April 02 / 14.45 Pontefract

14.45

Soft

Jamaican Flight Handicap (Round 1 Of The Pontefract Stayers’ Championship 2024)

  • Prize money: £5400
  • 2m 2f 2y
  • Class 4
  • 5 runners
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Jamaican Flight Handicap (Round 1 Of The Pontefract Stayers’ Championship 2024)

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

5/1 (Won)

  • Win: £5.50
  • Place: £2.20

Form: 98975-

Last run: 171 days

W: 8st 13lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 72

Form & Verdict
Dual Flat winner at about 2m on soft ground; pulled up on his final run over hurdles but that was a Grade 2 novice and he had previously chased home the classy Dysart Enos at Doncaster; has won off this mark and that was without a claimer riding.
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4

4th Jun 2026

Good

1m 7f 168y

Class 5

17:03 Uttoxeter

Justus

11st 2lb

J: Joshua Thompson

T: Micky Hammond

Out of form last season but seemed to have turned a corner when second off much-reduced mark at Hexham (2m, good) 16 days ago; player if in similar mood again here.

9/2

2nd

3

19th May 2026

Good To Soft

2m 0f 48y

Class 5

20:50 Hexham

Justus

11st 12lb

J: Joshua Thompson

T: Micky Hammond

Took big step back in right direction and arguably ran better than bare form suggests when fifth at Wetherby (2m, good to soft) in March, but was generally very disappointing last season; others have more appealing profiles.

16/1

4/1

  • Place: £1.30

Form: 14347-

Last run: 164 days

W: 9st 4lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 79

Form & Verdict
Won a three-runner novice at Leicester (1m4f, heavy) last April by a whopping 50l; 0-4 in the meantime and was only fourth of five in a handicap before getting outclassed in a 1m7f Group 2 at Ascot the final time; still of interest, as the least exposed of these.
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Form: 11120-

Last run: 223 days

W: 9st 10lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 83

Form & Verdict
Highly progressive last year in winning five times, from 1m4f to 2m on all sorts of ground; went close at Goodwood in August (2m4f, soft) off just a 4lb lower mark and he'd probably had enough when below par on his final start.
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3rd

6

(6)

11th Apr 2025

Good

2m 0f 110y

Class 2

16:10 Newbury

Robert Johnson

9st 5lb

J: Aiden Brookes

T: Tracy Waggott

Not straightforward but his record for current stable features a useful win at Newmarket (2m2f) last September; creditable second (off 1lb lower) in this race last year; place possibilities.

7/1

3rd

6

(6)

11th Apr 2025

Good

2m 0f 110y

Class 2

16:10 Newbury

Robert Johnson

9st 5lb

J: Aiden Brookes

T: Tracy Waggott

Not straightforward but his record for current stable features a useful win at Newmarket (2m2f) last September; creditable second (off 1lb lower) in this race last year; place possibilities.

7/1

4th

5

(6)

12th Oct 2024

Soft

2m 0f 56y

Class 3

16:30 York

Robert Johnson

9st 4lb

J: Aiden Brookes

T: Tracy Waggott

Five wins in his time with Phil Kirby; four runs for Tracy Waggott and better than ever when winning the Cesarewitch Trial at Newmarket (2m2f, good to firm) under Aiden Brookes on latest; probably fine in the mud and won a C&D race last term, so should have a big say despite going back up 4lb.

5/1

Form: 4/5/1-

Last run: 154 days

W: 9st 12lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 85

Form & Verdict
Triple hurdle winner who was runner-up in that discipline when last seen in December; he's won four on the Flat, including a 1m4f heavy-ground handicap at Catterick last October when just 2lb lower; fine over this far and highly likely to be involved.
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4th

2

(2)

28th Sep 2024

Soft

1m 6f 1y

Class 4

17:00 Haydock

Goobinator

10st 0lb

J: Paul Mulrennan

T: Donald McCain

Has mostly run well when at Haydock; as good as ever to win at Catterick (1m4f, heavy) last October on first start for 528 days; not disgraced in his next three starts (one over hurdles) but ran badly at Chester on latest; wore cheekpieces once (2022) and they now return in place of his usual hood.

14/1

11th

12

(12)

14th Sep 2024

Heavy

1m 7f 196y

Class 2

14:40 Chester

Goobinator

8st 2lb

J: Andrew Mullen

T: Donald McCain

As good as ever to win at Catterick (1m4f, heavy) last October on first start for 528 days and not disgraced in his only three starts since (one over hurdles); just 1lb higher than at Catterick and he stays well, with today's first run at this track looking quite interesting too.

12/1

5th

11

(4)

25th May 2024

Soft

2m 0f 46y

Class 2

15:30 Haydock

Goobinator

8st 12lb

J: Andrew Mullen

T: Donald McCain

C&D winner in 2021 and good fifth in this race in 2022; as good as ever to win last October (1m4f, heavy) on first start for 528 days and he wasn't disgraced at Pontefract (2m2f, heavy) early last month, but he may find that one or two others are better handicapped.

20/1

OUR TIP

Form: 52311- CD

Last run: 151 days

W: 9st 8lb

11 yo Gelding

OR: 81

Form & Verdict
C&D winner last October and followed up on heavy ground at Newmarket; returns to the Flat off a 6lb higher mark and after pulling up over hurdles in February; will need to be approaching his best.
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5th

3

(5)

2nd Apr 2024

Soft

2m 2f 2y

Class 4

14:45 Pontefract

Black Kalanisi

9st 8lb

J: Jim Crowley

T: Ian Williams

C&D winner last October and followed up on heavy ground at Newmarket; returns to the Flat off a 6lb higher mark and after pulling up over hurdles in February; will need to be approaching his best.

7/2

5th

3

(5)

2nd Apr 2024

Soft

2m 2f 2y

Class 4

14:45 Pontefract

Black Kalanisi

9st 8lb

J: Jim Crowley

T: Ian Williams

C&D winner last October and followed up on heavy ground at Newmarket; returns to the Flat off a 6lb higher mark and after pulling up over hurdles in February; will need to be approaching his best.

7/2

2

21st Feb 2024

Soft

2m 5f 55y

Class 4

17:15 Ludlow

Black Kalanisi

11st 12lb

J: Charlie Deutsch

T: Ian Williams

Gained his Flat wins in the autumn over 2m/2m2f; subsequent hurdles efforts at about 3m; veteran who may not be crying out for this drop back to sharp 2m5f under this code.

7/1

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Payout
Exacta £11.80
Straight Forecast £10.93
Trifecta £53.50

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