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  3. Sun, 14th Aug, 2016
  4. Pontefract
  5. 2.15
Going: Good (Good to Firm in places). 
Placepot: Pool £63031.51  | Units £752.89  | Dividend £61.1
Quadpot: Pool £5779.56  | Units £193.13 £22.1  |  Place Six: £56.67  |  Place Five: £24.24
Summary
1st
silks
Sky Gypsy (GB) 2, gr f 9-0 (A Birkle, P Boden & S Brown)
(Drawn 11)
Dandy Man (IRE) - Gypsy Style (GB)(Desert Style (IRE))
Breeder - A. C. Birkle

(Ring price: 11/1 12/1 11/1 10/1) SP 10/1

David Brown
T Eaves
Tote Win £10.70 Place £2.70
loading past form
made all, hard driven over 1f out, ran on strongly
2nd
0.75L
silks
Sheepscar Lad (IRE) 2, b g 9-5 (Leeds Plywood And Doors Ltd)
(Drawn 4) Rated 75
Arcano (IRE) - Piccadilly Filly (IRE)(Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Breeder - Stockvale Bloodstock Ltd

(Ring price: 9/2 4/1) SP 4/1

N Tinkler
A Mullen
Place £1.70
loading past form
dwelt, mid-division, headway over 1f out, chasing winner when hung left inside final furlong, ran on
3rd
1.25L
silks
Lightoller (IRE) 2, ch g 9-5 (Mr M Channon)
(Drawn 5) Rated 68
Harbour Watch (IRE) - April (IRE)(Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE))
Breeder - Mr P Heffernan

(Ring price: 9/2 5/1 11/2) SP 11/2

Mick Channon
Charles Bishop
Place £1.70
loading past form
prominent, not clear run entering final furlong, kept on same pace
4th
2.75L
silks
Ashurst Beacon (GB) 2, b g 9-5 (Mr David W Armstrong)
(Drawn 7)
Avonbridge (GB) - Espagnolette (GB)(Oasis Dream (GB))
Breeder -

(Ring price: 4/1 7/2 10/3 7/2) SP 7/2fav

B Ellison
S De Sousa
loading past form
dwelt, held up, in touch, headway over 1f out, kept on under pressure, never a threat
5th
nk
silks
Emerald Secret (IRE) 2, b f 9-0 (Jackson, Johnson & Thwaites)
(Drawn 9) Rated 65
Arcano (IRE) - Limit (IRE)(Barathea (IRE))

(Ring price: 9/2 5/1 11/2 5/1) SP 5/1

P Midgley
P Mulrennan
loading past form
tracked leader, driven to challenge over 1f out, weakening when short of room inside final furlong
6th
1.5L
silks
Justanotherbottle (IRE) 2, ch g 9-5 (Mr Steve Ryan & Mr M J Tedham)
(Drawn 1)
Intense Focus (USA) - Duchess K (IRE)(Bachelor Duke (USA))
Breeder - John O'Connor

(Ring price: 15/2 7/1 15/2 7/1 15/2 8/1) SP 8/1

D Carroll
Barry McHugh
loading past form
mid-division, headway over 1f out, weakened final furlong
7th
1.75L
silks
Dusty Bin (GB) 2, b g 9-5 (Mrs Janis MacPherson)
(Drawn 2)
Sepoy (AUS) - Short Affair (GB)(Singspiel (IRE))
Breeder - Aston House Stud

(Ring price: 8/1 7/1 13/2 6/1) SP 6/1

Kevin Ryan
S A Gray
loading past form
outpaced, in rear, never dangerous
8th
11L
silks
Yelow Bird (GB) 2, b g 9-5 (Mr John Hamilton)
(Drawn 8)
Power (GB) - Aiaam Al Wafa (IRE)(Authorized (IRE))

SP 33/1

C Grant
Dougie Costello
loading past form
dwelt, outpaced, in rear, weakened 2f out
9th
10L
silks
Nyx (GB) 2, ch f 9-0 (Mrs Alison Guest)
(Drawn 6)
Harbour Watch (IRE) - Fantastic Santanyi (GB)(Fantastic Light (USA))

(Ring price: 28/1 33/1 25/1) SP 25/1

R C Guest
Connor Beasley
loading past form
pulled hard, in touch, hung right well over 1f out, soon lost place
Off 2.17
Time 1m. 3.81 secs, which is 0.23 secs faster than the course average on today's going
CSF- £49.84.

Non runners Computable (GB), Gokena (FR)

2015 Appleton 2 9-5 T Hamilton 11/4Fav (Richard Fahey) (Drawn 4)
2014 Grandad's World 2 9-5 T Hamilton 3/1Fav (Richard Fahey) (Drawn 3)
2013 See The Sun 2 9-5 D Allan 8/1 (Tim Easterby) (Drawn 1)
2012 Time And Place 2 9-3 T Hamilton 6/1 (Richard Fahey) (Drawn 5)
2011 Kune Kune 2 8-12 S De Sousa 5/2Fav (M Botti) (Drawn 1)

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