Who won the 17:45 Pontefract on 16 August 2026?
Fluorescence (GB) won the 17:45 Pontefract at SP 3.00. Ridden by Oisin Orr. Trained by Edward Bethell.
17:45 Pontefract
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5f · Flat · Class 2 · Good To Firm · 8 runners · £16,493 · Sunday, 16 August 2026
Result
AI top pick placed 2ndRace report
- 1stFluorescence (GB)Oisin Orr·Edward Bethell2/1F·3.00SP
- 2ndBadri (GB)AI top pick · 67.2Jason Hart·Michael Herrington·beaten 1.25 lengths5/2·3.50SP
- 3rdBaker Blue (GB)Callum Rodriguez·Dylan Cunha·beaten .5 lengths6/1·7.00SP
Race time
1m 0.94s
Race time recorded.
In-running (Fluorescence (GB))
“Held a midpack position early - pushed along and found room passing rivals inside final furlong - powered clear in the last 110 yards - kept driving through the line to win”
Settled · 1pt level stake = 2.50 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-way63.8/100 rating
Rocking Ends
10.00Betfair 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-partyPundit pick: Rocking Ends
Rocking Ends arrives here on a progressive profile that sets him apart from several rivals rated at a similar level, and on good-to-firm ground over five furlongs at Pontefract there is every reason to expect that upward curve to continue. Fluorescence and Badri share the joint-highest rating in the field, with Vintage Clarets only a pound behind, so those three represent the chief dangers and cannot be dismissed lightly. The case for siding with our selection rests on the sense that his form is still on the rise, giving him scope to bridge that narrow gap to the top-rated pair. Rocking Ends is the pick.
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
Badri
Jason Hart · Michael Herrington · 9yo
Top-rated of 8
score 67.2 · +0.8 clear of next best (66.4)
Scores compare runners within this race only
The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.
- Trainer20% weight73small sample (n=7)Michael Herrington: 2/7 winners last 14d (29%) — too few recent runs to judge the yard
- Freshness10% weight70strong6d since last run (quick turnaround)
- Ratings50% weight66strongOR 99 — highest combined rating in the field
- Form20% weight63averageLast 6: 1-7-1-1-1-0
MarketBest price 3.85 (Betfair Exchange) · 2nd 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 5f
full course data →Moderate: middle favoured (IV 1.19).
Low (1–3)
IV 0.98
Mid (4–6)
IV 1.19
High (7–8)
IV 0.85
Today: Rocking Ends (draw 4) and One And Gone (draw 5) get the bias; Vintage Clarets (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. 147 qualifying races at this course and trip, 3-year window.
Runners · sorted by finishing position
| Pos | No. | Horse | Form | OR | AI | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | J: Oisin Orr · T: Edward Bethell · draw 2 4yo · F · b | 4U493 | 92 | 66.4 | 2/1F·3.00 SP |
| 2 | 1 | J: Jason Hart · T: Michael Herrington · draw 1 9yo · G · b | 171110 | 99 | 67.2 | 5/2·3.50 SP |
| 3 | 3 | J: Callum Rodriguez · T: Dylan Cunha · draw 6 3yo · G · b | 410026 | 94 | 55.0 | 6/1·7.00 SP |
| 4 | 5 | J: Paul Mulrennan · T: Robert Cowell · draw 3 5yo · G · bv | 070860 | 90 | 56.1 | 9/1·10.00 SP |
| 5 | 4 | J: Cieren Fallon · T: Tom Clover · draw 4 6yo · G · grv | 645715 | 91 | 63.8 | 7/1·8.00 SP |
| 6 | 6 | J: Ethan Tindall(5) · T: Richard & Peter Fahey · draw 8 7yo · G · b | 070237 | 85 | 54.3 | 12/1·13.00 SP |
| 7 | 7 | J: Ryan Kavanagh(3) · T: Ian Williams · draw 5 3yo · G · b | 340110 | 85 | 55.3 | 22/1·23.00 SP |
| 8 | 8 | J: James Sullivan · T: Ruth Carr · draw 7 7yo · G · chb | 046150 | 80 | 51.3 | 20/1·21.00 SP |
OR = official rating · AI = model score (0–100) · form reads oldest → latest
Frequently asked questions
Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 17:45 Pontefract?
No — the AI top pick (Badri) finished 2.
What were the placings in the 17:45 Pontefract?
Top finishers: 1. Fluorescence (GB) (3.00), 2. Badri (GB) (3.50), 3. Baker Blue (GB) (7.00).
What was the winning time for the 17:45 Pontefract?
The winning time was 1m 0.94s.
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