Pontefract Racing Tips

Pontefract in West Yorkshire stages around 16 meetings a year from April through to October.

Highlights: Pontefract plays host to five listed races, the Flying Fillies Stakes (August), Pipalong Stakes (July), Pontefract Castle Stakes (June), Pomfret Stakes (July), and Silver Tankard Stakes (October).

Type Of Racing: Flat only.

TV Channel: Racing TV

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Horses that are drawn low at Pontefract generally do have an advantage, especially over sprint trips as they are covering less ground on this left-handed track. When the ground is soft the draw bias is less pronounced as runners tend to come to the stand side after the turn into the home straight.

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* All statistics below are based on the previous five seasons at Pontefract

Pontefract Outright Favourite Statistics

• Flat Handicaps: 115-334 (34%) +11.73
• Flat Non-Handicaps: 47-118 (40%) -19.05

Flat: left-handed oval-shaped course, undulating in nature.

The final three furlongs are uphill which emphasizes stamina, you could argue that the course is generally stiff and saving ground is important.

Pontefract Racecourse Address: Pontefract Park, Park Rd, Pontefract WF8 4QD

Pontefract Racecourse Telephone: 01977 781307

To buy tickets for a race day at Pontefract, head over to their official ticket booking webpage.

When breaking Pontefract down into trips then you can look at which stall and trip combination has produced the best LSP, that would be stall 4 over a trip of 5f which has, over the last five years produced an LSP of +33.33. For the least profitable stall at Pontefract, you need to look at races over 6f and focus on stall 3 as this has produced an LSP of -83.28 over the last five years.

Here we have the draw bias for Pontefract taken into consideration races with ten or more runners, we will break down the figures by race distance, draws can be much more important over the shorter trips in which runners do not have time to find their position during the race meaning the draw is probably more important than the races over longer distances.

• Sprints (5f to 7½f)
• Mile (1m to 1m1½f)
• Middle Distance (1m2f to 1m5½f)

The following table shows a breakdown over a group of trips and shows how each position of the draw does, for example in a twelve-runner race would be Low (Stalls 1-4), Mid (Stalls 5-8) and High (Stalls 9-12), the positions will always be lowest stall number to highest.

Who are the best flat jockeys and trainers to bet on at Pontefract?

Whilst T D Easterby is the most successful trainer at Pontefract with a total of thirty-three winners, if you backed all of their runners you would be showing a loss. P T Midgley is the most successful trainer at Pontefract for those who show a profit if backing all their runners thanks to a total of seventeen winners and an LSP of +27.33. With an eachway LSP of +48.11 at Pontefract, B M R Haslam leads the trainers in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their eighteen placings which include a total of five winners. At the other end of the spectrum is T D Easterby who has a terrible record at Pontefract, of all the trainers their LSP of -112.55 is the worse, they have a 10% strike rate with thirty-three winners from three hundred twenty-nine runners.

Backing all of the Daniel Tudhope rides would have produced backing the most winners for a jockey here at Pontefract with twenty-eight but you would have returned a loss by doing so, G Lee leads the way for profitable jockey with an LSP of +18.83 from their fifteen winners. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which jockey is best to follow at Pontefract and that would be Andrew Mullen who shows the best eachway LSP which is +74.77 thanks to their nineteen placings (eight winners). Tom Eaves does not have a great record at Pontefract, their LSP of -82.79 has them stone dead bottom of the jockeys' list, which has come from six winners from one hundred thirteen rides which is a 5% strike rate.

Pontefract Picks & Hints

Here are some factors at Pontefract for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:

• 9-20 (45%) +33.08 - Backing Rossa Ryan rides when on horses aged 2yo
• 7-14 (50%) +30.41 - Backing Hollie Doyle rides when over a trip of 6f
• 6-12 (50%) +27.08 - Backing Simon Crisford runners when in a Handicap race
• 5-10 (50%) +27.53 - Backing Rossa Ryan rides when in a Novices race
• 5-9 (56%) +20.50 - Backing W J Haggas runners when over a trip of 6f

Pontefract Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Pontefract based on the number of winners:

• 17 Wins: T D Easterby & David Allan
• 12 Wins: D O'Meara & Daniel Tudhope
• 9 Wins: R A Fahey & Oisin Orr
• 8 Wins: R A Fahey & Paul Hanagan
• 8 Wins: K R Burke & Clifford Lee

Pontefract Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Pontefract Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

With a huge combined experience of horse racing between them, this content has been created and is maintained by Darren Brett, James Banting and Andy Powell. All of the data for Pontefract Racecourse which includes the favourite statistics, draw bias and the trainer and jockey statistics have been created using results from HorseRaceBase.

Darren Brett

Tipster competition manager

Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.

James Banting

Tipster competition assistant

James Banting, a passionate horse racing enthusiast and aficionado, brings a wealth of experience to OLBG, having attended numerous race meetings over the years. His background working with the Jockey Club provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.

Andy Powell

Content editor

Andy is a seasoned professional with more than 15 years of experience in the field of horse racing. He has a thorough understanding of the sport, from analyzing complex statistical data to being part of a winning syndicate at the Cheltenham Festival. Andy is responsible for managing the horse racing trend blogs on OLBG.