13:40 Perth

Wednesday 22 April 2026

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Welcome To The Perth Festival Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Eagle's Cairn²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Bruce Lynn| T: N W Alexander| OR: 90

80/1

Signs of ability on a couple of occasions but has pulled up on his last 3 outings.

Form: 03-6PPP

Gee Force Flyer⁴⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: S Bowen| T: O Murphy| OR: 120

8/11

Has improved with each start, finishing an excellent third of 17 in EBF Final at Sandown (2½m, soft) on handicap debut 46 days ago. Open to further progress and the one to beat.

Form: 1-3223

Holy Joe

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Ben Jones| T: G Elliott

14/1

Elusive Pimpernel gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners, including fairly useful 2½m hurdle winner Miss Aloud. Dam unraced. It'll be interesting to see how he compares in the betting to stablemate Newbrook Diamond.

Newbrook Diamond^b¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: H Cobden| T: G Elliott| OR: 120

7/2

Fairly useful form when placed 4 times over hurdles but found little in first-time blinkers (retained) when only seventh of 25 at Fairyhouse (16.5f) over Easter. Steps back up in trip now.

Form: 232527

Off The Jury⁶⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: James Bowen| T: M Bowen| OR: 126WS

2/1

Disappointed with tongue tie fitted on the back of a breathing operation (had another one since) when pulled up in a 3m Haydock handicap in February. The tongue tie is quickly discarded now and he'll have a big say if back to form he showed in maiden/novice hurdles on first 3 outings for this yard.

Form: R2-322P

Prince Phil^h⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean Quinlan| T: S England

150/1

Showed a bit on bumper debut but 2 hurdle efforts since suggest he won't be of any interest in this sphere until handicapping.

Form: 5P0

Run Baby Run^p⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: D R Fox| T: R M Smith| OR: 67

250/1

No form, with his jumping often suspect.

Form: PP807

Expensive Emotion¹⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Danny McMenamin| T: A Keatley

16/1

£40,000 purchase after getting off the mark in Irish points at the second attempt in November. Joined a good stable for her hurdle career and it'll be interesting to see what the betting makes of her.

Non-Runners

Heffalump¹⁴³

Weight: 11-6| Age: 6

T: D McCain Jnr J: Non Runner

Minutes To Spare⁴⁷

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: D McCain Jnr J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Newbrook Diamond (2/1), Holy Joe (5/2), Off The Jury (7/2), Expensive Emotion (4/1), Gee Force Flyer (10/1), Minutes To Spare (14/1), Heffalump (50/1), Eagle's Cairn (150/1), Prince Phil (150/1), Run Baby Run (150/1)

GEE FORCE FLYER's third in the EBF Final at Sandown is a notably strong piece of form and he should take a bit of stopping back in a maiden, particularly as chief form rivals Off The Jury and Newbrook Diamond need to bounce back from lesser efforts last time. Adrian Keatley's Irish point recruit Expensive Emotion would also enter calculations if the betting speaks in her favour.