20:10 Perth

Tuesday 11 August 2020

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Thank You Active First Aid Scotland Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB)

Off time: 20:10 | Winning time: 4m 3.15s

Ballyvictieres²¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: R D Day| T: Mrs A Hamilton

50/1

Record in Irish points reads PFPP, and this son of Sans Frontieres starts out for a yard with a modest 4% strike-rate in bumpers. No appeal.

Form: PFPP-

Jinkaman²⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Quinlan| T: C Grant

100/1

Dam was a 2¾m hurdle winner, and this son of Black Sam Bellamy was always struggling, and trailed in a long way behind in a Sedgefield bumper in December.

Form: 0-

Lucarnip

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Henry Brooke| T: Stef Keniry

28/1

By St Leger winner Lucarno out of a modest sprint maiden. Rare bumper runner for yard, and not enough encouragement in his pedigree to make him of particular interest.

Form:

Diamond State²²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: T Scudamore| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell

16/1

By Vision d'Etat out of a 1m3f winner. Raced too freely when a disappointing 19¼L eighth of 10 to Elios D'Or in a bumper at Musselburgh in January, and should improve as he learns the ropes.

Form: 8-

Against All Odds

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: Adam Wedge| T: L Morgan

16/5

Saint des Saints mare out of a winning hurdler, herself a daughter of owners' top-class hurdler Marello. Yard has a decent strike rate (3-11 in last two years) in bumpers, and this mare ticks plenty of the right boxes.

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Headscarf Lil²²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: B S Hughes| T: N G Richards| BF

5/6

Ran very well when runner-up on bumper bow at Kelso in May 2019, and has maintained that form in two starts since, albeit without progressing. Holds solid place claims once again.

Form: 234-

Lady Bowes²⁷²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: Charlotte Jones⁽⁷⁾| T: James Moffatt

4/1

Improved effort when belying odds of 100/1 with a good 6L second in a Carlisle bumper in October.. Sets the standard on that run, but couldn't build on it next time, and may benefit from more of a test than she'll get here.

Form: 624-

Tara Kay

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Danny McMenamin⁽³⁾| T: J S Goldie

12/1

Dam was a grand servant to this yard, winning from 5f-1¾m on the Flat and at up to 2½m over hurdles, so this Kayf Tara filly is well worth a market check, despite yard being 0-19 in this sphere in last five years.

Form:

Forecasts

Headscarf Lil (5/6), Against All Odds (16/5), Lady Bowes (4/1), Tara Kay (12/1), Diamond State (16/1), Lucarnip (28/1), Ballyvictieres (50/1), Jinkaman (100/1)

Headscarf Lil and Lady Bowes are the form picks, but the former hasn't really progressed since a promising debut, and the latter may need a stiffer test of stamina than this having shown her best form in the mud at Carlisle. With that in mind, the verdict goes to the well-bred debutant AGAINST ALL ODDS, out of a pretty useful hurdles winner, who is herself a daughter of her owners' high-class racemare Marello.