Lady Georgina Birthday Celebration Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 6m 47.4s

Wicked Willy¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Jamie Bargary⁽³⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 120

2/1

Consistent handicapper who won twice in January (Huntingdon and Market Rasen) and has run well in three subsequent contests. The handicapper may just have his measure for the time being, though.

Form: 311233

Landecker¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: Blair Campbell⁽³⁾| T: N W Alexander| OR: 118

5/1

Loves Kelso (four time winner at the Borders track), and was spotted finishing with his usual late rattle over 2m6f there earlier in the month. A step up to this trip appears ideal, and he's fully capable from this sort of mark as he showed when a 6L runner up to Iora Glas in this race in 2016.

Form: 158235-

Total Assets¹²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-12| J: Callum Bewley| T: S Waugh| OR: 116

5/1

Seeks the hat-trick having plundered staying races at Kelso and Carlisle already this month, so clearly a mare in the peak of her form. Often difficult for the assessor to catch up with these improving mares in the spring months, and a major player.

Form: 412311

Petite Power^t¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: F O'Brien| OR: 115

5/2

Has done well over both hurdles and fences since the turn of the year and held an entry over the larger obstacles at Perth on Wednesday (4.40pm). Tough and on the upgrade as demonstrated when playing a leading role when falling at the last at Chepstow earlier this month.

Form: 1216F4

Sun Cloud^p²⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 10-11| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: J M Jefferson| OR: 115

8/1

Better known as a staying chaser and did win over fences at the Perth April Festival in 2015, but was also 1¼L second in this race back in 2013 to Kris Cross from a similar mark so not totally ruled out.

Form: 5P32P1-

Maraweh^p¹⁹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: S Mulqueen⁽³⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 113

16/1

14L third in this race (from a 5lb higher mark) to Iora Glas in 2016 (Landecker second) before going onto win over 3m here the following month. Competitive enough on both pieces of form, and this meeting has surely been his target since being roughed off after racing at Carlisle in October 2016.

Form: 163676-

Non-Runners

Isaacstown Lad³³

Weight: 11-13| Age: 10

T: N G Richards J: R D Day

Hello George⁵⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 8

T: P Hobbs & J White J: Tom Cheesman

Forecasts

Hello George (15/8), Wicked Willy (2/1), Petite Power (5/2), Total Assets (5/1), Landecker (5/1), Isaacstown Lad (7/1), Sun Cloud (8/1), Maraweh (16/1)

Plenty of Perth regulars line up, with a few of the runners being no stranger to this very race, with Landecker the pick of those horses. However, both HELLO GEORGE and Total Assets come here at the peak of their form, with the 3lb claim of Thomas Cheeseman helping to negate some of the former named's 9lb rise for an 11L Newbury success. The Phillip Hobbs trained long distance traveller gets a narrow vote to follow up.