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20:25 Pontefract

Happy 50th Birthday Olena Handicap (Class 4)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 5y
  • Going: Good
  • Surface: Turf
  • £10,000 added
  • Winner: £5,234
  • 2nd: £2,456
  • 3rd: £1,227
  • 4th: £614
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 39.71s
  • Off Time: 20:30:19
  • 7 Ran
1(4)
Silk - Purple, yellow seams, yellow sleeves, purple seams, purple cap
  • Form 3226-18
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-2
  • Official Rating 77

in touch, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, nearest finish

2(6)
Silk - LIGHT GREEN, PURPLE hoops, LIGHT GREEN sleeves

Optician

18 D
13/2
  • Form 111242
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-1
  • Official Rating 76

tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong

3(7)
Silk - Black, orange stars, orange and black striped cap
  • Form 078310
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-10
  • Official Rating 71

raced wide, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

4(2)
Silk - Red and black diamonds, red sleeves, black armlets and diamonds on cap
  • Form 371693
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 80

son led, pushed along over 1f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong

5(1)
Silk - PINK and EMERALD GREEN check, PINK sleeves and cap
10/3
  • Form 735
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 76

close up, ridden and headway to chase leader approaching final furlong, led inside final furlong, ran on

6(5)
Silk - Purple, Light Blue chevron, Light Blue cap
9/4
  • Form 536-33
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 76

close up, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

7(3)
Silk - RED, PURPLE sleeves, RED armlets, BLACK cap, YELLOW star

Yippee

21 C
14/1
  • Form 421395
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 71

dwelt, in rear, switched wide over 2f out, ridden and no impression

In depth

Formwatch

Richard P Smith (IRE) 18-1 (9-6) In touch in mid-division, closed over 3f out, switched left over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 16, 13 1/4l behind Invisible Friend (9-2) at York 1m 2f hcp (4) gs in Jun.

Optician 11-2 (9-11) Raced wide, close up, headway to press leader 2f out, soon every chance, kept on one pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Goblet Of Fire (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Jul.

Southern Voyage (FR) 18-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, weakened over 2f out, 14th of 18, 22 3/4l behind Lord Melbourne (9-13) at York 1m 4f hcp (3) gs in Jun.

Flickering Halo (IRE) 125-1 (8-8) Held up off the pace in last pair, headway chasing leaders 2f out, edged left and ridden over 1f out, stayed on in 3rd inside final furlong, no chance with winner, 3rd of 13, 2 1/4l behind Align The Stars (9-9) at Haydock 1m 6f hcp (2) gd in Jul.

St Pancras 7-1 (9-3) Raced wide, close up, lost place halfway, pushed along 3f out, kept on inside final furlong, 5th of 15, 16 3/4l behind Approval (9-3) at Windsor 1m 2f stks (5) gf in Jun.

Frankelian 3-1 (8-12) Dwelt start, in rear, pushed along off pace 3f out, late headway final 100 yards, 3rd of 7, 10l behind Bur Dubai (9-0) at Chester 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in Jun.

Yippee 7-1 (9-3) Pushed right start, led, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 5, 15 1/4l behind Signalman (8-13) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Jun.