16:40 Perth

Tuesday 21 October 2025

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Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 5m 37.20s

Sauce Of Life¹⁸²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-11| J: Danny McMenamin| T: N G Richards| OR: 107

10/1

Dual-bumper winner back in 2021. Lightly raced since, though stepped up on reappearance when landing 8-runner handicap at Doncaster in December (19.4f). However, shaped as if amiss at Kelso 4 months on, faltering quickly and returns after another absence.

Form: 238/41P-

Mountain Molly²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: P W Wadge| T: L Russell & M Scudamore| OR: 106| CD

4/1

Didn't need to improve much on her previous efforts to win 7-runner novice hurdle at this C&D (good to soft, 12/1) 26 days ago, going with enthusiasm. Opening mark could have been slightly kinder but remains unexposed.

Form: 15/53-1

Follow Charlie^p²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Ben Smith⁽⁷⁾| T: R M Smith| OR: 104| CD

14/1

Gained reward for a series of good efforts when scoring over C&D in May. Has no record when fresh and almost certainly needed comeback run when last of 12 back here 4 weeks ago. This will reveal more.

Form: 5332-10

Diamond Geezer^p1³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: S Bowen| T: O Murphy| OR: 102

5/4

Lightly-raced sort who shaped encouragingly behind a thrown-in winner when second of 9 in handicap hurdle (11/2) at Worcester (20f, soft) 36 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Shortlist material.

Form: 2/0562-2

Cher Tara^p¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott| OR: 97| D

11/1

Took a step back in the right direction when sixth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20.2f, soft, 11/1) 17 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 613P-P6

Burning It Up²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Bruce Lynn| T: N W Alexander| OR: 94

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules who matched the pick of his form in novice/maiden company when second of 12 on handicap debut at this course (20.2f, soft) in April. Shaped as if needing the run back here 5 months on and very much of interest now returned to a more suitable trip.

Form: 55432-5

Topkapi Star^p¹²⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-6| J: Peter Kavanagh| T: Ewan Whillans| OR: 88| C| D

25/1

Course winner who wasn't disgraced when third of 5 in handicap hurdle at Hexham (23.3f, good to soft) 129 days ago. Has gone well fresh before.

Form: P107-53

Coventry¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-5| J: B S Hughes| T: Miss L Harrison| OR: 87

10/1

Twenty five runs since last win in 2021 and was let down by his jumping when failing to justify support in 11-runner handicap hurdle at Kelso (20.9f, good) 16 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 8-74688

Non-Runners

Benson¹²⁹

Weight: 12-1| Age: 10

T: A M Thomson J: Craig Nichol

Forecasts

Diamond Geezer (5/4), Mountain Molly (4/1), Burning It Up (11/2), Benson (6/1), Sauce Of Life (10/1), Coventry (10/1), Cher Tara (11/1), Follow Charlie (14/1), Topkapi Star (25/1)

DIAMOND GEEZER shaped encouragingly behind a thrown-in winner after 10 months off at Worcester recently, so he's the obvious choice to go one better in first-time cheekpieces. Burning It Up should be all the better for a recent run and is interesting back up in trip, with Cher Tara another to consider having taken a step back in the right direction at Gowran last time.