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16:50 Perth
Sterling Assurance Juvenile Novices' Hurdle (Class E) (Class _)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 2m 110y
- Going: Good
- Form 143
- Age 3
- Weight 11-5
prominent, ridden and outpaced approaching last
- Form 3
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
chased leaders, ridden and went 2nd approaching last, soon hung right, one pace
Show No Fear
25- Form F
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey F Keniry
made all, ridden approaching last, kept on well
- Form P
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer J Weymes
- Jockey B P Harding
mid-division until lost place halfway, tailed off when pulled up before last
- Age 3
- Weight 10-5
held up behind, some late headway, never dangerous
- Form 33
- Age 3
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer P Haslam
- Jockey R Thornton
mid-division, ridden and weakened approaching last
- Form 244
- Age 3
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer M Todhunter
- Jockey A Dobbin
held up and keen, effort approaching 2 out, soon beaten
- Age 3
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer N & W Twiston-Davies
- Jockey C Llewellyn
chased and keen until weakened 2 out
In depth
Verdict
Nocatee, Hernando's Boy and Quarry Island are likely to go well here and we will take Nocatee to land the prize. The selection has to give weight away all round, but has every chance of doing so based on what we have seen so far. A winner on the Flat at Redcar in June, he followed up on his hurdling debut at Stratford and although he has not won since, he has blinkers on for the first time here and under a typically strong McCoy drive we can see him getting up. Neither Hernando's Boy nor Quarry Island should be far away. If they reproduce their running behind Desert Tommy at Market Rasen earlier in the year then Quarry Island has five lengths in hand on his rival at these weights. However, he has not quite matched that level of form in subsequent outings, while Hernando's Boy has not been seen since, so both are slightly risky propositions. Little else makes appeal and we will take Nocatee to produce another winner for Tony McCoy.