14:00 Perth

Friday 28 April 2017

All14:0014:3515:1015:4516:1516:5017:25

Saltire Stables Mares' 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 3m 53.00s

1^st

Miss Night Owl

711-4

1/1f

T: T R GeorgeJ: Adrian Heskin

Made all, soon clear until before and blundered 4 out, mistake last, kept on well run-in op 5/4 tchd Evens

2^nd

Verona Opera

611-4

6/1

T: S R B CrawfordJ: B S Hughes

Tracked leaders, went 2nd from 5 out, ridden after 2 out, kept on and no impression on winner op 11/2

3^rd

River Icon

510-12

11/1

T: I JardineJ: Henry Brooke

Held up towards rear, ridden in 6th place before 2 out, kept on to take 3rd place close home op 16/1 tchd 10/1

4^th

War Creation

511-4

2/1

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Tracked winner until 5 out, ridden before 2 out, lost 3rd place close home, no extra op 15/8

5^th

Final Reminder

510-12

40/1

T: N W AlexanderJ: Lucy Alexander

In touch in 4th, weakened before last op 33/1

6^th

1 ¾

Boogie Life

610-12

16/1

T: J S GoldieJ: Callum Bewley (3)

Mid-division, ridden from 3 out in 8th place, never dangerous op 18/1

7^th

Side Of The Road

510-12

100/1

T: D W WhillansJ: Callum Whillans (3)

Held up towards rear, went 7th before 2 out, never dangerous op 66/1

8^th

Lucarno Dancer

710-12

200/1

T: R ShielsJ: Daragh Bourke (5)

Held up towards rear, some headway from 4 out, weakened from 2 out op 250/1

Also Ran

Katy Royal

510-12

250/1

T: B MactaggartJ: Jamie Hamilton (3)

Held up rear division, weakened from 4 out, pulled up

Topham Bay

510-12

20/1

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: Blair Campbell (7)

Held up towards rear, weakened before 3 out, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out op 16/1

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Non-Runners

Just Brooke²⁵

Weight: 10-12| Age: 7

T: N W Alexander J: Grant Cockburn

Wide Awake²⁷⁶

Weight: 10-12| Age: 8

T: A M Thomson J: D R Fox

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.10Pl:£1.10, £1.70, £3.20EX:£8.00Trifecta:£30.60SF:£8.40Swingers:£2.40, £4.00, £14.00

Forecasts

Miss Night Owl (1/1), War Creation (2/1), Verona Opera (6/1), River Icon (11/1), Boogie Life (16/1), Topham Bay (20/1), Final Reminder (40/1), Wide Awake (50/1), Just Brooke (66/1), Side Of The Road (100/1), Lucarno Dancer (200/1), Katy Royal (250/1)

Not a great amount of strength in depth, with the previous winners MISS NIGHT OWL and War Creation probably vulnerable under penalties if facing stronger rivals. However, a chance is taken that the Tom George trained mare will handle this likely faster ground and have just enough in the locker to see off Nicky Henderson's Ludlow winner. Of the remainder, given her purchase price, you'd like to be seeing Final Reminder doing better at some point sooner rather than later.