Who won the 20:52 Pontefract on 17 July 2026?
Mount King (IRE) won the 20:52 Pontefract at SP 5.50. Ridden by David Allan. Trained by Tim Easterby.
20:52 Pontefract
Always Trying Racing Syndicate Handicap Stakes
1m · Flat · Class 6 · Good To Firm · 7 runners · £3,402 · Friday, 17 July 2026
Result
AI top pick placed 2ndRace report
- 1stMount King (IRE)David Allan·Tim Easterby9/2·5.50SP
- 2ndSnaafy (GB)AI top pick · 50.5Silvestre De Sousa·David Loughnane·beaten 1 length17/2·9.50SP
- 3rdRavishing Beauty (GB)Jack Garritty·Jedd O'Keeffe·beaten 1.75 lengths11/4J·3.75SP
Race time
1m 44.77s
Race time recorded.
In-running (Mount King (IRE))
“raced in the pack early - made ground down the inner before the 2f marker - shaken up in third and quickened through the final furlong - grabbed the lead close home”
Settled · 1pt level stake = 8.50 pt return on the winnerTipping P&L →
Furlong's verdict
Reading the form…
AI-written, grounded in our data on this race. May be wrong. Verify before staking. Opinion, not advice.
Other selections
Head-to-head dashboard →Each-way45.0/100 rating
Hunterian
5.90Betfair Exchange
Top-half AI rating in the EW price sweet spot. Each-way splits stake: half on the win, half on the place portion.
Pundit corner
Racing Post · third-partyPundit pick: Theme Park
Theme Park is the pick at Pontefract, rated a clear 78 in this Class 6 contest over eight furlongs - a full five pounds clear of his nearest rival on our figures, and the best of this field of eight. That rating advantage makes him the one the rest have to reel in. The chief danger sits five pounds behind on our book, with a couple of others also holding solid claims a little further back. It's a moderate-confidence read rather than a certainty, but Theme Park is clearly our selection.
Editorial from Racing Post analysts via the Racing API — not generated by Racing Alpha. Formbook forecast prices are estimates, not market prices.
Why the model rates this top
Snaafy
Silvestre De Sousa · David Loughnane · 3yo
Top-rated of 7
score 50.5 · +5.0 clear of next best (45.6)
Scores compare runners within this race only
The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.
- Trainer20% weight73strongDavid Loughnane: 4/14 winners last 14d (29%)
- Form20% weight53averageLast 6: 6-1-3-3-5
- Freshness10% weight45below average181d since last run (long absence)
- Ratings50% weight42below averageOR 63
MarketBest price 14.50 (Betfair Exchange) · 5th in the market of 7.
v1.3 rating — a field-relative score, not a win probability; for market-derived value see the Fair column in the runners table. Weights and method on /about. Tips are opinions, not advice.
Draw bias — Pontefract 1m
full course data →Moderate: low (inside) favoured (IV 1.29).
Low (1–3)
IV 1.29
Mid (4–6)
IV 0.85
High (7–8)
IV 0.83
Today: Snaafy (draw 1) and Theme Park (draw 3) get the bias; Mount King (draw 8) is in the least-favoured band.
IV = impact value: 1.00 is neutral, above it a stall band wins more often than its share of runners predicts. 69 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.
Runners · sorted by finishing position
| Pos | No. | Horse | Form | OR | AI | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | J: David Allan · T: Tim Easterby · draw 8 6yo · G · chtbFT TB | 78865 | 62 | 37.1 | 9/2·5.50 SP |
| 2 | 7 | J: Silvestre De Sousa · T: David Loughnane · draw 1 3yo · G · b | 61335 | 63 | 50.5 | 17/2·9.50 SP |
| 3 | 1 | J: Jack Garritty · T: Jedd O'Keeffe · draw 5 5yo · M · bp | 38713 | 65 | 42.7 | 11/4J·3.75 SP |
| 4 | 5 | J: Tom Eaves · T: Simon Whitaker · draw 7 4yo · F · ch | 56074 | 57 | 32.2 | 14/1·15.00 SP |
| 5 | 2 | J: Alex Jary(3) · T: Nigel Tinkler · draw 3 6yo · G · b | 49690 | 65 | 41.0 | 11/4J·3.75 SP |
| 6 | 8 | J: Oisin Orr · T: Charlie Johnston · draw 6 3yo · C · br | 363216 | 63 | 45.0 | 4/1·5.00 SP |
| 7 | 6 | J: Oisin McSweeney · T: Adrian Keatley · draw 4 3yo · F · bvFT V | 45685 | 64 | 45.6 | 14/1·15.00 SP |
| — | — | J: Barry McHugh · T: Micky Hammond · draw 2 4yo · F · b | 96648 | 61 | 29.3 | — |
OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest
Frequently asked questions
Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 20:52 Pontefract?
No — the AI top pick (Snaafy) finished 2.
What were the placings in the 20:52 Pontefract?
Top finishers: 1. Mount King (IRE) (5.50), 2. Snaafy (GB) (9.50), 3. Ravishing Beauty (GB) (3.75).
What was the winning time for the 20:52 Pontefract?
The winning time was 1m 44.77s.
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