
      • Form 319341-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 74

      towards rear, pushed along and headway 2f out, ridden and kept on same pace final furlong

      6(1)
      Silk - Orange, black chevron, orange sleeves, black stars and cap

      Rukwa (FR)

      22
      6/1
      • Form 07213-4
      • Age 8
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 67

      close up, chased winner entering final 2f, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed final strides

      7(7)
      Silk - Royal blue, emerald green star, emerald green sleeves, royal blue armlets, royal blue and emerald green quartered cap

      Mukha Magic

      53 pt
      7/1
      • Form 222-435
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 61

      tracked winner until ridden entering final 2f, weakened final furlong

      Previous results

      2021
      (7)
      Silk -

      Arabescato

      9/2
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-10

      In depth

      Verdict

      All bar Mukha Magic have been racing over jumps and he's much better handicapped on Turf than the all-weather. WYNFORD, who won over the course and distance on soft ground in October, ran well in a strong Musselburgh handicap hurdle last month and may be good enough. Cornerstone Lad has won over shorter around here and scored over fences at Wetherby in January but Ernesto's two hurdles victories last summer came on quick ground. Be My Sea completed a double in marathons last summer and ran well at Sandown's military meeting last month but Lion Face, a winner over 2m at Kempton in October, has shown no aptitude for jumping in two recent starts. Rukwa completed a double over timber at this stage a year ago and returned to the Flat with a decent run at Wolverhampton.

      Formwatch

      Ernesto (GER) 28-1 (10-0) Raced keenly in mid-division, stumbled 3rd, good headway on inside chasing leaders next, stepped at 4 out, pushed along after next, weakened after 2 out, 7th of 9, 23l behind Kansas City Chief (10-0) at Cheltenham 3m hcp (2) gs in Dec.

      Cornerstone Lad 7-4 (11-4) Chased leaders, not fluent 4th or 12th, pushed along to close 3 out, kept on but never going pace to get on terms, last of 3, 5l behind Mackenberg (11-8) at Catterick 2m 3f (3) sft in Mar.

      Be My Sea (IRE) 40-1 (11-0) Led on inside, headed briefly after 2nd, headed after next, chased leader, led again before 3 out until 2 out and dropped to 3rd, went 2nd again at the last, no chance with easy winner, 2nd of 6, 10l behind Purple King (11-9) at Sandown 2m hcp (4) sft in Mar.

      Wynford (IRE) 6-1 (10-13) Held up in rear, headway 3 out, ridden next, kept on, not trouble leaders, 5th of 11, 10 1/4l behind Goodtimes Badtimes (10-6) at Musselburgh 3m hcp (2) gd in Mar.

      Lion Face (IRE) 11-2 (10-12) Jumped right, made mistake and bumped into rivals 1st, soon in rear and jumped moderately after, well behind 3 out, 8th of 9, dist behind Mickydee (10-12) at Hereford 2m mdn (4) gd in Mar.

      Rukwa (FR) 33-1 (9-12) In rear, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, kept on towards finish, 4th of 8, 2 1/4l behind Catbird Seat (9-11) at Wolverhampton 2m 1f hcp (5) pol in Mar.

      Mukha Magic 8-1 (9-7) Raced keenly tracking leader until 6f out, tracked leaders, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 8, 2 3/4l behind Cochise (9-10) at Southwell 2m 2f hcp (5) pol in Feb.