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20:20 Pontefract

Tony Bethell Memorial Handicap (Class E)

  • 17 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 1f 22y
  • Going: Good to Firm
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 46.10s
  • 17 Ran
1(11)
Silk - Red, Purple hollow box, halved sleeves, Purple cap
16/1
  • Form 6200-00
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-0

mid-division, ridden over 3f out, one pace

2(13)
Silk - Black and White (quartered), Black sleeves, White armlets, White cap
8/1
  • Form 2-00060
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-13

held up towards rear, ridden over 4f out, weakened final furlong

3(1)
Silk - Red, Dark Blue stars, White sleeves, Dark Blue stars, White cap, Dark Blue star
  • Form 654304
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-10

tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 3f out, tailed off

4(10)
Silk - Emerald Green and Black (halved), striped sleeves, quartered cap

Keep Ikis

313
8/1
  • Form 034630-
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-6

towards rear, headway 5f out, ridden 4f out, no impression final 2f

5(4)
Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue stars, striped sleeves, Yellow cap
10/1
  • Form 0000-50
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1

slowly into stride, always behind, pulled up quickly approaching 2f out

6(16)
Silk - CHOCOLATE and TURQUOISE (halved), sleeves reversed, TURQUOISE cap, CHOCOLATE spots
16/1
  • Form 352560
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-0

mid-division, ridden and weakened approaching final furlong

7(2)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, RED star, BLACK cap
  • Form 035253
  • Age 9
  • Weight 8-11

led, ridden 4f out, headed 2f out, one pace final furlong

8(14)
Silk - Royal Blue, Beige triple diamond and diamond on cap
16/1
  • Form 0/031-00
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-9

in touch, headway 2f out, hard driven over 1f out, just failed

9(7)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE braces, LIGHT BLUE sleeves, RED cap
25/1
  • Form 34000D-
  • Age 9
  • Weight 8-5

mid-division, headway 6f out, ridden 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong

10(5)
Silk - Emerald Green, Pink triple diamond, diamonds on sleeves and cap
7/1
  • Form 0/43641
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-5

towards rear, headway 4f out, ridden approaching 3f out, staying on when not much room final furlong, switched right inside final furlong, stayed on, unlucky

11(9)
Silk - Dark Green, White cross belts, halved sleeves and star on cap
12/1
  • Form 043100
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-4

mid-division, ridden 4f out, one pace final 2f

12(12)
Silk - BLACK, PINK hoops, WHITE sleeves, PINK cap

Ulshaw

21
9/1
  • Form 30-0333
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-2

in touch, driven along 3f out, kept on one approaching final furlong

13(6)
Silk - White, Dark Blue diamond and sleeves, Black cap
16/1
  • Form 04000-0
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-0

mid-division, ridden over 4f out, soon lost place

14(17)
Silk - Maroon, large White spots, White sleeves, Maroon armlets, quartered cap
66/1
  • Form 6500/00
  • Age 5
  • Weight 7-12

tracked leader, ridden and weakened 3f out,

15(8)
Silk - Black, Yellow star, halved sleeves
  • Form 000-502
  • Age 4
  • Weight 7-10

mid-division, ridden approaching 3f out, no extra

16(3)
Silk - Orange and Yellow stripes, hooped sleeves
  • Form 0000-00
  • Age 4
  • Weight 7-10

held up towards rear, headway halfway, ridden 5f out, weakened over 2f out

17(15)
Silk - White, Maroon hoops and armlets, quartered cap
14/1
  • Form 10000-3
  • Age 9
  • Weight 7-10

held up mid-division, headway halfway, ridden to lead 2f out, hard ridden under pressure inside final furlong, just held on

In depth

Verdict

A low grade staying handicap, with plenty of old favourites in this. Jamaican Flight, without a win on turf for nearly three years, has slipped to a handy mark and will appreciate this stiff track. Galleon Beach is inconsistent nowadays, but if he was to put his best foot forward, he would make them all go. Better known as a hurdler, Distant Storm does not look harshly treated off a mark of 42, and with the assistance of Tyrone Williams, he could well go close at a decent price.