Racecards
16:15 Perth
Royal Bank Of Scotland Handicap Chase (Class D) (For The Duke Of Atholl Challenge Cup) (Class _)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 3m
- Going: Good
Mounsey Castle
123- Form 3415-P6
- Age 7
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer P Hobbs & J White
- Jockey R Johnson
in touch, mistake 3rd, mistake 11th, headway next, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out
- Form 131311
- Age 7
- Weight 11-7
- Trainer Miss Lucinda V Russell
- Jockey P Buchanan
chased leaders, led approaching 4 out, ridden over 3 out, kept on well
Clear Dawn (IRE)
140- Form 31PU3-4
- Age 9
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer J Jefferson
- Jockey F King
was held up, struggling from 12th
- Form 12/114P-
- Age 6
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey A P McCoy
held up, blundered badly 10th, ridden approaching 4 out, soon weakened, pulled up before next
- Form 041110-
- Age 8
- Weight 10-12
held up, headway approaching 12th, ridden to chase winner approaching 3 out, kept on and no impression from next
Pontius
481- Form BP31/1U-
- Age 7
- Weight 10-11
- Trainer N & W Twiston-Davies
- Jockey C Llewellyn
prominent, quickly weakened and pulled up before 5th
- Form P-P0021
- Age 5
- Weight 10-9
held up in rear, struggling from 12th
Fisher Street
847- Form 31PP41/
- Age 9
- Weight 10-4
- Trainer Mrs C Kerr
- Jockey F Keniry
led, headed 6th, weakened 10th, pulled up after 12th
- Form U-12631
- Age 8
- Weight 10-4
in touch, weakened and pulled up before 9th
Bold Navigator
195- Form 1U/U15P-
- Age 14
- Weight 10-1
chased leaders, led 6th, headed approaching 4 out, one pace from next
Ta Ta For Now
133- Form 0PP03-1
- Age 7
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer Mrs S Bradburne
- Jockey K Renwick
held up, driven along approaching 8, weakened from 12th, tailed off and pulled up before 3
Basil
247- Form UPRF1P-
- Age 11
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer J Billinge
- Jockey D C Costello
mid division, tailed off from 9th, pulled up before 13th
- Form P4PP14
- Age 10
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer Mrs L Normile
- Jockey M Nicolls
in touch, weakened from 12, pulled up before next
In depth
Verdict
If he is straight enough first time back after a year off then we take Pontius to and this decent prize, with Gangsters R Us, Catch The Perk and Time To Reflect perhaps the main dangers. Pontius enjoyed a good spring last year on ground just like this, landing a long distance handicap hurdle here and then posting a very comfortable handicap chase win at Kelso next time, before unseating when holding every chance of completing the hat-trick at Stratford. Off the course since then, we must take his fitness on trust, though we are presuming that Nigel Twiston-Davies would not send him to Britain's most northerly racecourse if he could not do himself justice. Gangsters R Us is one to consider, based on his hat-trick in the spring, when he went up 25lb in total. A lover of decent ground and three miles, he will be helped by a 4lb drop since his latest run in April, can go well fresh, and should be thereabouts. Catch The Perk will also be popular, but has to prove that he truly gets three miles. A winner over 2m 5f and 2m 6f on his last two starts, he may not have stopped progressing just yet, and so he is greatly respected. Of the remainder, Time To Reflect looks another progressive sort, but he will need to be to take this race in only his third chase, and there will be other days for him, and our idea of the winner here is Pontius.