Bumper crowd at Pontefract's opening meeting.

Pontefract & Castleford Express (Castleford,England) | April 11, 2007 | Copyright

PONTEFRACT'S 2007 race season began with a mammoth eight-race programme on Tuesday (writes Graham Orange).

A bumper Easter crowd of 6,500 enjoyed plenty of action on the track played out to a backdrop of the racecourse bathed in sunshine, especially towards the end of the afternoon.

It was Middleham trainer Mark Johnston, fresh from being crowned Britain's champion trainer on the all-weather tracks over the winter, who posted the first winner of the new campaign, courtesy of Salassa (8-11 favourite) in the opening race - a contest for maiden three-year-olds.

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