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$Hammond full of praise for Aiden Brookes in Pontefract victory$

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Hammond full of praise for Aiden Brookes in Pontefract victory

Micky Hammond was grateful for Aiden Brookes’ claim after landing round one of the Pontefract Stayers’ Championship with Justus at the opening meeting of the season at the West Yorkshire track. Justus looked beaten down the stretch of the ...

02 Apr 2024 at 16:37

$Jack Lander the toast of Pontefract with first victory$

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Jack Lander the toast of Pontefract with first victory

Karl Burke was delighted to provide fledgling jockey Jack Lander with his first winner aboard Tele Red in the opening race at Pontefract on Wednesday. Lander became something of a social media star in racing circles a few years ago after ...

03 Aug 2022 at 18:45

$Billy Loughnane shines again with Pontefract double$

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Billy Loughnane shines again with Pontefract double

Fresh from opening his Royal Ascot account, Billy Loughnane began the new month in the best possible fashion with a double at Pontefract Simon and Ed Crisford’s Magnum Opus, who had been off since April having disappointed on his ...

01 Jul 2024 at 17:02

$Stars reigns in Pontefract Castle test$

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Stars reigns in Pontefract Castle test

River Of Stars survived a late challenge from Ching Shih to secure Listed honours in the Pontefract Castle Fillies’ Stakes on Sunday. Winner of the Group Three Bronte Cup last year, Ralph Beckett’s five-year-old was a consistent ...

23 Jun 2024 at 16:20

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First Listed win for Ross Coakley on Glenartney

Glenartney provided jockey Ross Coakley with the first Listed success of his career with a battling victory in the Sky Bet Sunday Series Pontefract Castle Fillies’ Stakes. A field of seven runners went to post for the mile and ...

19 Jun 2022 at 18:04

$Alflaila makes further progression in Pontefract feature$

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Alflaila makes further progression in Pontefract feature

Owen Burrows’ hot streak continued on Sunday when Alflaila lit up a gloomy afternoon at Pontefract to land the Listed Sky Bet Go-Racing-In-Yorkshire Summer Festival Pomfret Stakes. Second to Mighty Ulysses in the Sir Henry ...

24 Jul 2022 at 18:08

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No stopping Never in Spindrifter heat

We Never Stop broke his maiden in the British Stallion Studs EBF Spindrifter Novice Stakes at Pontefract to highlight a double for Shane Gray. Placed at York twice previously, the Cotai Glory colt had finished almost ...

03 Jul 2023 at 17:27

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Tuscan Hills too good for Silver Tankard rivals

Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing have been the talk of the sales season having splashed the cash at Tattersalls, but they already have a smart prospect on their hands in Tuscan Hills, an easy winner of the British ...

21 Oct 2024 at 17:07

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Caernarfon back to winning ways with Pipalong victory

A drop back to a mile worked the oracle for Caernarfon as she registered her first win since her two-year-old days in the Weatherbys ePassport Pipalong Stakes at Pontefract. The daughter of Cityscape brought ...

09 Jul 2024 at 16:42

$Pontefract abandoned after Fentiman fall$

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Pontefract abandoned after Fentiman fall

Pontefract’s Thursday afternoon card was abandoned after three races following an injury to jockey Duran Fentiman that left the track without enough ambulances to continue racing. Fentiman fell from Tim ...

26 Sept 2024 at 17:48

$Fentiman suffers double leg break in Pontefract fall$

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Fentiman suffers double leg break in Pontefract fall

Duran Fentiman is set for a spell on the sidelines after suffering a double leg break at Pontefract on Thursday. Fentiman was set to partner Tim Easterby’s two-year-old Cangofar in a novice contest but ...

27 Sept 2024 at 13:38

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Yorkshire tracks gearing up for Summer Festival start

The 16th Go Racing in Yorkshire Summer Festival begins at Pontefract on Friday evening. It consists nine days of racing and takes in Redcar, York, Thirsk, Doncaster, Catterick, Beverley and Ripon. ...

18 Jul 2024 at 15:06

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