14:55 Perth

Saturday 22 June 2019

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Pentland Land Rover Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:55 | Winning time: 4m 55.1s

Green Zone¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny McMenamin⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss L Harrison| OR: 104| BF| CD

5/2

Course regular; 7lb higher than when beating Golden Jeffrey by 13L over C&D in May (good); found 2m on the sharp side when finishing just under 7L fourth to the 40/1 winner Ardera Cross a fortnight ago.

Form: 35-4124

Beau Et Sublime^t³⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: R P McLernon| T: R M Smith| OR: 102| D

14/1

Formerly trained in Ireland by Tony Martin; generally poor since joining this yard for £11,500 in September 2018, hence a 15lb drop in the handicap; plenty of work to do with Green Zone on May C&D form.

Form: 7579F-4

Viscount Wilson^b,t⁵⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: R Johnson| T: G Elliott| OR: 105

12/1

21-race maiden (0-10 over hurdles); runner up on a couple of occasions in early 2019 (Naas and Wexford) but has headed in totally the wrong direction since; needs to raise his game markedly.

Form: 00220P-

Make It Happen^p,t⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-5| J: Blair Campbell⁽³⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 97

25/1

April Kelso hurdles winner (2m2f, good to soft); hasn't taken to fences and elected to refuse to race at Hexham last weekend (after a very messy start); ground versatile; stablemate of Gripper.

Form: 0P18-5R

Gripper²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: D R Fox| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 101

8/1

1m6f AW Flat winner for Ralph Beckett (August 2018); has made some limited progress over hurdles since joining this yard for 22,000gns in October 2018; could appreciate this extra yardage on handicap debut.

Form: 8-43

Home Place²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: D A Jacob| T: K Thornton| OR: 96

10/3

12-race maiden; reverts to hurdling after a largely unproductive spell over fences (2m4f-3m); relatively untested in handicaps over the smaller obstacles and it's possible that he's on a useful mark (9lb lower than over fences); noteworthy.

Form: PU73-75

Amalfi Doug⁵⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: B S Hughes| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 94

6/1

Has had plenty of trainers during a relatively short career (struggled for Dan Skelton, Tom Lacey and others); made all when winning a 3m PTP at Taylorstown (good) in April, and has since found his way to the in-form Keith Dalgleish.

Form: 54P8/31-

Reivers Lodge²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: James Corbett⁽⁵⁾| T: S Corbett| OR: 92

10/1

Mare with a poor strike-rate (1-27), although she has admittedly worked her way back down the weights; 3lb lower than when finishing third (28/1) over 2m4½f on soft ground at Musselburgh in March.

Form: 8UP36-8

Railway Muice^p,t¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: K Brogan⁽⁷⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 91

16/1

18-race maiden; ran far better than the bare finishing positions imply at Wexford (2m4½f, good/yld) latest and it's still early days with this trainer; interesting to see if he attracts any market support; chance.

Form: P038-98

Karingo^p³⁷

Age: 12| Weight: 10-11| J: Grant Cockburn⁽³⁾| T: Mrs L B Normile| OR: 89| C

12/1

Both of his career wins have come at Perth (3m), although it should be noted that he hasn't run anywhere else since June 2018 (3155P2); 3lb higher than when headed on the run-in by Lough Kent over C&D last month.

Form: 3155P-2

Ska Ridge^h,t¹⁰⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-5| J: Craig Nichol| T: G Bewley| OR: 83WS

40/1

Eight-race maiden with little worthwhile form; pulled up on both starts in handicap company (2m4f-3m); back in action following a three month break (for wind surgery).

Form: P096PP-

Fading Icon⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Thomas Dowson| T: P A Kirby| OR: 84

25/1

14-race maiden; runner up on her final start for Sheena West at Fontwell (2m3f, soft) in February; poor so far for Phil Kirby (0-3), very much appearing to be not in love with the all too obvious delights of Hexham Racecourse.

Form: 8P2-7P5

Country Delights¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Lorcan Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: H Burns| OR: 78

10/1

Seven-race maiden with plenty of non-completions on her CV; more promising on her latest start at Market Rasen (2m4f+) when finishing 8L fourth of 12 to Stubborn Logic; needs to demonstrate that she can back that effort up.

Form: 86PPP-4

Jackofhearts^p³⁸

Age: 11| Weight: 10-0| J: Ross Chapman| T: Mrs J C McGregor| OR: 69

40/1

36-race maiden who competes from miles outside of the handicap proper having not raced over hurdles since April 2016; holds no realistic chance.

Form: 2PPP7-4

Forecasts

Green Zone (5/2), Home Place (10/3), Amalfi Doug (6/1), Gripper (8/1), Country Delights (10/1), Reivers Lodge (10/1), Viscount Wilson (12/1), Karingo (12/1), Beau Et Sublime (14/1), Railway Muice (16/1), Fading Icon (25/1), Make It Happen (25/1), Jackofhearts (40/1), Ska Ridge (40/1)

A race which is best summed up by a single word, tough! The likes of Green Zone and Karingo are no strangers to these parts, with the former likely to be suited by stepping back up to a more suitable trip. Similar comments apply to the handicap debutante Gripper who rates as the clear pick of the Lucinda Russell-trained pair, while the unexposed PTP scorer Amalfi Doug should be very much monitored in the market for the bang-in-form Keith Dalgleish. However, although wary of the Daryl Jacob-ridden Home Place, a chance is taken on the 18-race maiden RAILWAY MUICE who hasn't been with Paul Flynn for long and ran reasonably well at Wexford 17 days ago.