🏇 PONTEFRACT HORSE RACING SYSTEM -- 2021 SEASON -- MEETING #10 4th AUGUST

PONTEFRACT SEASON 2021.

Welcome to our tenth meeting of the 2021 season taking place on Wednesday 4th August. 

1st race 2.00pm.
Going: Good [Good to firm 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 this Wednesday afternoon meeting on 4th August. 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 'A limited number of tickets for the following race meetings are now on sale:

* Wednesday 4th August – 3 enclosures (Premier, Grandstand & Paddock and Picnic)

* Sunday 15th August – 3 enclosures (Premier, Grandstand & Paddock and Picnic)

NB: Additional tickets will be released AFTER 19th July if the government easing of restrictions goes ahead as planned. And tickets for September and October will also go on sale after the announcement on the 19th July.

Today's meeting is Pontefract Ladies Day - With an array of hats, fascinators and stilettos, the ladies of Yorkshire truly do ‘dress to impress’ in an effort to win the coveted Best Dressed Lady Competition. And once again in 2021, there will also be a Best Dressed Gents competition too!

BEST DRESSED GENTLEMAN COMPETITION (12.50PM)

The Best Dressed Gent Competition will be judged before racing starts. Watch out for the judging team who will allocate numbers to 25 lucky finalists. They’ll be on the lookout from the minute that the gates open at midday and the 25 finalists will then gather in the Parade Ring at 12.50pm with the top 3 announced shortly after. £300 1st prize

BEST DRESSED LADY COMPETITION (1.15pm)

The Best Dressed Lady Competition will be judged before racing starts. Watch out for the judging team who will allocate numbers to 100 lucky finalists. They’ll be on the lookout from the minute that the gates open at midday and the 100 finalists will then gather in the Parade Ring at 1.00pm with the top 3 announced around 1.15pm.

The 2021 prizes:

In 2021, the Best Dressed Lady will win a holiday for two for 7 nights at the Riu Cancun hotel. This all inclusive week long trip includes flights! The winner will also compete to be the Best Dressed Lady in Yorkshire at the final at Doncaster Racecourse.

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 this overall after the latest meeting we still have to carry over a deficit of -32.005 points onto this tenth meeting this afternoon.

Going / Weather: The forecast going is now currently reported as 'Good - Good to firm in places' while the weather for Wednesday afternoon is for a generally cloudy day with a high probability of showers but hopefully not too many. We are seeing a forecast maximum temperature around the 21C mark.
Here are our selections for the seven races taking place on Wednesday afternoon, remember it's a very simple selection process using stalls one and two in every race;

14:00  Solutions4Cleaning Handicap (Gentleman Amateur Jockeys)
1m 2f 5y  [Class 6  9 runners]

(1) -- Bonne Vitesse.  2nd @10/1
(2) -- Straight Ash.   Non Runner

14:35  Jayne - On Course Lady Bookmaker EBF Maiden Stakes

6f  [Class 4  14 runners]

(1) -- She's Got Bottle.  6th @16/1

(2) -- Hamaki.  WON @7/2

15:10  tiesplanet.com - Ladies Love Guys In Ties Handicap

2m 1f 27y  [Class 3  4 runners]

(1) -- Solo Saxaphone.  4th @12/1
(2) -- Let Me Be.   Non Runner

15:45  Riu Hotels And Resorts Ladies Day Veterans' Handicap

1m 6y  [Class 4  9 runners]

(1) -- Little Jo.   2nd @4/1

(2) -- Six Strings.   3rd @5/4f

16:20  Bet With Jayne - Your Local Bookmaker Handicap

1m 6y  [Class 5  10 runners]

(1) -- Dreamseller.  Non Runner

(2) -- Power Player.  3rd @12/1

16:55  Chaplins Club Handicap

5f 3y  [Class 5  7 runners]

(1) -- Canford Bay.  3rd @11/4
(2) -- East Street Revue.  WON @13/8f

17:30  Keith Hammill Memorial Handicap

6f  [Class 4  12 runners]

(1) -- Dream Together.   Non Runner

(2) -- Highly Sprung.   Non Runner

Staked -- 14 points.

Returns -- 12.125 points.
Having started the 2021 season afresh, we started reasonably well but sadly begun to fall behind now as we passed half way of this full season on the track. After the opening nine meetings we are sadly -32.005 points behind coming into this tenth fixture, the results for today will be updated during Wednesday afternoon. Many non runners today again and only a couple of winners not quite enough, now fallen behind by -33.88 points to SP.

The eleventh fixture here will be held on Sunday 15th August so we do hope you will follow the action throughout the season.