Full Result 3.45 Pontefract | 23 April 2012

Pontefract Marathon Handicap

(Class 5) (0-75, 4yo+) (2m5f139yds) 2m5½f Soft

1st £2,264.15 2nd £673.75 3rd £336.70 4th £168.35

Pontefract Marathon Handicap, 2m5½f - Soft, Class 5 4yo+

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽³⁾	4. Mr Crystal (FR) 9/2 Frederik Tylicki Micky Hammond	Frederik Tylicki Micky Hammond	8	97	69	–	78	–
ch g Trempolino (USA) - Iyrbila (FR) (Lashkari)
Held up in touch, headway on inner 4f out, pushed along over 3f out, effort to chase leader well over 1f out, ridden and slight advantage approaching final furlong, soon driven and held on gamely towards finish (op 6-1)

2⁽⁹⁾ shd	2. Riptide 5/1 Jamie Goldstein Michael Scudamore	Jamie Goldstein Michael Scudamore	6	911 p	73	–	82	–
b g Val Royal (FR) - Glittering Image (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
Led, joined 5f out, ridden along and headed briefly 3f out, led again over 2f out, driven and headed just over 1f out, rallied gamely inside final furlong, just failed (op 9-2)

3⁽⁸⁾ 18 [18]	3. Descaro (USA) 11/2 Daniel Tudhope David O'Meara	Daniel Tudhope David O'Meara	6	910	72	–	65	–
gr g Dr Fong (USA) - Miarixa (FR) (Linamix)
Tracked leader, smooth headway and close up 5f out, effort to lead briefly 3f out, ridden along and headed over 2f out, soon driven and plugged on same pace (op 7-1)

4⁽⁵⁾ 1½ [19½]	8. High Ransom 5/1 P J McDonald Micky Hammond	P J McDonald Micky Hammond	5	812 p	60	–	51	–
b m Red Ransom (USA) - Shortfall (Last Tycoon)
Tracked leaders, effort 4f out, ridden along 3f out, driven and plugged on one pace final 2f (op 7-1)

5⁽⁷⁾ 3¼ [22¾]	6. Mutiska (IRE) 7/2F Silvestre De Sousa J C Hayden	Silvestre De Sousa J C Hayden	5	92	64	–	52	–
ch m Muhtarram (USA) - Biasca (Erhaab)
Held up in touch, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, soon ridden and hung left, no impression after (op 9-4)

6⁽⁶⁾ 13 [35¾]	1. Mistoffelees 16/1 Paul Mulrennan James Given	Paul Mulrennan James Given	6	912 t	74	–	51	–
b g Tiger Hill (IRE) - Auenlust (GER) (Surumu)
Held up, always in rear (op 20-1)

7⁽²⁾ 10 [45¾]	9. Al Shababiya (IRE) 10/1 Hayley Turner Alison Thorpe	Hayley Turner Alison Thorpe	5	89 v¹	57	–	25	–
b m Dubawi (IRE) - Multaka (USA) (Gone West)
Chased leaders, ridden along over 4f out, soon weakened and behind (op 8-1)

8⁽⁴⁾ 9 [54¾]	7. Baan (USA) 10/1 Paul Hanagan James Eustace	Paul Hanagan James Eustace	9	90	62	–	22	–
ch g Diesis - Madaen (USA) (Nureyev)
Held up, always towards rear, behind final 3f (op 11-1 tchd 12-1)

8 ran Off time: 3:45:00 Winning time: 5m 30.07s (slow by 42.67s) Total SP: 114%
Non-runners: Bocamix (self certificate)
1st owner: Champagne Ascent Partnership (Mr Crystal) 1st breeder: Gerard Schence
2nd owner: Middletons (Riptide)
3rd owner: Direct Racing Club (Descaro)
Tote win: £5.70 PL: £2 £1.90 £2.10 Ex: £25.60 CSF: £26.60 Tricast: £124.56 Trifecta: £224.20 Pool: £494.00 - 1.63 winning units.

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Pontefract Marathon Handicap

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