PONTEFRACT SEASON 2021.
Welcome to our sixth meeting of the 2021 season taking place on Sunday 20th June.
1st race 1.45pm.
Going: Good to firm
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 this Sunday afternoon meeting on 20th June. 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.
Going: Good to firm
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 this Sunday afternoon meeting on 20th June. 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!' - and now that the Government have announced a further delay till July it's looking less likely that normal service will resume for a while.
Today's eight race card takes place on father's day of course, the feature event is the listed race for fillies known as the Pontefract Castle Stakes, over a mile and half trip, scheduled off time of 14:55. The supporting races include another in the series of the stayers championship here, the Pontefract Cup over 2m 2f will follow at 15:25.
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. After a good opening we have seen a few winners but despite a small win overall from the latest meeting we still have to carry over a deficit of -7.505 points to onto this sixth meeting this afternoon.
Going / Weather: The forecast going is now currently reported as 'Good to firm' while the weather for Sunday afternoon is for a generally cloudy day with showers expecting during the day but hopefully not too many. We are seeing a forecast maximum temperature around the 14C mark.
Here are our selections for the eight races taking place on Sunday afternoon, remember it's a very simple selection process using stalls one and two in every race;
13:45 Northern Commercials Iveco Tipper Ebf Fillies' Restricted Novice Stakes (Div One)
6f (Class 5 10 runners)
(1) -- May Punch 5th @3/1.
(2) -- Setai Beach [Non Runner].
(1) -- May Punch 5th @3/1.
(2) -- Setai Beach [Non Runner].
14:20 Northern Commercials Iveco Tipper Ebf Fillies' Restricted Novice Stakes (Div Two)
6f (Class 5 9 runners)
(1) -- Vieux Carre 2nd @10/11f.
(2) -- Queen's Heir 4th @18/1.
(1) -- Vieux Carre 2nd @10/11f.
(2) -- Queen's Heir 4th @18/1.
14:55 Volkswagen Van Centre (West Yorkshire) Ltd Fillies' Handicap
1m 6y (Class 3 6 runners)
(1) -- Majestic Tejaan 2nd @9/2.
(2) -- The Flying Ginger WON @6/4f.
15:25 Sky Bet Pontefract Castle Fillies' Stakes
1m 4f 5y (Class 1 9 runners)
1m 4f 5y (Class 1 9 runners)
(1) -- Salsada [Non Runner].
(2) -- Camphor 4th @9/1.
15:55 Sky Bet Pontefract Cup Handicap
2m 2f 2y (Class 4 11 runners)
2m 2f 2y (Class 4 11 runners)
(1) -- Seagulls Nest 7th@10/1.
(2) -- London Eye 3rd @11/1.
(2) -- London Eye 3rd @11/1.
16:25 Happy Father's Day Handicap
1m 4f 5y (Class 3 9 runners)
(1) -- Law of One 4th @6/4.
(2) -- Sociologist [Non Runner].
(2) -- Sociologist [Non Runner].
16:55 David Wildon Marching On Together Memorial Novice Stakes
1m 4f 5y (Class 4 6 runners)
(1) -- Yesyes [Non Runner].
(2) -- Fantasising 2nd @9/2.
17:25 Tribute Bands Family Day 25th July Handicap
6f (Class 3 12 runners)
(1) -- Lezardrieux 6th @11/1.
(2) -- Ghathanfar 4th @11/2.
Staked -- 16 points.
Returns -- 6.5 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 five meetings we are sadly -7.505 points behind coming into this sixth fixture, the results for today will be updated during Sunday afternoon. Sadly just one small winner and some non runners, so a losing meeting for us -9.5 points to add to the deficit which now sits are -17.005 points.
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