Make Me King crowned Pomfret hero
Having finished a close third in a Group Three at Chantilly last time out, Make Me King was a 7-2 shot for this Listed assignment and after tracking the pacesetting pair of Prague and Point Lynas into the straight, he finished off strongly under Danny Tudhope to score by a length and a quarter.
The classy Make Me King strikes in our £50,000 feature, the Listed @SkyBet Pomfret Stakes, for trainer Hamad Al Jehani, jockey Danny Tudhope and owners Wathnan Racing pic.twitter.com/45gtol0Qjy
— PontefractRacecourse (@ponteraces) July 27, 2025
'We got a nice position early, they didn't go as quick as I thought they would and I gave my fellow a chance to travel smoothly and when I picked him up he showed a nice turn of foot,' Tudhope told Racing TV.
'I think I was in the right position at the right time and he got the job done. It was a great performance.'
Cicero's Gift made late gains in second, with Checkandchallenge coming from even further back to finish third after blowing the start.
Last year's winner Point Lynas, a 15-8 favourite to go back-to-back after an excellent second in Ascot's Summer Mile a fortnight ago, weakened quickly to finish a disappointing last of six.
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