13:25 Pontefract

Friday 31 July 2020

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

Fly High Faye Nickels Handicap

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 5  |   6f  |   Good to Firm (Good in places)  |   12 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:26  |   Winning time: 1m 16.91s
1st
Horse silk
15
(12)
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
2nd
Horse silk
hd
5
(3)
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
3rd
Horse silk
½
12
(8)
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
4th
Horse silk
nk
6
(4)
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
5th
Horse silk
nk
9
(10)
10/1
T: P T MidgleyJ: Barry McHugh
Towards rear, wide and headway approaching final furlong, kept on one pace op 8/1
6th
Horse silk
1
11
(2)
12/1
T: M ApplebyJ: S A Gray
Slowly away in rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, nearest finish op 11/1 tchd 16/1
7th
Horse silk
1 ½
7
(15)
8/1
T: P S McEnteeJ: D Tudhope
Raced wide close up, pushed along 2f out, faded inside final furlong op 13/2
8th
Horse silk
½
3
(11)
18/1
T: C W FairhurstJ: Paula Muir (3)
Tracked leaders, effort on outside over 2f out, weakened final furlong op 12/1
9th
Horse silk
½
2
(9)
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
10th
Horse silk
hd
13
(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
11th
Horse silk
3 ½
8
(1)
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
12th
Horse silk
29
10
(7)
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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(14)
Horse silk
Nubough17
Weight: 9-12|  Age: 4
T: I Jardine  J: A Mullen
NR
14
(13)
Horse silk
Final Frontier15
Weight: 9-3|  Age: 7
T: Mrs R Carr  J: Non Runner
NR
1
(6)
Horse silk
Magical Effect14
Weight: 10-0|  Age: 8
T: Mrs R Carr  J: Non Runner
NR

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)

Verdict

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.
  1. War Whisper
  2. Kindly
  3. Musharrif

Prize Money

1st: £3,493.002nd: £1,040.003rd: £519.004th: £260.00

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