Today's racecards

Pontefract

  • 16:10 Chaplins Club Handicap5f

  • Winner £3,238 2nd £964 3rd £482 4th £240
  • Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
  • Surface: Turf

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 1m 3.61s
  • Off time: 16:12:16
16:10 Pontefract Racecards
No Draw Dist
1st King Of Swords (IRE) 10/3
2nd Mr Wolf 17/2
3rd Chosen One (IRE) 4/1

Racecard

No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Trainer Jockey OR SP
1 (3) 159273 Maroon, maroon and white check sleeves Ingleby Star (IRE) 8
Nag meDistance Winner
5 9-10 p N Wilson B McHugh (3) 74 7/18.00
3 (2) 0-08831 LIGHT BLUE, ORANGE epaulets Galpin Junior (USA) 14
Nag meDistance Winner
4 9-8 D Nicholls Adrian Nicholls 72 5/16.00
4 (8) 3-11556 Purple, Mauve chevron, chevrons on sleeves, hooped cap Timeless Elegance (IRE) 11
Nag me
3 9-8 J Howard Johnson P Mulrennan 75 16/117.00
5 (7) 043541 Black, Pink star, halved sleeves and stars on cap Mr Wolf 10 (ex6)
Nag meCourse WinnerDistance WinnerCourse and Distance Winner
9 9-7 J J Quinn T Hamilton 65 17/29.50
6 (6) 155941 BROWN, ORANGE hoop and sleeves Chosen One (IRE) 5
Nag meDistance Winner
5 9-3 Mrs R Carr P McDonald 67 4/15.00
7 (4) 98-0758 Grey, White hoop, Light Blue sleeves, Orange cap Tyrannosaurus Rex (IRE) 19
Nag meDistance Winner
6 9-2 D Shaw G Bartley (3) 66 16/117.00
8 (11) 7-67716 Maroon and Yellow check, Maroon sleeves, Yellow cap Caranbola 5
Nag meDistance Winner
4 9-1 M Brittain F Norton 65 20/121.00
9 (13) 225457 Orange, Light Green epaulets and armlets, quartered cap Select Committee 16
Nag meDistance Winner
5 9-1 J J Quinn Shane B Kelly (7) 65 22/123.00
10 (9) 40-9773 Light Blue, Mauve Cross of Lorraine, Light Blue sleeves, Grey stars, Light Blue cap, Grey star Supermassive Muse (IRE) 14
Nag meDistance Winner
5 8-13 p E S Mcmahon G Gibbons 63 16/117.00
11 (10) 023757 Emerald Green, White triple diamond, Black sleeves, Emerald Green diamonds, White cap, Emerald Green diamonds Not My Choice (IRE) 10
Nag meDistance Winner
5 8-11 t D C Griffiths R Winston 61 33/134.00
12 (1) 963325 Dark Blue, White hoops, striped sleeves, Red cap King Of Swords (IRE) 8
Nag meBeaten FavouriteDistance WinnerCourse and Distance Winner
6 8-5 p N Tinkler R Mullen 55 10/34.33
Non runners
2 (12)292013Grudge59-9C R DoreJ Quinn73
13 (5)225954Darcy's Pride (IRE)68-5P T MidgleyP Pickard52

Verdict

Chosen One should go well along with course specialist Mr Wolf but this can go to last year's winner KING OF SWORDS. Nigel Tinkler's charge landed this race in 2009 from a mark of 56 before winning again off 59, all of which acts as evidence as to this mark of 55 being a fair one. Two starts back he finished second to Mr Wolf but meets that rival on better terms and is also better housed in stall one. Mr Wolf should still go well at a course he loves and is reasonably treated on his best form, but there'd have to be a concern as to a potential battle for the lead with Chosen One. Ruth Carr would love to win a race named in honour of Chaplins Club, trained by her father David Chapman, and she has a well-handicapped horse to go to war with as he won tidily on Friday and is actually a pound lower here. He's another who likes to bowl along though and perhaps they'll set it up for a closer. Grudge is one such horse but his tendency to start slowly is a concern even if they do go fast while Galpin Junior is no certainty to beat Supermassive Muse on these terms and both are opposable. Ingleby Star enjoys a stiff finish and wasn't beaten far in a photo recently but this race looks a shade more competitive and it can go to King Of Swords.