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15:45 Pontefract

Riu Hotels And Resorts Ladies Day Veterans' Handicap (Class 4)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 6y
  • Going: Good
  • Surface: Turf
  • £10,200 added
  • Winner: £4,860
  • 2nd: £2,282
  • 3rd: £1,141
  • 4th: £571
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 52.42s
  • Off Time: 15:45:32
  • 8 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Mikmak

15/2

    2
    Silk -

    Little Jo

    4/1

      3
      Silk -

      Six Strings

      5/4

        1(1)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Light Green stars on sleeves, Royal Blue cap, Light Green star

        Little Jo

        40 DCD
        4/1
        • Form 0-73100
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-7
        • Official Rating 79

        towards rear, ridden 3f out, kept on final furlong, went 2nd close home

        2(4)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Grey sleeves, Pink cap

        Keepup Kevin

        29 DCD
        9/2
        • Form 65365-1
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-4
        • Official Rating 76

        took keen hold, chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, tailed off 2f out

        3(2)
        Silk - Pink, light blue epaulets, light blue sleeves, pink spots, pink cap, light blue spots

        Six Strings

        10 D
        5/4
        • Form 152222
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-2
        • Official Rating 74

        tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, held every chance 1f out, no extra final furlong

        4(7)
        Silk - Light Blue, Dark Blue cross belts, Dark Blue cap

        Coverham (IRE)

        14 D
        14/1
        • Form 102257
        • Age 7
        • Weight 8-13
        • Official Rating 71

        in rear, ridden 3f out, kept on same pace towards finish

        5(6)
        Silk - Black, red cross of lorraine, red sleeves, black armlets, black and red quartered cap

        Traveller (FR)

        169 t D
        125/1
        • Form 6264-98
        • Age 7
        • Weight 8-10
        • Official Rating 68

        mid-division, ridden 2f out, no impression soon after

        6(8)
        Silk - Red and White diabolo, halved sleeves, Red cap

        Foreseeable Future (FR)

        21 p
        14/1
        • Form 432736
        • Age 6
        • Weight 8-6
        • Official Rating 64

        close up, ridden 3f out, tailed off over 1f out

        8(3)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow seams, diamonds on sleeves, Yellow cap

        Florenza

        14 D
        11/1
        • Form 44-3287
        • Age 8
        • Weight 8-2
        • Official Rating 60

        led, ridden over 2f out, headed 1f out, weakened and lost 2 places inside final furlong

        9(5)
        Silk - Royal blue, pink chevron, royal blue sleeves, pink stars, royal blue cap, pink star

        Mikmak

        20 p BFD
        15/2
        • Form 7-67344
        • Age 8
        • Weight 8-2
        • Official Rating 57

        took keen hold, towards rear, pushed along and switched to near side 2f out, led 1f out, kept on inside final furlong

        7(9)
        NR

        First Dance (IRE)

        12 CD
        3/1
        • Form 346351
        • Age 7
        • Weight 8-3
        • Official Rating 61

        NonRunner

        In depth

        Verdict

        FIRST DANCE, who has won around here, has only been raised 2lb for scoring over the trip at Newmarket and can go in again. Little Jo landed a Thirsk handicap over the trip in May though that was on soft ground as was Keepup Kevin's course and distance victory last month. The latter needs some rain but Six Strings acts on most surfaces and continues in excellent form despite being 9lb higher than when completing a double at Wetherby. Mikmak is on a long losing run but is now on his lowest mark for over three years so has to be respected.

        Formwatch

        Little Jo 12-1 (10-0) Mid-division, ridden on outside over 2f out, soon held, well beaten over 1f out, 10th of 11, 9 3/4l behind Crack Regiment (9-12) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Jun.

        Keepup Kevin 13-2 (9-7) Made all, edged left over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, comfortably, won at Pontefract 1m hcp (5) sft in Jul beating Delph Crescent (9-10) by 2 3/4l, 5 ran.

        Six Strings 9-2 (9-6) Took keen hold, close up, pushed along 3f out, steady headway 1f out, held every chance inside final furlong, kept on, just held, 2nd of 9, hd behind Tommy G (9-5) at Musselburgh 1m 1f hcp (4) gd in Jul.

        Coverham (IRE) 11-2 (10-0) Steadied start, held up last in steadily run race, never involved, 7th of 8, 6 1/2l behind C'mon Kenny (9-11) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Jul.

        Traveller (FR) 12-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, weakened after 1f out, 8th of 9, 8 3/4l behind Pholas (9-2) at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) pol in Feb.

        Foreseeable Future (FR) 10-1 (9-11) Pulled hard pressing leader, led over f out and switched right to race alone on near side rail, headed inside final 2f, hung left and weakened final furlong, 6th of 7, 5 1/4l behind Dashing Dick (9-12) at Yarmouth 7f hcp (4) gf in Jul.

        Florenza 11-1 (9-11) Raced in last, ridden 3f out, faded from 2f out, 7th of 10, 10l behind Mr Strutter (9-8) at Catterick 7f hcp (6) gf in Jul.

        Mikmak 11-4fav (9-10) Towards rear, ridden and headway 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 9, 4 3/4l behind Clay Regazzoni (9-10) at Hamilton 1m hcp (6) gd in Jul.

        First Dance (IRE) 10-1 (9-5) Held up towards stands side, pushed along 3f out, headway to challenge 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on well and just held on, won at Newmarket 1m hcp fll (5) gf in Jul beating Lower Street (9-5) by ns, 11 ran.