Welcome to the next instalment of our online coverage for the second half of the season here at Pontefract. Horse racing meetings around the country continue behind closed doors so we will continue to cover things as best we can here and then update if/when the guidelines change.
Official Statement from Pontefract Racecourse regarding Coronavirus;
*The information below is correct at 5pm on Wednesday 16th September and will be updated as and when further information is available and/or updated advice is received.*
At Pontefract Racecourse the safety and welfare of our visitors, racegoers, participants and team is paramount. We are keeping up to date with the latest information and advice from the Government and the British Horseracing Authority and have a team ready to implement recommended actions. We have been allocated 10 race meetings 'Behind Closed Doors'. This means that there will be no public in attendance and race meetings will be open to jockeys, trainers and officials only.
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) have now allocated further fixtures through to the end of the year, this means that there are an additional four fixtures for Pontefract to add to those already announced, we've had five meetings this season and there will be five more till we end on 19th October, therefore we've sadly lost six meetings from the usual calendar, under the current guidance these meetings will still be scheduled 'behind closed doors'.
These will be on:
Thursday 24th September
Monday 5th October
Monday 19th October
The season has received it's final set of fixtures for 2020 and instead of the usual 16 races through the year we have to settle with just the 10. Still better than nothing and we of course continue the racing here at Pontefract behind closed doors. This is the eighth of the revised schedule due on Thursday 24th September where the 1st race will be a 6f maiden contest due off around 13:00pm.
It's a seven race card for Thursday afternoon and as usual ALL of our results for these fixtures are recorded 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. After the first seven meetings of the season despite managing a few winners but sadly not quite enough and thus we carry forward a loss of -23.29 points to SP as we look ahead to this eighth meeting of the reduced season today.
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Going and Weather Details
The going for the next race meeting behind closed doors on Thursday 24th September is currently 'Good - Good to Firm in places' following a relatively dry week, which is expected to continue over the weekend and into Thursday with a top temperature of 17C at the track, although we'll be dry and warm at home of course. Here are our selections for the eight races on Thursday afternoon, remember it's a very simple selection process using stalls one and two in every race;
12:30 procurementseminars.co.uk EBF Maiden (Div One)
6f [Class 5 10 Runners]
(1) - DASHING DICK [3rd 14/1].
(2) - BALLYCONNEELY BAY [WON 10/11f].
13:00 procurementseminars.co.uk EBF Maiden (Div Two)
(1) - DASHING DICK [3rd 14/1].
(2) - BALLYCONNEELY BAY [WON 10/11f].
6f [Class 5 10 Runners]
(1) - STRIKE RED [WON 7/4f].
(2) - DARK COMPANY [3rd 3/1].
(1) - STRIKE RED [WON 7/4f].
(2) - DARK COMPANY [3rd 3/1].
13:30 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies' Nursery
1m 6y [Class 4 6 Runners]
1m 6y [Class 4 6 Runners]
(1) - QUARANTINI [6th 5/1].
(2) - SPIRIT OF BERMUDA [2nd 4/1].
14:05 Simon Scrope Dalby Screw-Driver Handicap
1m 2f 5y [Class 3 8 Runners]
1m 2f 5y [Class 3 8 Runners]
(1) - ARCHIE PERKINS [5th 11/2].
(2) - VICTORY CHIME [WON 2/1f].
14:40 William Hill Lengthen Yourodds Handicap
1m 4f 5y [Class 2 6 Runners]
1m 4f 5y [Class 2 6 Runners]
(1) - AMAZING RED [3rd 9/2].
(2) - FRANKEL'S STORM [4th 4/1].
15:10 William Hill Extra Places Every Day Novice Auction Stakes
1m 6y [Class 5 13 Runners]
1m 6y [Class 5 13 Runners]
(1) - CAN CAN GIRL [5th 5/1].
(2) - VALLEY OF FLOWERS [2nd 20/1].
15:45 William Hill Handicap
6f [Class 4 10 Runners]
6f [Class 4 10 Runners]
(1) - EY UP ITS MICK [3rd 85/40].
(2) - CLOUDEA [8th 8/1].
16:20 Follow Willhillracing Handicap
5f 3y [Class 4 10 Runners]
5f 3y [Class 4 10 Runners]
(1) - JAMES WATT [dh 3rd 3/1]
(2) - ABATE [dh 3rd 5/2].
Staked -- 16 points.
Returns -- 7.66 points.
Returns -- 7.66 points.
Results will be updated during the afternoon and we will keep a season total as usual though sadly despite a successful meeting #7 we are still down by -23.29 as we enter this meeting. Hopefully we can claw some more of that back today. Few winners, not enough though so lost -8.34 making a loss of -31.63 overall with two meetings to go.
Our next behind closed doors meeting here will be held on Monday 5th October, so do hope you stay safe and well and perhaps later in the year we can go racing again.
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