| Course: PONTEFRACT | Race date:21/04/08 | Race time:3:10 | Runners:12 |
| Race distance:6f | Going:Good To Soft | Winners time:1m 20.56s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnkey | Adele Rothery | D Nicholls | 5 | 8-1 | 6 | 0 | 90 | 8/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | |
| Damika | Michael J Stainton | R M Whitaker | 12 | 8-10 | 5 | 0 | 95 | 7/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | hd |
| Stevie Gee | Paul Hanagan | G A Swinbank | 13 | 8-4 | 4 | 0 | 86 | 5/1F | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | hd |
| Genki | Steve Drowne | R Charlton | 1 | 9-3 | 4 | 0 | 99 | 6/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | ¾ |
| Ingleby Arch | Paul Fessey | T D Barron | 14 | 8-7 | 5 | 0 | 89 | 9/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | ¾ |
| Distinctly Game | Hayley Turner | K A Ryan | 16 | 8-4 | 6 | 0 | 86 | 25/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | 1¼ |
| Rising Shadow | Alan Munro | N Wilson | 3 | 9-2 | 7 | 0 | 98 | 12/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | 1¾ |
| Steenberg | Nicol Polli | M H Tompkins | 10 | 8-4 | 9 | 0 | 91 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8 | nk |
| High Curragh | D O´Donohoe | K A Ryan | 8 | 8-4 | 5 | 0 | 86 | 12/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | nk |
| Knot In Wood | Jamie Moriarty | R A Fahey | 2 | 9-1 | 6 | 0 | 100 | 7/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10 | 3½ |
| Zomerlust | Graham Gibbons | J J Quinn | 4 | 8-11 | 6 | 0 | 93 | 8/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 11 | ½ |
| Ice Planet | Adrian T Nicholls | D Nicholls | 15 | 8-7 | 7 | 0 | 89 | 16/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 12 | ¾ |
Turnkey held up in rear, headway on wide outside well over 1f out, ridden entering final furlong, stayed on to lead on line
Damika held up, headway 2f out, ridden entering final furlong, stayed on to lead near finish, headed on line
Stevie Gee tracked leaders, headway well over 1f out, ridden to challenge when hampered just inside final furlong, soon driven and led final 50yds, headed and not quicken towards finish
Genki tracked leaders on inner, switched right and headway well over 1f out, ridden to challenge and hung right entering final furlong, driven to lead well inside final furlong, headed and no extra last 50yds
Ingleby Arch hampered start, soon chasing leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayintg on when not much room well inside final furlong
Distinctly Game close up, ridden to lead over 1f out, driven and headed well inside final furlong, one pace
Rising Shadow towards rear until stayed on final 2f, never dangerous
Steenberg midfield, pushed along over 2f out, soon driven and no impression
High Curragh led, ridden along 2f out, headed over 1f out and soon weakened
Knot In Wood always towards rear
Zomerlust always towards rear
Ice Planet chased leaders, ridden well over 1f out and soon weakened
It proved to be a typical sprint for this venue and course and distance winner TURNKEY came fast and late from some way back and widest of all, to snatch the race out of the fire on the line. A stiff six certainly suits.
Damika had run well at Doncaster first time out and ran a cracker again, only just being touched off.
Stevie Gee showed that he still has the speed to hold his own over this stiff six, having been successful over 7f last time.
Ingleby Arch was another having to challenge wide, and put up a decent effort on ground that may not have been quick enough for him.
Distinctly Game was having his sixth run of the term, but first on turf and, off a 9lb-higher mark than on the all-weather, ran well, having led about one out after being up there from the outset.
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