PONTEFRACT HORSE RACING SYSTEM -- 2018 TURF SEASON -- PART SEVEN

PONTEFRACT SEASON 2018.

Monday 2nd July.
Welcome to this our 7th meeting of the year. 

The Art of Racing Raceday (part 1), gates are open from 12 noon with the 1st race 2.00pm today, going to be hot so keep hydrated and plenty of sunscreen.

Once again, we will have two Art of Racing Racedays in 2018! These racedays celebrate everything we know and love about The Sport of Kings! On BOTH DAYS we’ll be looking for 7 guest tipsters to each preview one of the races on the day. These previews will be published online and in the racecards on the day with our tipsters invited to the course to share their knowledge before each race.

There’ll be trips to the start of selected races so enthusiasts can see what happens in the calm of the open parkland down at the Start. We’ll also be running a commentary booth for people to have a go at commentating ‘behind the scenes’. Two days truly dedicated to The Art of Racing.

There is some brilliant action on the track on both days too! On Monday 2nd July the EBF Spindrifter Conditions Stakes takes centre stage. In 2017, the race was won by subsequent Group 2 runner up, Zaman. Back in second was Unfortunately who went on to win a Group 1 AND a Group 2! Even third place, Izzy Bisu, subsequently picked up a Listed race!

A winning streak at the last meeting means we are now back in profit to the tune of +6.41 to Starting Prices so we can hopefully kick on from there today. We will continue throughout this season to record ALL results for these fixtures which are returned to a level stake at Starting Price (SP), and will also show any forecast results too in the daily results but these do not count for the profit / loss figures.

The forecast going is now currently reported as 'Good to firm' the weather for Monday afternoon is for a lovely sunny day with a forecast maximum temperature around the 27C mark.

Here are our selections for the 7 races on Monday afternoon, remember it's a very simple selection process using stalls One and Two in each race;

2:00 6f Handicap.
(1) -- THE AMBER FORT  [6th 10/3].
(2) -- LUCKY LODGE  [5th 14/1].

2:30 6f Conditions Stakes (2yo).
(1) -- WEDDING DATE  [3rd 9/4].
(2) -- LOCH NESS MONSTER  [2nd 12/1].

3:00 6f Fillies Handicap.
(1) -- REBEL ASSAULT  [6th 7/2].
(2) -- PENNY POT LANE  [5th 12/1].

3:30 1m 4f 5yds Handicap.
(1) -- CONSTRUCT  [WON 4/7F].
(2) -- FRENCH RESISTANCE  [3rd 5/2].

4:00 6f Classified Stakes.
(1) -- WALK ON WATER  [WON 15/8F].

(2) -- BATTLE COMMENCE  [5th 5/2].

4:30 1m 6yds Handicap.
(1) -- LAMLOON  [WON 6/4F].
(2) -- I'M YER MAN  [4th 25/1].

5:00 1m 2f 5yds Lady Amateur Riders Handicap.
(1) -- X RATED  [3rd 9/4JF].
(2) -- QUOTELINE DIRECT  [WON 9/4JF].

Staked -- 12 points.
Returns -- 10.2 Points

After a winning meeting last week we now have cleared out our losses and now show a profit figure of +6.41 points to SP. Results from today will be updated later on at the end of the meeting. Let's see if we can build on that break-thru. Alas although four winners today they were all short favs and we end up with a small loss on the day -1.8 to SP.

Out balance going forward is still a small profit though +4.61.

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 10th July. Keep following us throughout the season.