Horse Racing - Flat Courses - Pontefract

The West Yorkshire course hosts racing throughout the summer including four Listed contests of which the Pontefract Castle Stakes is arguably the seasonal highlight.

Run over a mile and a half, the race has been won by some useful horses since its inception in 2005, most notably Brown Panther, who scored in 2012 and 2013 before going on to prove himself a very smart horse with wins in the Goodwood Cup, Irish St Leger and Dubai Gold Cup.

Other important races run at the Yorkshire track include the Pipalong Stakes, a one-mile event for fillies and mares, the Pomfret Stakes, run over a mile for three-year-olds and older and the Silver Tankard Stakes, a one-mile race for two-year-olds in October.

Left handed oval, undulating course of 2m133y with a short run in of 2f.
It is a particularly stiff track with the last 3f uphill.
Favours C&D winners in longer races.
Although the tracks are at odds Thirsk form translates well here.
This is a specialists track with sharp bends, undulations and the 3f uphill finish which puts stamina at a premium.

Left Handed
Siff
Undulating
Uphill finish (3f) 

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Handicaps - C&D winners in small fields

Non-Handicaps - Form horses and favourites suffer a poor fate