Woolston Ferry likely to lead in Matty Bown Veterans Handicap
The Henry Candy trained bay gelding, Woolston Ferry, is likely to lead the line-up of 12 runners in the high-profile race of the Matty Bown Veterans Handicap that will be held at Pontefract racecourse on Wednesday, August 8. The Class 4 contest over 1 mile and 4 yards is set to start at 5:00 (GMT).
With his eye on the prize money worth £4,075, the six-year-old veteran horse will demonstrate utmost strength on the good to firm track. He has already experienced such sort of race conditions with descent record.
Since the beginning of 2012, the son of Fath out of Cathy Garcia has been at the peak of his form, making a number of high marks. After finishing 3rd against a dozen of rivals in the Skysports.com Handicap over 1 mile at Kempton on January 4, the brilliant sprinter moved on to get 4th position in the Lingfieldpark.co.uk Handicap (Div I) on January 25.
The Tim Taylor bred horse marvellously won three races in a row during May-June. A victory by beating the hot favourite candidate, Cyflymder, in the Dormansland Handicap was indeed a tremendous achievement. That race took place at Lingfield on May 16.
That triumph motivated the punters to grant the gelding favourite tag for the very next race entitled as St. John Ambulance Handicap. He justified the tag well and finished first elegantly.
The third one was the Best Prices At BetVictor.com Handicap that took place at Bath. That time again, Woolston Ferry won as the hot favourite candidate.
As a whole, the Ms L Burns owned horse has won 10 of his total 57 starts. The way he performed during the last few events shows that the enthusiastic gelding possesses a lot of fighting spirit that can help him thrive convincingly in the coming contest.
Despite the fact that Woolston Ferry poses to be the strongest of all the runners, he must be cautious of Indian Art, the Sylvester Kirk trained bay gelding who is awash with confidence following his two consecutive victories of April.
By and large, the competition will be exciting to enjoy. Good luck to all the contestants.
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