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14:55 Perth

Heather Pre-pack Novices' Chase (Class D)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 2m
  • Going: Good
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 56.90s
  • 7 Ran
1
Silk - Red, Emerald Green chevrons, diamonds on sleeves, Red cap, Emerald Green star
1/2
  • Form 342111
  • Age 5
  • Weight 12-2

held up mid-division, fell 7th

2
Silk - Orange, Black triple diamond, Black and Orange diabolo on sleeves, Orange cap, Black diamond
7/1
  • Form 0-54014
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-12

tracked leaders, headway to lead after 7th, ridden clear after 3 out, not fluent last, stayed on well flat

4
Silk - Red, Black and Red hooped sleeves, Red and Gold hooped cap
  • Form 5PP536-
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-12

close up, disputed lead from 6th, ridden approaching 3 out, effort between last two, one pace under pressure

5
Silk - Green, Gold sleeves, White cap
33/1
  • Form 214/PP-4
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-12

chased leaders, pushed along and dropped rear 7th, soon lost touch

6
Silk - Maroon, Light Blue spots, Dark Green cap
12/1
  • Form P0F/P3-2
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-12

held up towards rear, pushed along after 5th, headway to go 3rd approaching 4 out, soon outpaced

7
Silk - DARK BLUE, PINK star, sleeves and star on cap
14/1
  • Form 4-40503
  • Age 10
  • Weight 10-12

led, headed after 7th, weakened approaching 4 out

8
Silk - RED, ROYAL BLUE hoop, hooped sleeves and cap
  • Form 5133-24
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-7

held up in rear, mistake 2nd, tailed off after 6th

3
NR

Hancock

28
  • Form 2U0F/0P
  • Age 10
  • Weight 10-12

In depth

Verdict

Able Native and Sijujama have both shown enough to suggest that they can win races over fences. However, they face a stiff task in doing so here as they take on, the latter for the second successive time, the Heather Dalton-trained Deferlant. Since narrowly beaten by Mr Woodland at Newton Abbot last month, the five-year-old has done very little wrong, winning all three starts and doing so in impressive fashion. Admittedly he has to give lumps of weight away but Richard Johnson's mount is in a different class to his rivals and is the obvious TEAMtalk selection. Stratford hurdle winner Cregs Way looks out of his depth as do the rest of the field and granted a clear run it will be surprising if this does not go to the favourite.