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14:30 Pontefract

ITV7 Starts Now Handicap (Class 5)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 5y
  • Going: Good
  • Surface: Turf
  • £8,663 added
  • Winner: £4,528
  • 2nd: £1,348
  • 3rd: £673
  • 4th: £400
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 44.38s
  • Off Time: 14:31:35
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Multellie

6/4

    2
    Silk -

    Sempre Presto (IRE)

    8/1

      1(1)
      Silk - Orange, Purple sash, White sleeves, White cap, Purple spots

      Multellie

      8 D
      6/4
      • Form 546322
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-11
      • Official Rating 65

      made all, 3 lengths clear 8f out, pushed along over 1f out, eased inside final furlong, unchallenged

      2(8)
      Silk - Emerald Green and White (quartered), hooped sleeves, Black cap

      Royal Cosmic

      31 BFD
      10/1
      • Form 3-55412
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-8
      • Official Rating 62

      raced wide close up, lost place 3f out, weakened over 1f out

      4(3)
      Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue chevron, White cap

      Mont Royal (FR)

      12
      16/1
      • Form 0-89034
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 60

      slowly away always in rear

      5(6)
      Silk - Emerald Green, White cross belts, Orange sleeves, Royal Blue cap

      Sempre Presto (IRE)

      30 C
      8/1
      • Form 448-135
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 68

      tracked winner, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace

      6(5)
      Silk - YELLOW, brown cross belts, royal blue cap

      Life Knowledge (IRE)

      10 p BFD
      11/4
      • Form 063-642
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 53

      in touch, pushed along and headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace

      7(4)
      Silk - Royal blue, pink stars, pink sleeves, royal blue armlets

      Correggio

      12 C
      5/1
      • Form 49-9943
      • Age 8
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 53

      tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace

      3(7)
      NR

      Lady Clitico (IRE)

      165 p D
      33/1
      • Form 1409-67
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 60

      NonRunner

      8(2)
      NR

      Pentland Hills (IRE)

      22
      4/1
      • Form 05-8522
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 64

      NonRunner

      Previous results

      2017
      (1)
      Silk -

      Regal Mirage (IRE)

      6/4
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-11

      2016
      (4)
      Silk -

      Chant (IRE)

      7/1
      • Age 6
      • Weight 10-0

      2015
      (10)
      Silk -

      Vanishing

      13/2
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-2

      In depth

      Verdict

      Question marks hang over most of these but Sempre Presto, a winner over 1m2f here in May, clearly didn’t stay 1m7f last time at Doncaster and is preferred to stable companion Royal Cosmic. Life Knowledge was only beaten a head at Leicester 10 days ago but, along with Correggio, steps up a grade for this. Pentland Hills has been creeping up the weights without winning so this looks a good opportunity for MULTELLIE to end a frustrating sequence given he’ll be staying on at the death and will appreciate recent rain.

      Formwatch

      Multellie 9-2 (8-13) Tracked leader, led narrowly well over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 2nd of 7, 1 1/4l behind Eskendash (9-11) at Ripon 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in Jul.

      Royal Cosmic 11-10fav (10-0) Held up, took closer order over 4f out, soon chasing leaders, every chance from over 1f out, no extra closing stages, 2nd of 5, 2l behind Duke Of Yorkshire (10-10) at Hamilton 1m 5f hcp (5) gf in Jun.

      Mont Royal (FR) 6-1 (9-0) Steadied start, held up in touch in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 4th of 5, 8 3/4l behind Dalshand (9-7) at Thirsk 2m hcp (5) gd in Jul.

      Sempre Presto (IRE) 25-1 (8-6) Chased leaders, lost place over 2f out, last of 5, 20 1/4l behind Rude Awakening (9-3) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp (4) gf in Jun.

      Life Knowledge (IRE) 13-8fav (9-3) Close up, pushed along 3f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, soon headed, rallied close home, 2nd of 9, hd behind Sexy Secret (9-0) at Leicester 1m 4f hcp (6) gf in Jul.

      Correggio 10-1 (9-9) Held up behind, headway under pressure over 2f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, not quite reach front pair, 3rd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Island Song (9-8) at Beverley 1m 2f hcp (6) gf in Jul.

      Lady Clitico (IRE) 28-1 (11-8) In touch, fell 3rd, at Musselburgh 2m hcp (5) gs in Feb.

      Pentland Hills (IRE) 11-4 (9-0) Took keen hold, led after 1f, ridden over 1f out, stayed on, headed towards finish, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Surrey Blaze (9-4) at Leicester 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in Jul.