13:25 Pontefract

Friday 31 July 2020

All12:2512:5513:2513:5514:2514:5515:2515:55

Fly High Faye Nickels Handicap

Off time: 13:26 | Winning time: 1m 16.91s

1^st

(12)

Grace And Virtue

38-8

14/1

T: R A FaheyJ: T Hamilton

Towards rear, pushed along and headway entering final furlong, ridden and ran on strongly to lead close home

2^nd

(3)

Kindly

79-12

5/2f

T: M & D EasterbyJ: Nathan Evans

Tracked leaders, led over 2f out, shaken up over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, headed close home op 4/1

3^rd

(8)

Mr Orange

79-7

14/1

T: P T MidgleyJ: G Lee

Close up, ridden and headway to chase leader entering final furlong, kept on one pace op 11/1

4^th

(4)

Firmdecisions

109-11

20/1

T: N TinklerJ: Rowan Scott

In touch, pushed along halfway, headway on inner over 1f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong op 22/1

5^th

(10)

War Whisper

79-10

10/1

T: P T MidgleyJ: Barry McHugh

Towards rear, wide and headway approaching final furlong, kept on one pace op 8/1

6^th

(2)

Six Strings

69-8

12/1

T: M ApplebyJ: Shane Gray

Slowly away in rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, nearest finish op 11/1 tchd 16/1

7^th

1 ½

(15)

Swift Approval

89-11

8/1

T: P S McEnteeJ: D Tudhope

Raced wide close up, pushed along 2f out, faded inside final furlong op 13/2

8^th

(11)

The Armed Man

79-12

18/1

T: C W FairhurstJ: Paula Muir (3)

Tracked leaders, effort on outside over 2f out, weakened final furlong op 12/1

9^th

(9)

Musharrif

89-13

16/1

T: D CarrollJ: Zak Wheatley (7)

Raced wide in touch, pushed along 2f out, weakened final furlong op 14/1 tchd 18/1

10^th

(5)

Iva Reflection

39-5

15/2

T: T D EasterbyJ: D Allan

Prominent, pushed along 2f out, ridden and weakened final furlong op 8/1 tchd 7/1

11^th

3 ½

(1)

Lofty

49-11

9/1

T: T D BarronJ: R P Downey

Close up, ridden 2f out, weakened entering final furlong op 17/2 tchd 10/1

12^th

(7)

Kupa River

69-9

6/1

T: R Fell & S MurrayJ: Callum Rodriguez

Raced wide led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 13/2 tchd 7/1

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Non-Runners

(14)

Nubough¹⁷

Weight: 9-12| Age: 4

T: I Jardine J: A Mullen

(13)

Final Frontier¹⁵

Weight: 9-3| Age: 7

T: Mrs R Carr J: Non Runner

(6)

Magical Effect¹⁴

Weight: 10-0| Age: 8

T: Mrs R Carr J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£11.60Pl:£3.50, £1.60, £4.30EX:£47.80Trifecta:£586.30Tricast:£534.64SF:£50.28Swingers:£7.20, £28.00, £8.40

Forecasts

Kindly (5/2), Kupa River (6/1), Iva Reflection (15/2), Swift Approval (8/1), Lofty (9/1), War Whisper (10/1), Six Strings (12/1), Final Frontier (12/1), Grace And Virtue (14/1), Mr Orange (14/1), Musharrif (16/1), Magical Effect (16/1), The Armed Man (18/1), Firmdecisions (20/1), Nubough (25/1)

A thoroughly competitive 6f sprint. Swift Approval has twice run well since joining Phil McEntee, but he's inconvenienced by the widest draw of all in stall 15. The three-year-old's Iva Reflection and Grace And Virtue could feasibly have more too offer, whilst it's not beyond the realms of possibility that the C&D winner Musharrif could improve for his Hamilton run. Final Frontier and Kindly are closely matched, although the strong suspicion is that Mick Easterby's mare will once more prevail in that battle. However, the solution may ultimately lie with Paul Midgley's fairly-weighted WAR WHISPER who missed the break when fourth to stablemate Saluti here (5f) latest.