Pontefract will feature a seven-race Flat meeting on turf, with the programme scheduled from 2:08pm to 5:08pm. The card will cover distances from six furlongs to two miles and one furlong, with prize money ranging from £6,500 to £10,000 across the races.
The 3:08pm Handicap Race (Class 4) will be one of the key contests of the afternoon. The race will be run over 1m 4f 5y for three-year-olds and upwards, with £10,000 in prize money and a rating band of 66-85. Sea Lantern, Morbeh, Alma Latina, Lightening Company and Traveling Man will form the five-runner field. Rowan Scott will ride Sea Lantern, Cieren Fallon will partner Morbeh, Rhys Clutterbuck will ride Alma Latina, Harry Vigors will be aboard Lightening Company and Mason Paetel will partner Traveling Man. The trainers will be Brian Ellison, Roger Varian, Ralph Beckett, Ben Haslam and Charlie Fellowes respectively.
The meeting will begin at 2:08pm with the Go Racing in Yorkshire Future Stars Apprentice Handicap Race (Class 5) over six furlongs. The three-year-olds-and-upwards contest will carry £8,000 in prize money and will be restricted to horses rated 51-70. The supplied card does not include individual runner, jockey or trainer details for this race.
At 2:38pm, the Safe Point Sprint Novice Race (Class 4) will bring together six two-year-olds over six furlongs for £10,000. Sean Dylan Bowen will ride Albert Mooney for John & Sean Quinn, while Shane Gray will partner Our Son Oscar for Kevin Ryan. Cam Hardie will ride Ubettanotblink for Craig Lidster, and Harry Vigors will partner World Star for Ollie Sangster. Cieren Fallon will ride Ashina for David O’Meara, while Rowan Scott will partner What A Girl Wants for Nigel Tinkler. What A Girl Wants enters with a BHA rating of 77, while the other runners have no rating listed on the supplied card.
The 3:08pm Handicap Race will provide the afternoon’s first staying contest. Sea Lantern, a four-year-old gelding trained by Brian Ellison, will carry 10st 2lbs under Rowan Scott. Morbeh, trained by Roger Varian, will carry 9st 9lbs with Cieren Fallon in the saddle. Alma Latina, trained by Ralph Beckett, will carry 9st 2lbs under Rhys Clutterbuck. Lightening Company, trained by Ben Haslam, will also carry 9st 2lbs with Harry Vigors claiming 5lbs. Traveling Man, trained by Charlie Fellowes, will carry 8st 13lbs under Mason Paetel, who claims 3lbs.
The 3:38pm Nadeen Dawson Memorial Maiden Race (Class 4) will be staged over 1m 6y for three-year-olds and upwards, with £10,000 available. The supplied racecard does not provide the individual runners, jockeys or trainers for this contest, so no additional names are included here.
At 4:08pm, the Matty Bown Handicap Race (Class 4) will cover 1m 6y for three-year-olds and upwards and will offer £10,000 in prize money. The race will be restricted to horses rated 61-80. Individual runner, jockey and trainer details were not supplied for this race.
The 4:38pm Donate to New Beginnings Horses Handicap Race (Class 5) will be contested over 2m 1f 27y for three-year-olds and upwards, with £8,000 in prize money and a rating range of 56-75.
An Bradan Feasa will carry 10st 2lbs under Jake Dickson, who claims 5lbs, for trainer Jack Jones. No More Bolero will carry 10st 1lb with Cieren Fallon for trainer James Owen. Digger One will have Josephine Gordon in the saddle for Keiran Burke and will carry 10st 1lb. Port George will carry 10st with Charlie Maggs claiming 3lbs for trainer Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero.
Merrijig will carry 9st 5lbs under Gina Mangan for John Berry, while Pfingstberg will carry 9st 4lbs with Jack Garritty for Mark Walford. Punxsutawney Phil will carry 8st 11lbs with Olivia Haines claiming 7lbs, also for Mark Walford.
The final contest will be the 5:08pm Pontefract Racecourse Racing Together Combatting Loneliness Handicap Race (Class 6) over 1m 2f 5y. The three-year-olds-and-upwards race will carry £6,500 and will be for horses rated 46-60.
Kartini will carry 9st 12lbs with Cieren Fallon for trainer Simon Whitaker. Skinny Malinka will carry 9st 10lbs under Rowan Scott for Sam England, while Hill O Rue will carry the same weight with Shane Gray for Kevin Ryan. Duran Fentiman will ride Sunny Orange for Tim Easterby, with the gelding carrying 9st 10lbs.
Marlena’s Prince will carry 9st 9lbs under Aiden Brookes for Micky Hammond. Dubai Venture will carry 9st 9lbs with Warren Fentiman claiming 3lbs for Tina Jackson. Rory’s Gold will carry 9st 8lbs under Amie Waugh, who claims 3lbs, for Simon Waugh.
Test Run will carry 9st 7lbs with Shay Farmer claiming 5lbs for Michael & David Easterby. Jason Watson will ride Thunder Goddess for Andrew Balding at 9st 6lbs. Distinction will carry 9st 6lbs with Finlay Bassett claiming 7lbs for John Mackie.
Regulus Black will carry 9st 4lbs under Dylan Hogan for Julia & Shelley Birkett, while Grindleton will carry 9st 4lbs with Alec Voikhansky for Daniel & Claire Kubler.
for a varied seven-race Flat programme, including novice, maiden, handicap and staying contests. The afternoon will feature established performers alongside younger horses seeking further progress, with races ranging from six furlongs to 2m 1f and prize money of up to £10,000.
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