20:20 Pontefract

Monday 9 June 2025

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Mr Wolf Sprint Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 20:22 | Winning time: 1m 15.58s

(8)

One Night Thunder²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Joanna Mason| T: G Tutty| OR: 75

11/2

Last of 22 in handicap at York (7f, good, 25/1) 24 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 540/0-80

(6)

Admiral D¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: O J Orr| T: R A Fahey| OR: 73| D

13/2

Ungenuine type. Fourteen runs since last win in 2023. 11/1, sixth of 8 in handicap at Redcar (6f, good to firm) 14 days ago.

Form: 2794-06

(2)

Willolarupi²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Zak Wheatley⁽³⁾| T: D Carroll| OR: 71| D

9/2

1 win from 3 runs this year. 4/1, career best when winning 8-runner handicap at Redcar (6f, good to firm) 21 days ago, slowly away. Progressing recently.

Form: 315-621

(1)

Minnesota Lad⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: T Eaves| T: I Furtado| OR: 71| D

9/2

Back on track when second of 5 in handicap at Lingfield (6f, good) 9 days ago. Very much one to consider.

Form: 2-65502

(10)

Keep Warm^v⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Billy Garritty| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 70| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Eighth of 12 in handicap at Ayr (7.2f, good to firm, 11/1) 42 days ago so needs to get back on track.

Form: 62873-8

(4)

Danzan^p⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 9-10| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 69| CD

15/2

C&D winner. Twenty three runs since last win in 2023. Sixteenth of 20 in handicap (8/1) at York (6f, firm) 9 days ago.

Form: 3325-50

(11)

Speeding Bullet²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: D Nolan| T: P T Midgley| OR: 67

28/1

Tenth of 12 in handicap (25/1) at Beverley (8.4f, good to firm) 27 days ago. Down in trip. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 6858-70

(9)

Havana Gila³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Kaiya Fraser⁽³⁾| T: Harry Eustace| OR: 73

11/1

Yet to fire this season, a never-nearer fifth of 7 in handicap (9/1) at Nottingham (5f, good to firm) 30 days ago. Could take a step forward back up in trip now though.

Form: 5334-85

(3)

Sir Maxi^b¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: P J McDonald| T: S England| OR: 63| CD

5/1

3-time C&D winner. 5/1 and visored for 1st time, solid third of 8 in handicap at Carlisle (5.8f, soft) 11 days ago. Usual blinkers go back on. Bold showing is on the cards.

Form: 212B73

Non-Runners

(5)

Illusionist¹²

Weight: 10-2| Age: 8

T: Grant Tuer J: Oliver Stammers

(7)

Larchill Lass³

Weight: 8-12| Age: 3

T: M & D Easterby J: S H James

Forecasts

Willolarupi (9/2), Minnesota Lad (9/2), Sir Maxi (5/1), One Night Thunder (11/2), Admiral D (13/2), Danzan (15/2), Keep Warm (10/1), Larchill Lass (10/1), Havana Gila (11/1), Illusionist (12/1), Speeding Bullet (28/1)

A tight-knit sprint in which marginal preference is for SIR MAXI who comes here on the back of a good Carlisle third (form been franked) and can bag a fourth C&D victory off a 1 lb lower mark. Willolarupi is feared most on the back of his recent Redcar victory, although a solid case can also be made for Havana Gila, Larchill Lass and Minnesota Lad.