Pontefract Tip – Marathon Handicap on Monday
The two mile five furlong 122yards Pontefract Marathon Handicap on Monday is one of the longest Flat races in existence and with the current going at the West Yorkshire venue on the soft side the stamina of the ten declared participants is sure to be tested to the full. The Donald McCain-trained Sign Manual will have his work cut out to defy top weight of 9st 12lb in the conditions and the likelihood is that the business end of the race will concern those towards the foot of the handicap.
Several of these met earlier this month in the Jamaican Handicap over 2m 2f on the course behind 7-2 winner Almost Gemini but it is the horse who came home in fourth place on that occasion – American Life – who is taken to come out on top this time with both the ground and the marathon trip certain to suit the Sophie Leech-trained nine-year-old.