Racecards
16:15 Perth
Totesport.com Handicap Chase (Class 3)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £10,000 added
- Form 1473-14
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 127
- Trainer Miss Lucinda V Russell
- Jockey P Buchanan
behind, headway and close up 4 out, ridden approaching next, kept on one pace
- Form 44-21S1
- Age 6
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 120
- Trainer C Grant
- Jockey Miss L Horner
tracked leader, led 4 out, ridden approaching 2 out, kept on
- Form 05-1324
- Age 7
- Weight 10-11
- Official Rating 112
- Trainer G Elliott
- Jockey Paul Carberry
always behind, tailed off from 3 out
- Form 15-2119
- Age 7
- Weight 10-6
- Official Rating 107
- Trainer Mrs E Slack
- Jockey F Davis
led, blundered 2nd, headed next, ridden approaching 4 out, hit next, soon chased winner, kept on one pace
- Form PPPP-00
- Age 9
- Weight 10-1
- Official Rating 102
- Trainer Mrs H O Graham
- Jockey T Messenger
close up and led 3rd, blundered badly and headed 4 out, soon ridden and weakened
In depth
Verdict
Barney, Tom's Toybox and Ormello come here in good recent form, with Tom's Toybox narrowly preferred. After wining over hurdles and fences, Barney was something of a disappointment last time, beaten almost 30 lengths. He can shape better here, but there is the suspicion that the handicapper has caught up with him after those recent successes. Ormello won here two outings ago but was slammed by the selection at Aintree last time. Although on revised terms here, it is hard to envisage Ormello turning the tables. Toms Toybox is perhaps unlucky not to have completed a hat trick, having won two of his last three starts, and slipped up when well placed on the other occasion. His win at Aintree last time was emphatic, with the 13lb rise in the weights the only concern. Toms Toybox holds all the answers here.
Formwatch
Ormello (FR) 4-1jt-fav (11-12) Behind, struggling 3 out, never dangerous, 4th of 7, 29l behind Tom's Toybox (9-13) at Aintree 2m hcp chs 0-130 (3) gd in Jun.
Tom's Toybox 9-2 (9-13) Held up, headway to lead 3 out, drew clear from 2 out, unchallenged, won at Aintree 2m hcp chs 0-130 (3) gd in Jun beating Water Taxi (11-4) by 14l, 7 ran.
Paradise Bay (IRE) 10-1 (10-12) Led until 2nd, chased leader, jumped left throughout, blundered 4 out, soon beaten, 4th of 7, 17l behind Premier Dane (10-12) at Perth 2m nov chs (4) gf.
Barney (IRE) 9-4fav (11-3) Tracked leaders, led on bit 3 out, headed 2 out, weakening when jumped right last, 9th of 12, 26l behind Haunted House (11-4) at Uttoxeter 2m hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Jun.
Lofty Leader (IRE) 25-1 (11-2) Chased leader, ridden and outpaced 3 out, weakened after next, 10th of 11, 44l behind Scutch Mill (11-9) at Cartmel 2m 1f cnd hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gs in May.
Brave Broncho (IRE) 5-2 (10-0) Made all, ridden and blundered 3 out, driven out, won at Perth 2m hcp chs 0-115 (4) gf beating Seeyaaj (11-12) by 3 1/2l, 5 ran.