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16:00 Pontefract

Thursday 26 September 2019

All14:1514:5015:2516:0016:3517:0517:40

Simon Scrope Dalby Screw-Driver Handicap

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 2m 15.82s

1^st

(2)

Ayutthaya

49-7

10/11f

T: K A RyanJ: T Eaves

In touch, led over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on towards finish op 5/4 tchd 11/8

2^nd

(4)

Francis Xavier

510-2

5/2

T: K FrostJ: Rossa Ryan

Tracked leader, led briefly over 1f out, kept on and held towards finish op 2/1

3^rd

(1)

Awake My Soul

109-5

6/1

T: T P TateJ: J P Sullivan

Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace op 8/1

4^th

(5)

Leroy Leroy

39-2

6/1

T: R HannonJ: Theodore Ladd (5)

Led, pushed along and headed over 1f out, one pace op 11/2 tchd 5/1

5^th

(3)

Jamil

49-2

20/1

T: Miss T JacksonJ: P Hanagan

In rear, pushed along over 3f out, no impression op 22/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.90Pl:£1.20, £1.50EX:£4.00Trifecta:£10.20SF:£3.65

Forecasts

Ayutthaya (10/11), Francis Xavier (5/2), Awake My Soul (6/1), Leroy Leroy (6/1), Jamil (20/1)

Francis Xavier bids for back-to-back successes in this Class 3 handicap, arriving right at the top of his game following a brave front-running display at Ascot three weeks ago. A subsequent 4lb rise in the weights means that a career best performance is required in order to bring his record to an impressive 6 from 11. However, it is the threat of a sustained spell of rain which presents most worries, especially with the proven mud-lark AYUTTHAYA among his rivals. Admittedly the selection has disappointed at Pontefract previously (0-2), but the forecast conditions promise to be to his liking and he had the clear measure of the veteran Awake My Soul at Haydock.