🏇 PONTEFRACT HORSE RACING SYSTEM -- 2021 SEASON -- MEETING #4 28th MAY

  

PONTEFRACT SEASON 2021.

Welcome to our fourth meeting of the 2021 season taking place on Friday 28th May. 

1st race 6.00pm.
Going: Soft [Good to soft in places] 

Tickets are now being sold for future events and selling quickly, it will be nice to see a big attendance at courses around the country for the summer.

Under the current ‘roadmap’, the racing here will see (limited) numbers of spectators returning to Pontefract for the evening meeting on Friday 28th May. For as long as social distancing remains in place, however, the ‘normal’ raceday remains some way in the future. With all ‘essential workers’ (BHA and Racecourse officials, stable staff, trainers, jockeys etc) having to undergo health screening before each raceday, and then having to be kept at least 2m away from Owners and (when admitted) other racegoers, these restrictions effectively rule out any use of the Main Stand, and parts of the Second Stand, by the general public. Indeed two of the Dining Rooms in the Main Stand have been transformed into changing areas for jockeys to ensure that they are able to maintain social distance.

The following is a quote from the official Pontefract Racing site 'As soon as restrictions allow, we will open up bookings for ALL enclosures in their usual format. however, this will not be until AFTER the 21st June at the earliest!'

ALL 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. Following a winning opening meeting we suffered a small loss in the latest meeting resulting in a deficit of -10.75 points to carry onto this fourth meeting this afternoon.

Going / Weather: The forecast going is now currently reported as 'Soft [Good to soft in places]' while the weather for Friday evening is for a generally cloudy day with some chance of showers but hopefully not too much. We are seeing a forecast maximum temperature around the 18C mark.
Here are our selections for the six races taking place on Friday evening, remember it's a very simple selection process using stalls one and two in every race;

18:00  Welcome Back To Pontefract Handicap

1m 6y  (Class 5  10 runners)
(1) -- CURFEWED  5th @15/2.
(2) -- BUCEPHALUS  WON @3/1.

18:35  OBP Utilities Ltd Novice Stakes

5f 3y  (Class 5  4 runners)

(1) -- SKYRUNNER  WON @30/100f.

(2) -- FOLLOW YOUR HEART  4th @7/2.

19:10  EBF Stallions VW Van Centre (West Yorkshire) Ltd Youngsters Conditions Stakes

6f  (Class 2  7 runners)

(1) -- WAR OF COURAGE  6th @9/1.
(2) -- FREDDY ROBINSON  4th @50/1.

19:45  Constant Security Serving Yorkshire Racecourses Handicap
1m 4f 5y  (Class 5  7 runners)

(1) -- CHAIRMAN POWER  3rd @5/1.
(2) -- CORMIER  WON @4/7f.

20:20  Napoleons Casino Bradford Fillies' Handicap

1m 2f 5y  (Class 5  5 runners)

(1) -- DOUBLE REFLECTION  5th @9/2.
(2) -- MAXINE  WON @1/1f.

20:50  Constant Security Services Handicap

5f 3y  (Class 4  6 runners)

(1) -- BOSSIPOP  WON @7/2.

(2) -- CASE KEY  6th @28/1.

Staked -- 12 points.

Returns -- 13.37 points.
Having started the 2021 season afresh, we begun reasonably well and with a full season on the track we look forward to a successful year, alas the opening few fixtures will be behind closed doors. After the opening three meetings we are sadly -10.75 points behind coming into this fourth fixture, the results for today will be updated during the evening. A winner in all bar one race tonight but shortish prices meant that we only able to generate a small profit of the evening, but we are still behind to the tune of -9.38 points.

The fifth fixture here will be another evening meeting with an attendance (hopefully) to be held on Monday 7th June so we do hope you will follow the action throughout the season.