Racecards
16:15 Pontefract
Tanshelf Maiden Stakes (Class D)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 1m 4f 8y
- Going: Good
Ashcombe
18- Form 52-3
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer S Keightley
- Jockey M Tebbutt
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out
- Form 34
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
tracked leader, ridden 4f out, no impression final 2f
- Form 04
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey J Fanning
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened
Manque Neuf
45- Form 53
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer J D Bethell
- Jockey G Duffield
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway to chase leader over 2f out, weakened final furlong
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer A P Jarvis
- Jockey Darren Williams
towards rear, ridden over 3f out, headway over 2f out, weakened final furlong
True Courage
13- Form 06-52
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer B W Hills
- Jockey Tony Culhane
prominent, ridden to lead over 2f out, clear final furlong, soon eased, caught close home
- Age 3
- Weight 8-3
- Trainer J Hetherton
- Jockey O Pears
slowly into stride, in rear, soon struggling and well behind, virtually pulled up 2f out, tailed off
- Form 05
- Age 3
- Weight 8-3
- Trainer J L Dunlop
- Jockey Ted Durcan
mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, stayed on well to lead close home
In depth
Verdict
This will take little winning and should go to True Courage, who would have far more to do in a handicap. He may be followed home, at a respectable distance by Kahalah, who shaped as though she would improve for a step up in trip when a staying on fifth at Newmarket.