13:40 Perth

Wednesday 22 April 2026

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Welcome To The Perth Festival Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 4f 35y  |   Good to Soft  |   8 Runners  |   Turf
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Horse A-Z
1
Horse silk
Eagle's Cairn28
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-6| J: Bruce Lynn| T: N W Alexander| OR:  90
Signs of ability on a couple of occasions but has pulled up on his last 3 outings.
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Timeform
2
Horse silk
Gee Force Flyer46
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-6| J: S Bowen| T: O Murphy| OR:  120
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.
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Timeform
4
Horse silk
Holy Joe
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-6| J: Ben Jones| T: G Elliott
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.
Timeform
6
Horse silk
Newbrook Diamondb17
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-6| J: H Cobden| T: G Elliott| OR:  120
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.
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Timeform
7
Horse silk
Off The Jury67
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-6| J: James Bowen| T: M Bowen| OR:  126WS
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.
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Timeform
Showed a bit on bumper debut but 2 hurdle efforts since suggest he won't be of any interest in this sphere until handicapping.
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Timeform
9
Horse silk
Run Baby Runp46
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-6| J: D R Fox| T: R M Smith| OR:  67
No form, with his jumping often suspect.
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Timeform
£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.
Timeform

Non-Runners

3
Horse silk
Heffalump143
Weight: 11-6|  Age: 6
T: D McCain Jnr  J: Non Runner
NR
5
Horse silk
Minutes To Spare47
Weight: 11-6|  Age: 5
T: D McCain Jnr  J: Non Runner
NR

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)

Verdict

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.

Previous Winners

2025
Scarlet Jet
Weight: 11-6  |Age: 5
12/1

Prize Money

1st: £5,446.002nd: £2,509.003rd: £1,254.004th: £628.00

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