Racecards
17:20 Pontefract
Skybet Maiden Auction Stakes (Class F)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 5f
- Going: Good to Firm
- Form 35
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer M Chapman
- Jockey Andrew Webb
slowly into stride, always behind, outpaced
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
slowly into stride, behind and soon driven along, ridden and kept on one pace final 2f
- Form 2
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer K R Burke
- Jockey Darren Williams
chased leaders, ridden and hung left over 1f out, kept on under pressure final furlong
- Form 04
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer Mrs J R Ramsden
- Jockey D E Egan
mid-division, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 3
- Age 2
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer I Wood
- Jockey G Duffield
made all, ridden over 1f out, stayed on strongly final furlong
- Form 3
- Age 2
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer D Carroll
- Jockey Ted Durcan
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
- Age 2
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer N Tinkler
- Jockey Kim Tinkler
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, not quicken inside final furlong
- Age 2
- Weight 8-7
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Age 2
- Weight 8-4
- Trainer M D Hammond
- Jockey J Fanning
midfield, headway on outside 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on under pressure final furlong
Delta Lady
27- Age 2
- Weight 8-2
- Trainer C W Fairhurst
- Jockey T Williams
chased leaders, ridden and lost place over 1f out, soon weakened
Great Lass
14- Form 6
- Age 2
- Weight 8-2
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey Dale Gibson
slowly into stride, always behind
In depth
Verdict
Wares Home and Catch The Wind probably have the best form of those with racing experience but, with neither making any great appeal, it might be worth taking a chance with one of the newcomers and the one that gets a tentative vote is Alan Berry's Countrywide Flyer. A Revoque half-brother to a couple of juvenile winners, he hails from a stable more than capable of producing a first time out two-year-old winner and, from stall nine, is taken to make a winning debut. Alan Berry has a good line to market leader Wares Home having trained Birikina to beat Karl Burke's horse at Hamilton. Catch The Wind made an encouraging debut when third behind Four Amigos at Lingfield last month and has to be respected on that evidence as does Kuringai, who more experience than most but is likely to again find at least one too good. With Lynda Ramsden having such a good record with her runners at the track, Yarn Spinner is another worthy of a mention but he would probably want a softer surface.