In-form tipster expects a well-drawn sprinter to finally grab his first win
Leapers Wood
2.50 Pontefract
1pt each-wayThe Navigator
4.20 Pontefract
1pt each-wayWightman
5.30 Kempton
1pt each-wayGrand National-winning jockey Graham Lee is a man to follow at Pontefract. He drew with Ben Curtis for the most victories at the Yorkshire venue last year after notching eight successes, which produced a £1 level-stakes profit of £8.50.
He has six rides at the track's first meeting this year, the best of which appears to be Leapers Wood in the Stay Smart With tiesplanet.com Handicap (2.50).
A three-year-old son of Prix Maurice de Gheest winner Garswood out of a Dark Angel mare, Leapers Wood is bred to be an out-and-out sprinter and looked unlucky not to get off the mark as a juvenile.
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