15:20 Pontefract

Wednesday 10 June 2020

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Off time: 15:20 | Winning time: 3m 46.71s

1^st

(1)

Oleg

59-1

7/2

T: P F NichollsJ: Megan Nicholls (3)

Held up in mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, switched left and headway over 1f out, switched right and went 2nd entering final furlong, stayed on well, led towards finish op 3/1 tchd 11/4

2^nd

(9)

Anyonecanhaveitall

49-3

9/2

T: C & M JohnstonJ: J Fanning

Pressed leader, led over 2f out, a few lengths ahead 1f out, headed towards finish op 5/1

3^rd

4 ¼

(5)

Seinesational

59-5

10/3

T: W J KnightJ: B A Curtis

Took keen hold, chased leaders, went 2nd over 1f out until entering final furlong, stayed on same pace op 9/2 tchd 3/1

4^th

(4)

Denmead

79-0

11/1

T: D SkeltonJ: G Lee

Mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on final 100 yards, went 4th close home op 9/1 tchd 12/1

5^th

(6)

Sarim

59-0

18/1

T: W GreatrexJ: Thomas Greatrex (3)

Held up towards rear, ridden 6f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not trouble leaders op 16/1 tchd 14/1

6^th

(7)

Moon of Baroda

58-9

14/1

T: H MorrisonJ: J Mitchell

Raced in last, hanging left from over 1f out, pulled wide inside final furlong, kept on final 75 yards, no impression op 16/1

7^th

(2)

Ginistrelli

49-1

11/4f

T: O MurphyJ: S De Sousa

Led early, chased leaders, driven and switched right over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 10/3 tchd 5/2 and tchd 7/2

8^th

2 ¾

(3)

Magellan

69-7

28/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Callum Rodriguez

Soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong op 20/1

9^th

(8)

Mandalayan

59-1

33/1

T: W GreatrexJ: D Allan

Held up towards rear, driven over 2f out, well behind over 1f out op 25/1

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Non-Runners

(11)

Monjeni¹⁰²

Weight: 9-2| Age: 7

T: Ian Williams J: R Kingscote

(10)

Sassie²⁴²

Weight: 9-4| Age: 5

T: M & D Easterby J: Nathan Evans

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.30Pl:£1.02, £2.30, £2.00EX:£14.10Trifecta:£39.20Tricast:£56.79SF:£19.97Swingers:£3.20, £3.30, £4.10

Forecasts

Ginistrelli (11/4), Seinesational (10/3), Oleg (7/2), Anyonecanhaveitall (9/2), Sassie (7/1), Monjeni (8/1), Denmead (11/1), Moon of Baroda (14/1), Sarim (18/1), Magellan (28/1), Mandalayan (33/1)

It wouldn't be Pontefract without a marathon contest for the stayers, and this race has the look and feel of a National Hunt contest with the likes of Warren Greatrex (x2), Dan Skelton (x2), Olly Murphy and Paul Nicholls listed in the trainers column. Three of those declared (Mandalayan, Ginistrelli and Moon Of Baroda) are reappearing post wind surgery while the autumn York scorer Sassie is newly tongue-tied so it's prudent to adopt a cautious approach. Nevertheless, it is the Paul Nicholls-trained/Megan Nicholls-ridden OLEG who makes most appeal. He hacked up on the Fibresand at Southwell in March, and it's possible the 12lb weights rise can be overcome.