16:55 Perth

Wednesday 31 July 2019

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Off time: 16:55 | Winning time: 6m 17.71s

Holy Motivation^p¹⁹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-4| J: R Johnson| T: G Elliott| OR: 102| D

3/1

Still a maiden but her yard won this race in 2017 and the mare is respected as a long distance raider from an in-form yard (with the champion jockey in the plate too!) She goes well with cut in the ground but well held last time.

Form: 225096-

Caerleon Kate^b¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 12-4| J: Adrian Heskin| T: C A McBratney| OR: 102

13/2

A respectable effort at Downpatrick last time reads well but the mare rarely runs two races the same and can throw the towel in when pressed. Her record of 1-36 says she's one to be wary of despite the lenient current mark.

Form: 880-073

Mondlicht^v³⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Callum Bewley| T: James Moffatt| OR: 96

40/1

Well beaten in both starts since returning from a break and others can lay out far stronger cases for support.

Form: 3RR4/00

White Lilac^p⁴²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 91| D

8/1

Won a point-to-point but is still a maiden under rules and form for her current yard has been regressive. On a lenient mark but that's probably for good reason.

Form: 0/56P-48

Game Line^p¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: James Bowen| T: Christian Williams| OR: 90

3/1

Still has some scope and was good value for the winning margin over fences last time; hurdles form in Ireland was respectable but he's still 0-5 over timber. Still, he races from a competitive mark and would be dangerous to omit from the equation.

Form: 9-43351

Karingo^p³⁹

Age: 12| Weight: 11-4| J: Grant Cockburn⁽³⁾| T: Mrs L B Normile| OR: 88| CD

16/1

Won this by a couple of lengths last year and only 2lb higher for this repeat bid. Recent form has been mixed but still able to force the issue when he's on song. Place claims at least.

Form: 155P-2P

Miss Batten^t⁵⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Blair Campbell⁽³⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 87| D

7/2

Ran well over fences at Uttoxeter last month and still unexposed as far as handicapping goes back over timber. Worth a betting check even though the mare still needs to step up from previous form in this sector.

Form: 18-633

Captain Cook^b1³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: C O'Farrell| T: Mrs Dianne Sayer| OR: 83| D

18/1

1-8 in point-to-points but still a maiden under rules and hurdles form has been poor so far. Not hard to overlook this time.

Form: 8P7P-8P

Pads⁴⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-9| J: Alain Cawley| T: D Bourke| OR: 79

12/1

Yet to win a race but does have snippets of past form that give him an outside chance at this level. It's a long way back in his form profile though and he's had a lot of similar chances he's not taken since.

Form: 7855-38

Jackofhearts^p²⁷

Age: 11| Weight: 10-0| J: Ross Chapman| T: Mrs J C McGregor| OR: 64

80/1

Another with a winless profile and very hard to recommend given the way he struggled before being pulled up over C&D last time. (6lb wrong at the weights.)

Form: PP7-47P

Non-Runners

Chanceiton²⁷

Weight: 12-4| Age: 8

T: Miss Lucinda V Russell J: Thomas Willmott

Lawtop Legend³³

Weight: 11-3| Age: 7

T: G Bewley J: Jonathon Bewley

Angel's Envy²⁷

Weight: 10-11| Age: 7

T: I Jardine J: B S Hughes

Forecasts

Game Line (3/1), Holy Motivation (3/1), Chanceiton (3/1), Miss Batten (7/2), Caerleon Kate (13/2), White Lilac (8/1), Angel's Envy (10/1), Pads (12/1), Lawtop Legend (14/1), Karingo (16/1), Captain Cook (18/1), Mondlicht (40/1), Jackofhearts (80/1)

Last year's winner Karingo is respected in his repeat bid, as he's only 2lb higher and there's a good deal of deadwood to sift through. Pads also makes some appeal even though he's still a maiden and a leap of faith is needed; the pick of his past form gives him a reasonable chance of at least making the frame if he can recapture his old spark. Holy Motivation has the right man on board if she needs her mind making up for her and is another to bear in mind. However, slender preference is for a sporting punt on CHANCEITON building on a good effort over fences last time and, as he's 5lb lower over hurdles, he has fair claims at the weights.