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Everything you need to know as Pontefract attracts Royal Ascot winners

Pontefract paddock: in use for an eight-race card on Sunday
Pontefract: stages an eight-race card on Sunday

Pontefract has the difficult task of headlining today's racing after five days of Royal Ascot hogging the news.

The Yorkshire track has done well to attract many of this week's stars, not least Ryan Moore and Danny Tudhope, who rode nine of the 30 royal meeting's winners between them.

Moore has seven rides and teams up with Sir Michael Stoute to ride Crystal Moonlight, whose dam is a half-sister to Prince of Wales's winner Crystal Ocean, in the feature Listed race (4.00).

There is no Oisin Murphy or Frankie Dettori and the champion jockey Silvestre de Sousa is in Italy where he rides King Power for Andrew Balding in the Oaks d'Italia (4.30) at San Siro.

Tipperary provides the other action on the Flat while Southwell and Hexham continue the trend of jump racing on summer Sundays.

Going report

Southwell (first race 2.00)
Good (GoingStick: 7.4 at 6.30am on Sunday)

Tipperary (2.05)
Good

Hexham (2.10)
Good, good to soft in places
Distances: 2.10, 2.45, 4.25 & 5.30 +20yds, 3.15 & 4.55 +25yds and 3.50 +40yds

Pontefract (2.20)
Good, good to soft in places (GoingStick 7.4 at 6.40am on Sunday)
Distances: all races +8yds

Market movers

2.00 Southwell - Bletchley Castle 10-1 (from 12)
2.30 Southwell - Majestic Moll 9-1 (from 7)
4.00 Pontefract - Hulcote 12-1 (from 14)

What to back

David Jennings has found three horses to check out from Pontefract to Tipperary.

What to read

Lee Mottershead reports on Blue Point's historic Diamond Jubilee triumph for the Godolphin team.

Stuart Riley catches up with the meeting's top jockey Frankie Dettori after he bridged a 15-year gap.

What to watch

That's a wrap. Sam Hanson and Dave Orton sum up Saturday's headlines and memorable moments.

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Final thought

Nicky Henderson is trying to make it three winners in a row after successes at Ffos Las and Market Rasen this week as Full Bore contests an intriguing Southwell handicap hurdle (4.10) in which three of the seven runners are rated in the 130s.


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