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$Jack Lander the toast of Pontefract with first victory$

Horse Racing

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 raising ...

03 Aug 2022 at 18:45

Racing

Future looks bright for Craig Lidster after saddling first winner

One of the newest names to the training ranks, Craig Lidster can look forward to a bright future after Divine Connection got him off the mark at Pontefract last week. Divine Connection was a fitting first winner for the Yorkshireman having been ...

04 May 2022 at 17:55

Horse Racing

Macarone on a mission for Rob Burrow Racing Club at Thirsk

Yorkshire handler Craig Lidster admits he has been humbled by the chance to train Macarone for the Rob Burrow Racing Club as he sets his sights on a fitting Pontefract date later this month. Burrow’s battle with motor neurone disease has ...

17 Sept 2023 at 12:55

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

Horse Racing

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 ...

02 Apr 2024 at 16:37

$Alflaila makes further progression in Pontefract feature$

Horse Racing

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 Cecil ...

24 Jul 2022 at 18:08

Racing

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

Horse Racing

Falmouth date enters Sly’s thinking for Astral Beau

Pam Sly will consider an ambitious tilt at the Falmouth Stakes with Astral Beau after her stable star went down fighting at Epsom last week. The four-year-old was rated in the mid-70s at this stage of last season, but has ...

07 Jun 2023 at 14:46

Horse Racing

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

Horse Racing

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. With four music ...

18 Jul 2024 at 15:06

$Billy Loughnane shines again with Pontefract double$

Horse Racing

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 ...

01 Jul 2024 at 17:02

Entertainment

Kevin Sinfield leads sport stars paying respects at funeral of Rob Burrow

Kevin Sinfield was among the thousands who gathered to pay their final respects to his friend and former teammate Rob Burrow at his private funeral on Sunday. The former Leeds Rhinos player, who died last ...

07 Jul 2024 at 18:43

Horse Racing

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 ...

09 Jul 2024 at 16:42

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