Racecards
17:40 Perth
Ballathie House Hotel Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) (Class 4)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Good to Soft
- Surface: Turf
- £8,500 added
- Winner: £3,867
- 2nd: £1,781
- 3rd: £890
- 4th: £446
- Form 232F61-
- Age 9
- Weight 11-13
- Official Rating 121
- Trainer R Dobbin
- Jockey C O'Farrell
made all, led, upped tempo 3 out, 1-length lead at the last, kept on gamely when ridden out in the run-in
- Form 624622-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 120
- Trainer D McCain Jnr
- Jockey Theo Gillard
tracked leaders and raced freely, kept widest of all, not fluent 5th and soon lost position racing in mid-division, ridden 3 out, tailed off after 2 out
- Form 2/P6635-
- Age 10
- Weight 11-10
- Official Rating 118
- Trainer N G Richards
- Jockey R D Day
tracked leader, ridden 2 out, keeping on and disputing 2nd last, reins snapped run-in, kept on for 2nd run-in but no match for the winner
- Form 373534/
- Age 8
- Weight 10-13
- Official Rating 107
- Trainer Miss Lucinda V Russell
- Jockey D R Fox
towards rear, bad mistake 7th, ridden in rear after 3 out, never involved
- Form 09P87-4
- Age 9
- Weight 10-9
- Official Rating 103
- Trainer S R B Crawford
- Jockey James Bowen
tracked leader, niggled along after 3 out, ridden and a length down disputing 2nd at the last, no extra run-in
Morningside
51- Form 1/04426-
- Age 8
- Weight 10-6
- Official Rating 100
- Trainer Miss S E Forster
- Jockey R P McLernon
towards rear, mistake 5th, ridden and outpaced after 3 out
- Form 315247-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 112
- Trainer R Menzies
- Jockey Henry Brooke
NonRunner
In depth
Verdict
Better Getalong is jumping fences late in life and has been well beaten in both starts so far. It took SLANELOUGH 17 attempts to get off the mark over the larger obstacles but everything fell into place at Ayr last month and a similar effort in this lower grade may well suffice. Morningside is still a maiden under Rules so Away At Dawn may be the danger even though he’s making his chasing bow. He won over hurdles and placed between the flags as a four-year-old son has more scope than most of these.
Formwatch
Slanelough (IRE) 4-1 (11-0) Led, clear 2nd until 6th, mistake 4 out, joined 2 out, soon headed, led again last, stayed on, won at Ayr 2m hcp (3) gd in Apr beating Eskendash (11-8) by 3 1/4l, 6 ran.
Away At Dawn (IRE) 10-3 (11-6) Tracked leader then led after the 1st, pressed 3 out, ridden when headed approaching 2 out, rallied after the last and kept on strongly, unable to catch winner, 2nd of 7, shd behind Sufi (11-0) at Market Rasen 2m 1f (4) gd in Apr.
Better Getalong (IRE) 10-1 (11-0) Close up, lost place 4 out, soon struggling, 5th of 7, 19 1/4l behind Some Reign (11-11) at Carlisle 2m hcp (3) gs in Apr.
Royal Reserve 33-1 (10-0) Dwelt, always in rear, last of 14, 19 1/4l behind Shamad (9-2) at Ayr 1m 5f hcp (3) gd in Sep.
Schmidt (IRE) 25-1 (10-11) Held up, headway into midfield 10th, in contention 14th, ridden and lost touch with leading group before 4 out, no extra, 4th of 8, 30 1/4l behind Alf 'n' Dor (10-3) at Ayr 2m 4f hcp (4) sft in May.
Morningside 10-1 (10-7) Held up towards rear, pushed along after 8th, ridden before 3 out, made no impression, 6th of 7, dist behind Dequall (10-0) at Kelso 3m 2f hcp (4) gd in Mar.
Check My Pulse (IRE) 18-1 (11-12) Prominent and tracked leader, ridden and weakened after 3 out, 7th of 10, dist behind Burrows Diamond (11-6) at Sedgefield 2m 1f hcp (4) gd in Apr.