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workrider
05 Apr 21 19:22
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I love going racing there even though my horses always seems to get stuffed at the half furlong and the rest of the field go sailing by.. Love walking around the Castle on a warm day after a service in All Saints which has the most amazing Vicar , a guy you could sit and listen to all day , he has a wealth of knowledge yet makes things simple for people like myself..Heading to the races in the afternoon , J.B Priestley and the novel The Good Companions were one of the first novels I ever read , I always felt close to the English having read it and would recommend it to anyone..I thought their was a statue erected to him in one of the shopping centres just outside Pontefract maybe I have that wrong,  some kind formite might put me right...Really missing going racing in places like Pontefract..
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Report saddo April 5, 2021 7:40 PM BST
Used to be a statue outside the photography museum in Bradford.
Report scaredmoney April 5, 2021 7:49 PM BST
Been to Ponty quite often as its not far from me , didnt know there was a castle there!! Ya live n learn
Report workrider April 5, 2021 7:54 PM BST
scaredmoney yes its a lovely place to sit and study the form , Saddo I wonder who's it could be so I'm nearly sure it was J.Bs
Report scaredmoney April 5, 2021 7:58 PM BST
I know there used to be one where saddo says....not sure if its still there. Dont venture into Bradfor much at all these days.
Report workrider April 5, 2021 8:01 PM BST
I think the shopping centre was called Xscape...
Report scaredmoney April 5, 2021 8:07 PM BST
Yeah i know the place worky,just on the edge of town....cant recall seeing a statue there though.Probably not something ya notice unless ya leant against it waiting on the Mrs Laugh
Report Lee Ho Fooks April 5, 2021 8:13 PM BST
Castle 5 mins from racecourse
Report saddo April 5, 2021 9:34 PM BST
https://www.exploring-castles.com/uk/england/pontefract_castle/
Report scaredmoney April 5, 2021 9:37 PM BST
Never had a look round or a drink round Ponty , straight off the motorway so in and back out
Report workrider April 5, 2021 10:16 PM BST
Scared , its worth a hour one of your racing days , they even sell ice cream now who in their right mind can refuse themselves a ice cream cone...
Report brians April 5, 2021 11:42 PM BST
Lovely course, well looked after and great staff.Pontefract castle was where Richard ll was murdered in 1400 ,on the orders of Henry Vl allegedly by having a poker inserted into guts via his rectum. Ouch !   This was done so there were no marks on his body and therefore natural causes would be accepted as a reason for his death leaving Henry to succeed him. A good story but not accepted by every historian.
Report windsor knot April 5, 2021 11:46 PM BST
the course is well worth a visit . nearby , i would not bother . once got stared at for about 20 minutes as i was wearing suede shoes.
Report DIFERENT GRAVY 12 April 6, 2021 6:19 AM BST
Were they blue?
Report stewarts rise April 6, 2021 10:05 AM BST
Suede shoes! Did they have animal foot prints on the sole?Grin
Report saddo April 6, 2021 10:07 AM BST
It wasn't the suede that scared em, it was the stiletto heels.
Report SlippyBlue April 6, 2021 10:50 AM BST
I've never been to Pontefract but same as Cartmel it's on my list of things to do.
Report workrider April 6, 2021 1:21 PM BST
Lovely place to visit Slippy and the track is good , not sure you'd like the food though , lots of Yorkshire spuds Laugh. Good to see you back btw..
Report workrider April 6, 2021 1:35 PM BST
Story of my life at Ponte , looked all over the winner with 2 to run then ran down inside the last ...Cry
Report swiftynifty April 6, 2021 1:37 PM BST
workrdier , hard luck, you do know Lingfield AW and Pontefract have the longest final furlongs in the country?!
Report NBK April 6, 2021 1:41 PM BST
Used to be a tittle bar called Keekos and I got lamped in a nightclub called Big Fellas by a big fella.
Report NBK April 6, 2021 1:41 PM BST
Used to be a tittle bar called Keekos and I got lamped in a nightclub called Big Fellas by a big fella.
Report workrider April 6, 2021 1:43 PM BST
Yes Swiftynifty to my great cost..Laugh
Report ribero1 April 6, 2021 1:44 PM BST
Kikos was the night club many moons ago,it appears they may have diversified NBK.
Report workrider April 6, 2021 1:44 PM BST
NBK..Laugh
Report NBK April 6, 2021 1:47 PM BST
ribero - maybe my brain has diversified- The bar was further out knottingley way iirc, Sure I've been in big fellas
Report workrider April 6, 2021 1:57 PM BST
I usually stay in the Premier Inn in Knottingley staff are really nice there too.
Report ribero1 April 6, 2021 2:26 PM BST
Just spoke to a pal NBK,he says Big Fellas is in the town centre and isn't the least bit surprised by your experience in there.
Report Manoleeds April 6, 2021 2:34 PM BST
Day out starts with lunch in the Spoons Broken Bridge (geddit) then walk down the course stopping to pick up a pie from the butchers done the hill who usually is sold out as he doesn't seem to know when the races are on. Afterwards walk down the course to the Spoons Winter Seam AT xSCAPE then train back from Glasshoughton . Not until you've been there do you appreciate how stiff the track is from the bottom bend. Is a horse just gets 5f, it ain't going to be winning there.
Report workrider April 6, 2021 2:41 PM BST
Manoleeds you are spot on there, T.V. doesn't do it justice , always loads of people walking the track ...
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