Race cards · Thu 23 Jul
Thursday 23 July · Pontefract, England
17:00 Alamo Business Systems Handicap
- Distance
- 1m 2f 5y
- Going
- Good to Firm (Good in places)
- Class
- 4
- Prize
- GBP 7250
- Runners
- 7
Race preview
KING'S CASTLE didn't quite get home over a couple of furlongs further at Ripon earlier this month and should be better suited by this drop in distance now for William Haggas. The three-year-old has been dropped 1lb by the assessor and, based on what he did in maiden company, should be capable of going close off a mark of 79. Wise Eagle justified market support to strike at Lingfield in February and represents a yard that has done well since the resumption of racing, while Mark Of Gold could do better now upped in trip on his handicap debut.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highwaygrey | 6456-12 | D Allan | T D Easterby | 9 3 | 4-1 | |
| 2 | Mark Of Gold | 34 | S M Levey | R Hannon | 9 2 | 7-2 | |
| 3 | Bit Of A Quirke | 214907- | D C Costello | M Walford | 9 5 | 22-1 | |
| 4 | King's Castle | 94-13 | James Doyle | W J Haggas | 9 6 | 7-2 | |
| 5 | Le Bayou | 32-4229 | Lewis Edmunds | J L Eyre | 9 4 | 16-1 | |
| 6 | Verify | 2214-24 | Oisin Murphy | E Walker | 9 9 | 9-2 | |
| 7 | Wise Eagle | 41 | B A Curtis | Tom Clover | 9 4 | 6-1 | |
| NR | Salsada | 5-21 | G Lee | Jedd O'Keeffe | 9 3 |