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17:40 Pontefract

Fly High Faye Nickels Handicap (Class 5)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 5f 3y
  • Going: Good
  • Surface: Turf
  • £7,711 added
  • Winner: £3,881
  • 2nd: £1,155
  • 3rd: £577
  • 4th: £400
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 5.06s
  • Off Time: 17:41:11
  • 9 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Johnny Cavagin

3/1

    2
    Silk -

    Super Julius

    11/4

      3
      Silk -

      Tobeeornottobee

      16/1

        1(8)
        Silk - Light Blue and Dark Blue stripes, Dark Blue sleeves, Light Blue stars, Dark Blue cap

        Johnny Cavagin

        31 BFCCD
        3/1
        • Form 124082
        • Age 10
        • Weight 9-12
        • Official Rating 70

        towards rear, headway 2f out, ridden and ran to lead final strides

        2(2)
        Silk - PINK, grey seams, grey cap, pink star

        Super Julius

        10 D
        11/4
        • Form 170001
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-11
        • Official Rating 69

        led, ridden 2 lengths clear over 1f out, headed final strides

        3(1)
        Silk - Red, White sleeves, Black cap

        Highly Focussed (IRE)

        22 D
        20/1
        • Form 061-170
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-7
        • Official Rating 65

        dwelt outpaced

        4(9)
        Silk - Red, royal blue stars, striped sleeves and star on cap

        Shepherd's Purse

        15 D
        4/1
        • Form 520144
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-6
        • Official Rating 64

        tracked leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened approaching final furlong

        5(4)
        Silk - Emerald green, white cross belts, halved sleeves, emerald green and white striped cap

        Tobeeornottobee

        164 D
        16/1
        • Form 9331-43
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-3
        • Official Rating 65

        in touch, slightly outpaced halfway, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, stayed on to go 3rd close home

        6(6)
        Silk - White, royal blue seams, royal blue and white striped sleeves, yellow cap

        Astrophysics

        33 D
        14/1
        • Form 737483
        • Age 7
        • Weight 8-13
        • Official Rating 57

        tracked leaders, ridden to chase clear leader over 1f out, no extra and lost 2 places inside final furlong

        7(3)
        Silk - Red, Yellow seams and cap

        Paco Escostar

        17 v
        6/1
        • Form 42-6065
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-8
        • Official Rating 52

        tracked leader, pushed along 2f out, weakened final furlong

        8(7)
        Silk - Red, black collar and cuffs, old gold cap

        Young Tiger

        17 D
        8/1
        • Form 9600-84
        • Age 6
        • Weight 8-7
        • Official Rating 51

        taken to post early, dwelt raced wide towards rear, pushed along halfway, never nearer

        9(5)
        Silk - Yellow, Black braces, Red and Yellow hooped sleeves, Black cap

        Celerity (IRE)

        8 p
        40/1
        • Form 082857
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-7
        • Official Rating 50

        towards rear, pushed along halfway, never near leaders

        Previous results

        2018
        (9)
        Silk -

        Classic Pursuit

        4/1
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-11

        2017
        (1)
        Silk -

        Crosse Fire

        7/1
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-7

        2016
        (4)
        Silk -

        Jack Luey

        7/1
        • Age 9
        • Weight 9-12

        In depth

        Verdict

        JOHNNY CAVAGIN has won four times around here and from higher marks. He looked on the way back to form at Nottingham and can concede weight all round. Super Julius has also won from higher marks though had to drop into Class 6 company to resume winning ways at Hamilton. Shepherd's Purse is just 2lb higher than when scoring at Ayr last month while Astrophysics wasn't far behind the prolific Ginger Jam at Beverley last month and has been left on the same mark. Dual all-weather winner Young Tiger ran well at Doncaster last time but a strike-rate of 0-18 on Turf tells a story.

        Formwatch

        Johnny Cavagin 10-3fav (9-7) Chased leaders, progress into 2nd over 1f out, kept on same pace closing stages, 2nd of 10, 1l behind Show Palace (9-6) at Nottingham 5f hcp (5) gs in Jun.

        Super Julius 4-1fav (9-11) Always prominent, shaken up inside final 2f, ridden over 1f out, led entering final furlong, driven out, stayed on well, won at Hamilton 5f hcp (6) gd in Jul beating Popping Corks (8-10) by 1 3/4l, 12 ran.

        Highly Focussed (IRE) 25-1 (9-10) Held up, never dangerous, last of 11, 5 1/2l behind Gamesome (9-11) at Carlisle 5f hcp (5) gf in Jul.

        Shepherd's Purse 6-1 (9-8) Behind, raced centre until switched left towards stands side over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, edged right and stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 11, 2l behind Art Of Unity (9-10) at Hamilton 5f hcp (5) gd in Jul.

        Tobeeornottobee 5-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, ridden to challenge over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 5, 2l behind Probability (9-7) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (5) pol in Feb.

        Astrophysics 20-1 (9-5) Soon chasing leaders, driven over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 15, 1 1/2l behind Ginger Jam (9-12) at Beverley 5f hcp (6) sft in Jun.

        Paco Escostar 10-1 (9-4) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 4 1/4l behind Tarnhelm (8-11) at Carlisle 6f hcp (6) gf in Jul.

        Young Tiger 14-1 (8-7) Held up towards rear, switched right over 1f out, ran into trouble and nowhere to go, switched right again, kept on inside final furlong, switched left towards finish, unable to challenge, 4th of 9, 1 1/2l behind Celsius (9-11) at Doncaster 5f hcp (5) gf in Jul.

        Celerity (IRE) 20-1 (8-8) In touch, effort over 1f out, kept on same pace, 7th of 12, 5 1/4l behind Aperitif (9-0) at Haydock 5f hcp fll (5) gs in Jul.