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14:45 Pontefract

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  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 8y
  • Going: Good (Good to Firm in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £12,000 added
  • Winner: £7,470
  • 2nd: £2,237
  • 3rd: £1,118
  • 4th: £559
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 36.15s
  • Off Time: 14:47:21
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Regal Monarch

7/4

    2
    Silk -

    Mainstream

    2/1

      1(3)
      Silk - Grey, beige star, grey sleeves, beige stars and stars on cap

      Modernism

      29 DCD
      7/1
      • Form 062237
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-12
      • Official Rating 86

      held up, in mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, never able to challenge

      2(5)
      Silk - Dark blue, white disc, hooped sleeves, white cap

      Be Perfect (USA)

      12 b D
      16/1
      • Form 483175
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 81

      slowly into stride, behind, headway over 1f out, never on terms

      3(7)
      Silk - Yellow, Black hoop, Black and Yellow diabolo on sleeves

      Busy Street

      79 D
      11/1
      • Form 1-2274
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 79

      held up, in touch, under pressure over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

      4(1)
      Silk - Dark Blue and Light Blue diabolo, Light Blue sleeves, quartered cap

      Plane Song (IRE)

      53 D
      10/1
      • Form 46-0810
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 79

      tracked leader, led over 1f out, headed approaching final furlong, kept on same pace

      5(4)
      Silk - Royal blue, yellow seams, yellow sleeves, royal blue spots, royal blue cap, yellow spots

      Mysterial

      14 D
      14/1
      • Form 126014
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 77

      led, raced freely, driven over 2f out, headed over 1f out, faded final furlong

      6(2)
      Silk - Purple, Gold braid, Scarlet sleeves, Black velvet cap, Gold fringe

      Mainstream

      29
      2/1
      • Form 41-1453
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 88

      slowly into stride, held up, in rear, headway over 1f out, not clear run approaching final furlong, switched right, ran on, never reached winner

      7(6)
      Silk - Light blue, dark blue armlets, dark blue cap

      Regal Monarch

      23 BFD
      7/4
      • Form 211312
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 85

      tracked leader, driven to challenge over 1f out, led approaching final furlong, stayed on well

      Previous results

      2015
      (6)
      Silk -

      Headline News (IRE)

      11/1
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-10

      2014
      (1)
      Silk -

      Aramist (IRE)

      7/1
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-7

      2013
      (5)
      Silk -

      Fennell Bay (IRE)

      11/10
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-11

      In depth

      Verdict

      Regal Monarch was runner-up when taking on older horses at Newmarket last time and it remains to be seen if fellow three-year-old MAINSTREAM copes any better. Sir Micheal Stoute’s colt was also placed at Newmarket recently but looks up to scoring off his current mark in this grade. Mysterial and Plane Song failed to figure off higher marks last time having both won their penultimate starts while Be Perfect has also struggled since scoring at Newcastle in June. Modernism won over course and distance last season but still looks high enough in the weights.

      Formwatch

      Modernism 20-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, headway 2f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, 7th of 14, 4l behind Soldier In Action (8-6) at Ripon 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Jul.

      Be Perfect (USA) 13-2 (9-11) Led, headed over 4f out, led over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 21 1/4l behind Project Bluebook (8-5) at Catterick 1m 6f hcp (4) gf in Aug.

      Busy Street 9-2 (9-7) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 9, 9 1/4l behind Touch The Sky (9-1) at Pontefract 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in May.

      Plane Song (IRE) 28-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, lost place 4f out, not much room on inside over 2f out, no headway soon after, 11th of 13, 20l behind Sindarban (9-10) at Carlisle 1m 3f hcp (4) gf in Jun.

      Mysterial 14-1 (9-8) Led, raced freely, driven over 3f out, headed well over 1f out, faded final furlong, 4th of 9, 18 1/2l behind Who Dares Wins (10-0) at Chester 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in Jul.

      Mainstream 7-1 (9-4) Dwelt keen close up, effort when carried head high approaching final furlong, stayed on towards finish, 3rd of 5, 1 1/4l behind Shaan (9-5) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (3) gf in Jul.

      Regal Monarch 5-6fav (8-12) Keen, tracked leader, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 2nd of 3, 3 1/2l behind Ruwasi (9-12) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (3) gf in Jul.