16:50 Pontefract

Sunday 22 June 2025

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Sunpak Potatoes Handicap

Off time: 17:07 | Winning time: 1m 13.71s

(6)

Havana Blue¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-3| J: Ryan Sexton| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 89

11/2

18/1, respectable sixth of 14 in handicap at Doncaster (7f, good to firm) 15 days ago. Ought to be thereabouts.

Form: 65124-6

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(2)

Partisan Hero^p¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: Rossa Ryan| T: D Loughnane| OR: 87| C

7/4

Course winner. 3 wins from 7 runs this year. 7/2, career best when winning 12-runner handicap at Epsom (7f, good to soft) 16 days ago, just holding on. Has to be taken seriously despite a 3 lb weights rise.

Form: 311221

(8)

It Just Takes Time⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: J Garritty| T: M Walford| OR: 83| D

10/1

Respectable seventh of 19 in handicap (14/1) at York (6f, good to firm) 8 days ago. One for the shortlist.

Form: 1-04387

(1)

Northern Spirit^p⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Ben Robinson| T: B Ellison| OR: 81| D

5/1

1 win from 3 runs this year. Latest win at Beverley in April. Solid ninth of 19 in handicap at York (6f, good to firm, 20/1) 8 days ago. Not taken lightly at these weights.

Form: 554-169

(5)

Intervention^h¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 81| D

33/1

Last of 11 in handicap at Epsom (6f, soft, 28/1) 15 days ago. Hood back on. Can give a good account if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 430020

(4)

Rare Change²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Finley Marsh| T: R Hughes| OR: 83| D

7/2

2 wins from 3 runs this year. Latest win at York in May. Suffered a poor run when tenth of 14 in handicap (11/1) at Goodwood (7f, good) 29 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 463-110

(3)

Native Instinct¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: E Bethell| OR: 81| D

7/1

Fair 6f juvenile winner. Not disgraced after over 7 months off when seventh of 10 in handicap at Doncaster (7f, good to firm) 16 days ago. May still do better with that run under his belt.

Form: 531-7

Non-Runners

(7)

Knicks⁶⁴

Weight: 9-0| Age: 4

T: M & D Easterby J: Lewis Chalkley

Forecasts

Partisan Hero (7/4), Rare Change (7/2), Northern Spirit (5/1), Havana Blue (11/2), Native Instinct (7/1), It Just Takes Time (10/1), Knicks (10/1), Intervention (33/1)

A tight-knit handicap in which marginal preference is for course winner PARTISAN HERO who rates just the pick of the weights and can bag a fourth victory of 2025. Northern Spirit heads the list of dangers on the back of a solid ninth in a big-field York handicap last time ahead of Native Instinct and Havana Blue.