14:55 Pontefract

With Mostly Cloudy giving Gemma Tutty a big winner at Ascot on Friday she will be hoping for more success with STRAWMAN at Pontefract on Sunday. This son of Starspangledbanner won 3 times last year and was back to his best swooping late to win at Redcar last month. That is form that has worked out well with the second Myristica winning her next two, the third Enfranchise winning a good race at Pontefract and even the fourth Jean Baptiste winning his next two starts. He has been beaten twice since that run but could never get into it at Carlisle and then pulled too hard in a strong handicap at York. He has been dropped 1lb since and is back down into a Class 4 here so should find it easier. Colinton will put good pace to the race and I can see this panning out favourably. Lightening Company looks the danger as I think Highwaygrey is in the handicappers grip.

Strawman - 1pt @ 11/2