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

PONTEFRACT SEASON 2018.

Tuesday 10th July.
Welcome to this our 8th meeting of the year. 

The Art of Racing Raceday (part 2) 
1st race 2.00pm, gates open at 12 noon

This is the second part of the two days dedicated to the 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.

The action on Tuesday 10th July features the Listed Weatherbys Pipalong Stakes [15:00] With an impressive role of honour, this race has been won by such horses as Gifted Girl and Red Bloom! David O’Meara’s Lincoln Rocks took the honours in 2017 with Dawn of Hope beaten just a neck in second place!

A few winners last time out but still drop a small amount although retaining a profitable value into this fixture to the tune of +4.61 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 Tuesday afternoon is for a partly cloudy day with some showers due and a forecast maximum temperature around the 23C mark.

Here are our selections for the 7 races on Tuesday afternoon, remember it's a very simple selection process using stalls 1 and 2 in every race;

2:00 6f Nursery Handicap (2yo).
(1) -- OCTAVE  [WON 8/13F].
(2) -- SOLESMES  [Non Runner].

2:30 5f 3yds Handicap (3yo).
(1) -- PALMER  [4th 7/1].
(2) -- ZUMURUD  [WON 2/1F].

3:00 1m 6yds Fillies Listed Stakes.
(1) -- MARILYN  [5th 10/1].
(2) -- PROMISING RUN  [2nd 15/8F].

3:30 6f Handicap.
(1) -- DALTON  [4th 4/1].
(2) -- HUNTSMAN'S CLOSE  [Non Runner].

4:00 1m 2f 5yds Novice Stakes.
(1) -- SUBJECTIVITY  [6th 66/1].

(2) -- HERCULEAN  [WON 1/6F].

4:30 1m 6yds Handicap (3yo).
(1) -- ONE FLEW OVER  [6th 9/2].
(2) -- MEARING  [5th 3/1].

5:00 1m 2f 5yds Lady Apprentice Handicap.
(1) -- MILITARY MADAME  [6th 11/4].
(2) -- BROMANCE  [7th 33/1].

Staked -- 14 points.
Returns -- 7.78 Points

We come into this meeting with a profit figure of +4.61 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 not we lost out on -6.22 today, so a small loss to SP with -1.61 to take forward to meeting nine.

Our next meeting will be an evening fixture on Friday 20th July. Keep following us throughout the season.