15:22 Pontefract
Thursday 18 September 2025
All13:5214:2214:5215:2215:5216:2316:5517:32
Always Trying Racing Syndicate Handicap (Div 1)
- 3YO plus | Class 6 | 1m 2f 5y | Good to Soft | 8 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 15:22 | Winning time: 2m 17.44s
T: Charlie CloverJ: Cieren Fallon
Held up behind leaders, going well over 2f out, headway and ridden to lead over 1f out, pushed out final furlong, cosily op 9/4
T: J FergusonJ: Jonny Peate
Not much room start, towards rear early, headway to mid-division after 2f, headway going well 2f out, ridden over 1f out, every chance 1f out, no extra inside final furlong op 6/1 tchd 9/2
T: D CarrollJ: Zak Wheatley (3)
Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on from over 1f out op 11/1
T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: Barry McHugh
Held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, kept on from over 1f out tchd 7/2
T: J ChannonJ: C Lee
Soon led, set steady pace, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened 1f out op 9/2
T: M & D EasterbyJ: Joanna Mason
Pushed along early to race wide in mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened 2f out, and soon beaten op 14/1 tchd 16/1
T: R A FaheyJ: O J Orr
Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out, eased final furlong op 7/1
T: Dr R Newland & J InsoleJ: Elizabeth Gale (5)
Mid-division, raced keenly for 3f, outpaced and pushed along halfway, ridden over 2f out and weakened quickly, tailed off op 20/1 tchd 22/1
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Non-Runners
10
(4)
Heartened24
Weight: 8-9| Age: 3
T: Ollie Pears J: Non Runner
NR
6
(1)
Mc'ted17
Weight: 9-3| Age: 7
T: Michael Keady J: Alice Bond
NR
Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:£3.50Pl:£1.50, £1.80, £2.80EX:£15.30Trifecta:£116.80Tricast:£96.16SF:£15.35Swingers:£3.60, £5.20, £7.80
Forecasts
Salaria (5/2), Free Pic (4/1), Shabu Shabu (5/1), Bretton Wood (6/1), Mc'ted (13/2), Heartened (8/1), Raysham (9/1), Mrbluesky (9/1), Contrast (11/1), Kings College (12/1)
FREE PIC has been knocking on the door since stepping up in trip and might prove the answer to the first division of this Class 6 handicap. If Salaria can get back to the form she showed over this trip in the spring she could pose a threat for new trainer Charlie Clover, while Bretton Wood ran poorly on AW last time but did make a positive start for Jack Channon when fourth on turf prior to that.
- FREE PIC (IRE)
- SALARIA (IRE)
- BRETTON WOOD
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £3,402.002nd: £1,596.003rd: £798.004th: £399.005th: £199.00
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