Tom Segal with a manageable Placepot perm at Pontefract

Gentle Ellen shaped well on her debut over 5f at Carlisle and should have no trouble hitting the frame in the first division of the 6f juvenile maiden at Pontefract (1.45), while Vieux Carre also ran well in the Rous seller at York last time and will be hard to peg back from stall one in division two (2.20).

Things get much more difficult for Placepot punters after that but, if the forecast rain arrives, The Flying Ginger is sure to run well in the mile fillies' handicap (2.55). If the ground stays quick. Mark Johnston's Wootton Creek might be worth using as a safety valve.

The Listed Sky Bet Pontefract Castle Fillies' Stakes (3.25) is competitive but Golden Pass won in a good time at Thirsk and that form is strong.

She is bound to go well but has a wide draw and is stepping up in class, so it might to best to include Urban Artist for Royal Ascot winning trainer Hughie Morrison.

if the ground eases, then Call My Bluff is undoubtedly the one to beat in the Sky Bet Pontefract Cup Handicap (3.55), but he can't be banked on because he might not run if the ground is quick. Neverbeen To Paris likes fast ground and is in form, so he is the one to put alongside Call My Bluff.

Cormier is the obvious one in the concluding leg (4.25) but he's another who needs rain, so it could be worth using Furzig and Sociologist instead.

Pontefract Placepot perm

1.45
3 Gentle Ellen

2.20
6 Vieux Carre

2.55
3 The Flying Ginger
5 Wootton Creek

3.25
4 Golden Pass
9 Urban Artist

3.55
1 Call My Bluff
6 Neverbeen To Paris

4.25
6 Furzig
8 Sociologist

1x1x2x2x2x2= 16 lines

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