21:05 Perth

Wednesday 15 May 2019

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Lodge At Perth Racecourse Novices' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 21:05 | Winning time: 6m 6.10s

Emirat De Catana²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-4| J: Thomas Willmott⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 102

9/1

Pulled up in both starts in PTP's, but has made some minor progress under rules; makes his handicap debut after finishing a well beaten 100/1 fourth to Braid Blue here (2m4f) three-weeks ago; this race is a much easier option.

Form: PP8444-

White Lilac^p⁵⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 96| D

9/2

PTP winner; nine-race rules maiden; has fallen 10lb in the weights since joining this trainer; pulled up on testing ground at Exeter (2m7f, soft) 58-days ago.

Form: 960/56P-

Song Of The Night⁷⁵⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Ross Chapman| T: Miss L Harrison| OR: 94| BF

28/1

13-race maiden who has placed good-ground form over this trip; left Charlie Longsdon for a mere £1,500 in May 2017 and absent since; can only be watched on this occasion.

Form: U22364/

Skyhill³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Craig Nichol| T: Mrs A C Hamilton| OR: 90

11/2

Regularly placed in PTP's without winning; 0-6 under rules having fallen 14lb in the weights since making his handicap debut at Newcastle (3m, soft) in January.

Form: P350P5-

Monsieur Bagot^v1³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Nathan Moscrop⁽⁵⁾| T: R Menzies| OR: 88

15/2

11-race rules maiden; campaigned over fences recently, twice finishing second in low grade handicaps at Newcastle (2m4f) and Musselburgh (3m); poor at Hexham latest, so his trainer resorts to a first-time visor back over the smaller obstacles.

Form: 6P262P-

Angel's Envy^p¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: C O'Farrell| T: I Jardine| OR: 80

9/4

0-13 over hurdles; beaten approximately 1L when finishing third off this mark over C&D in July 2018 (good); should benefit from her recent comeback run; enters calculations at the very least in a weak race.

Form: 305336-

Cudgel⁶⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: Mr Kit Alexander⁽⁵⁾| T: J Walton| OR: 78

11/1

Out of the 2m-2m5f chase winner Posh Stick and a half-brother to point winner Ripstick, therefore it's perhaps unsurprising that he's struggled over hurdles (0-6) so far; unlikely winner.

Form: 070575-

Just Brooke^t⁶⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 10-7| J: Grant Cockburn⁽³⁾| T: N W Alexander| OR: 77

20/1

Poor maiden who hasn't stepped forward since being switched to handicapping; difficult to identify how (and if) she will be able to raise her game the required notch or two; stablemate of Eagle Ridge.

Form: 7P4/67P-

Millrose Bell⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: B S Hughes| T: V Thompson| OR: 73

9/1

20-race maiden; 6L runner up to the Micky Hammond-trained Dontdelay (11/10f) in a Class 5 3m Hexham handicap (heavy) on her penultimate start; today's faster ground is no real concern.

Form: 343625-

Non-Runners

Eagle Ridge¹⁹

Weight: 11-5| Age: 8

T: N W Alexander J: Lucy Alexander

Forecasts

Angel's Envy (9/4), White Lilac (9/2), Skyhill (11/2), Monsieur Bagot (15/2), Emirat De Catana (9/1), Millrose Bell (9/1), Cudgel (11/1), Eagle Ridge (14/1), Just Brooke (20/1), Song Of The Night (28/1)

A poor finale in which the handicap debutante Emirat De Catana could quite feasibly make a winning start. Similarly, with the assistance of Brian Hughes in the saddle the lowly-weighted maiden Millrose Bell is another worthy of consideration on various bits and pieces of form. However, with no real conviction and in a very small stakes applied contest, we'll chance that the Iain Jardine-trained ANGEL'S ENVY can benefit for her seasonal reappearance over 2m4f last month.