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17:15 Pontefract

Sky Bet Price Boosts Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race)

1m2f · Flat · Class 3 · Good To Firm · 8 runners · £12,562 · Sunday, 16 August 2026

Result

Race report

AI top pick finished 7th
  1. 1st
    High Degree (GB)
    Cieren Fallon·William Haggas
    6/4F·2.50
    SP
  2. 2nd
    Financer (GB)
    David Allan·Tim Easterby·beaten 1.75 lengths
    14/1·15.00
    SP
  3. 3rd
    Shoof Baeed (GB)
    Callum Shepherd·Charlie Johnston·beaten .75 lengths
    15/2·8.50
    SP
Race time
2m 9.87s

Race time recorded.

In-running (High Degree (GB))

“Set the pace from the off - driven and challenged 2f out - lost the advantage inside the final furlong - fought back to hit the front close home - held on to prevail”

AI top-rated Jez Bomb (score 58.4) finished 7th.
Settled · 1pt level stake = 8.00 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-way58.4/100 rating
Jez Bomb
8.00Betfair 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-party
Pundit pick: High Degree

High Degree heads this Pontefract Class 3 contest on ratings, sitting narrowly ahead of Ammes and a good few pounds clear of the rest, and on good-to-firm ground over ten furlongs the conditions look tailored to bring out the best in him. Ammes represents the most obvious threat given a rating only seven pounds adrift, while Mr Seagull and Farasi Lane will need to find more than their figures suggest to trouble the principals. With the form pointing firmly in one direction, High Degree is the 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

Jez Bomb

Shane Gray · Sam England · 5yo

Top-rated of 8
score 58.4 · +0.1 clear of next best (58.3)
Scores compare runners within this race only

The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.

  • Freshness10% weight
    100very strong
    21d since last run (race-fit window)
  • Form20% weight
    71strong
    Last 6: 0-4-9-1-2-1
  • Ratings50% weight
    55average
    OR 83
  • Trainer20% weight
    33small sample (n=8)
    Sam England: 1/8 winners last 14d (13%) — too few recent runs to judge the yard
MarketBest price 8.00 (Betfair Exchange) · 3rd in the market of 8.

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 1m2f

full course data →

Strong: low (inside) favoured (IV 1.50).

Low (1–3)
IV 1.50
Mid (4–6)
IV 0.99
High (7–8)
IV 0.47

Today: Jez Bomb (draw 3) and Shoof Baeed (draw 2) get the bias; Ammes (draw 7) 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. 64 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.

Runners · sorted by finishing position

PosNo.HorseFormORAISP
11
High Degree
J: Cieren Fallon · T: William Haggas · draw 5
4yo · G · bpFT P
62352
9157.9
6/4F·2.50
SP
27
Financer
J: David Allan · T: Tim Easterby · draw 8
5yo · G · bb
552147
7646.2
14/1·15.00
SP
36
Shoof Baeed
J: Callum Shepherd · T: Charlie Johnston · draw 2
3yo · C · ch
16
8453.8
15/2·8.50
SP
48
Mr Seagull
J: Luke Morris · T: Hugo Palmer · draw 1
3yo · G · chvFT V
44650
7440.9
11/2·6.50
SP
52
Ammes
J: Jason Hart · T: James Owen · draw 7
4yo · G · bv
62449
8858.3
3/1·4.00
SP
64
Without Compromise
J: Cam Hardie · T: Antony Brittain · draw 4
5yo · G · b
15382
8056.9
25/1·26.00
SP
73
Jez Bomb
J: Shane Gray · T: Sam England · draw 3
5yo · G · bp
049121
8358.4
8/1·9.00
SP
85
Farasi Lane
J: Aiden Brookes · T: Micky Hammond · draw 6
8yo · G · bp
555153
7846.4
80/1·81.00
SP

OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 17:15 Pontefract on 16 August 2026?

High Degree (GB) won the 17:15 Pontefract at SP 2.50. Ridden by Cieren Fallon. Trained by William Haggas.

Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 17:15 Pontefract?

No — the AI top pick (Jez Bomb) finished 7.

What were the placings in the 17:15 Pontefract?

Top finishers: 1. High Degree (GB) (2.50), 2. Financer (GB) (15.00), 3. Shoof Baeed (GB) (8.50).

What was the winning time for the 17:15 Pontefract?

The winning time was 2m 9.87s.

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