SportThe ApprenticeNewsboy fancies his Nap, Liverpool Star, to score at Pontefract and also expects Diamont Katie to return to form on the same card and complete his Daily Double12:56, 01 Jun 2026LIVERPOOL STAR (5.18, Nap) looks ready to shine down in trip and with first-time cheekpieces on at Pontefract on Tuesday in the 5f Morley Glass And Glazing Supports The YCC Handicap. The three-year-old, trained by Michael and David Easterby, won two starts ago over six furlongs at Ripon when he held on by a neck from Siouxpersonic. Then last time out, again over six furlongs, the son of Acclamation made good headway to finish a close fourth, beaten just a length and a quarter behind Simba’s Pride. The winner has since franked the form in two Ripon handicaps — winning one and finishing a neck second in the other. A stiff five furlongs looks to be Liverpool Star’s ideal trip and he gets exactly that on Tuesday with the final three furlongs uphill.‌Apprentice Lewis Chalkley also takes a handy 7lb off.‌‌Earlier on the card, the Karl Burke-trained DIAMONT KATIE (4.18, nb) is fancied to get back in the winners' enclosure in the 6f Lycetts Supports The YCC Fillies' Handicap. The four-year-old cruised home over this course and distance in April – her first start since undergoing wind surgery – by four and a half lengths from Valentine Catcher but was beaten into second by Me Tarzan a week later under a penalty at Yarmouth over seven furlongs. She should return refreshed after a little break and, dropping back in trip, should be thereabouts under 5lb claimer Jack Nicholls.TUESDAY'S SELECTIONSNEWCASTLE‌6.15 YAKHABAR6.45 NED BROY7.15 GOLDEN HAVANA‌7.45 AUNTIE JO8.15 ALESSIA FERNANDA8.45 VOLENTI‌PONTEFRACT2.48 ACCORDING TO MARK‌3.18 AVIONICS3.48 MARIS ANGEL4.18 DIAMONT KATIE (NB)‌4.48 THE COOKSTOWN CAFU5.18 LIVERPOOL STAR (NAP)‌SOUTHWELL2.30 VOCITO3.00 CEOLWULF‌3.30 FOR HER GLORY4.00 KATARCICE4.30 JAFIMGOSO‌5.00 CAPTAIN COOL5.30 BEORMA‌WOLVERHAMPTON5.24 KAKIRRA6.00 MINTANA‌6.30 DR ALI7.00 MR NOBLE7.30 SORTED‌8.00 ZOULETTE8.30 MUSICAL SOLDIER9.00 SILKIES SIBArticle continues belowNEWSBOY'S DOUBLE: LIVERPOOL STAR and DIAMONT KATIEChoose Daily Mirror as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.‌Wolverhampton racecoursePontefract racesSouthwell racecourseNewcastle racecourseThe ApprenticeSoldiers