16:00 Pontefract

Monday 19 April 2021

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Father's Day Racing 20th June Handicap

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 1m 46.38s

(3)

Twilight Song¹⁸⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: P J McDonald| T: Ian Williams| OR: 71| BF

11/4

Lightly-raced winner. 4/1, ninth of 11 in nursery at Newmarket (7f, heavy). Off 180 days. Return to a sounder surface may help and has to be considered.

Form: 3169-

(4)

Commonsensical^p¹⁹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: Tom Dascombe| OR: 70

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 14 in nursery (20/1) at Lingfield (7f, AW). Off 6 months. Others make more appeal.

Form: 52250-

(5)

Serious Intention¹⁷⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: J Mitchell| T: R A Fahey| OR: 67| D

9/2

11/1, creditable fifth of 10 in nursery at Wolverhampton (8.6f), left poorly placed. Off 179 days. Others make more appeal.

Form: 655145-

(2)

Tellmeyourstory⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: B A Curtis| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 66| BF

6/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 7/2, fifth of 14 in minor event at Kempton (7f) 40 days ago, finding little. Still unexposed and could improve on handicap debut. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 2-35

(1)

Alba De Tormes^p¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: C Lee| T: K R Burke| OR: 65| D

3/1

Good second of 14 in handicap at Redcar (8f, good to firm, 7/1) 14 days ago. Still relatively lightly raced and should have more to come. Looks the one to beat.

Form: 9-9712

(8)

Headshot^p⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Frederick Larson⁽⁷⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 65| BF

4/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable second of 11 in handicap at Newcastle (8f, 4/1) 4 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 5-32222

(6)

Russco¹⁸⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: G Lee| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 64

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 10/1, fourth of 7 in maiden at Southwell (7.1f). Off 6 months. Makes handicap debut. Has been gelded. Others make more appeal.

Form: 754-

Non-Runners

(7)

Soller Bay¹⁴

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: T D Easterby J: D Allan

Forecasts

Twilight Song (11/4), Alba De Tormes (3/1), Headshot (4/1), Soller Bay (4/1), Serious Intention (9/2), Tellmeyourstory (6/1), Commonsensical (18/1), Russco (40/1)

ALBA DE TORMES is progressive and was only just denied at Redcar last time. He should be able to build on that and go one better today to gain a second career victory. Tellmeyourstory is unexposed and from a top yard and she has to be taken seriously on handicap debut. Twilight Song came unstuck on heavy ground last October but had run well on a sounder surface prior so he makes each-way appeal.