19:10 Perth

Wednesday 12 May 2021

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Salutation Hotel, Scotland's Most Historic Hotel Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 19:10 | Winning time: 6m 26.50s

Bialco^p,t⁵³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: D R Fox| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 113| C

18/1

Largely disappointing last term, including beaten 19 lengths into sixth in handicap hurdle at Newcastle (2½m, good to soft) when last seen in March.

Form: P/55356-

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Zolfo^p³⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: Sean Quinlan| T: J Candlish| OR: 112

33/1

Had a very productive 2019/20, winning 5 times over fences. Last season never really got going but does have a reduced mark to work with back hurdling.

Form: 11/P74P-

Rock The House³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Fergus Gregory⁽³⁾| T: O Murphy| OR: 107

5/1

Improved at second time of asking in handicaps when seeing off 9 rivals at Huntingdon (21.5f) last month. Should be more to come now stepping up to 3m so 4 lb rise may not prevent follow up.

Form: 825661-

Rainy City^p⁷²

Age: 11| Weight: 11-4| J: Harry Reed| T: J S Goldie| OR: 105| CD

100/1

Fair hurdler/chaser. Easy winner over C&D in summer 2019 but not seen again until finishing well held in AW jumpers bumper in January. Pulled up in chase at Ayr since. Tough to assess at present.

Form: PP41/9P-

Pitempton Power¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Callum Bewley| T: A C Whillans| OR: 105

9/1

9/2, creditable second of 6 in handicap hurdle at this course (2½m, good) 19 days ago but this looks a deeper race now going up in trip again.

Form: 744F32-

Shaws Bridge¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Billy Garritty⁽³⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 104| C

3/1

Second outing for this yard when scoring comfortably over 2½m here 19 days ago. Lightly-raced sort who could have more to come and capable of having a big say if stamina holds now up in trip again.

Form: 33/4241-

Wakool^p³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Danny McMenamin| T: N W Alexander| OR: 103

3/1

Good second of 11 in handicap hurdle at Kelso (23f, good to soft) 31 days ago, his fourth successive placed effort. Likely to be in the shake-up again.

Form: 1/93322-

Dequall³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Sam Coltherd| T: W Coltherd| OR: 99| BF

9/2

Latest win in hurdle at Kelso in March. Creditable third of 11 in handicap back there (23f, good to soft) last month. Ought to be in the shake-up again.

Form: 489413-

Sketrick³⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: James Bowen| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 98| D

11/1

33/1, Improved effort when third of 9 in handicap hurdle at Carlisle (25f, good) 39 days ago. Needs to build on that now.

Form: 906503-

Black Label^v⁶²

Age: 10| Weight: 10-10| J: Ross Chapman| T: B Butterworth| OR: 97| D

100/1

Ended time with Karl Thornton with narrow success at Bellewstown (3m) in August 2019 but no show back from an absence for new yard this year.

Form: 8531/P9-

Balgowlah^b¹⁸³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: Oakley Brown⁽⁵⁾| T: C A McBratney| OR: 95

25/1

None too consistent and latest Fairyhouse run in November wasn't one of his better efforts. Stable has had a few winners here over the years so worth a precautionary betting check.

Form: 7/98650-

Cairnshill³³

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Alison Clarke⁽⁷⁾| T: Kenny Johnson| OR: 86

33/1

Fallen a long way in the weights over both sets of obstacles without really looking like he's going to take advantage.

Form: P43P7P-

Non-Runners

Cage Of Fear²⁴

Weight: 11-11| Age: 7

T: F O'Brien J: Liam Harrison

Pistol³⁹

Weight: 10-0| Age: 12

T: J E Dixon J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Wakool (3/1), Shaws Bridge (3/1), Dequall (9/2), Rock The House (5/1), Cage Of Fear (7/1), Pitempton Power (9/1), Sketrick (11/1), Bialco (18/1), Pistol (20/1), Balgowlah (25/1), Cairnshill (33/1), Zolfo (33/1), Rainy City (100/1), Black Label (100/1)

There should be more to come from ROCK THE HOUSE now stepping up to 3m so he's selected to make light of a 4 lb rise for last month's breakthrough success at Huntingdon. Shaws Bridge was a stylish winner here last month and could be a big threat if his stamina holds now going up in trip again. Dequall and Wakool are also on the shortlist.