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16:15 Perth

Royal Bank Of Scotland Handicap Chase (Class D) (For The Duke Of Atholl Challenge Cup) (Class _)

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 3m
  • Going: Good
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 23.60s
  • 13 Ran
1
Silk - Black and Light Blue (quartered), Black sleeves, White cap
9/1
  • Form 3415-P6
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-12

in touch, mistake 3rd, mistake 11th, headway next, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out

2
Silk - Maroon and White stripes, Maroon sleeves, White armlets, Maroon cap
  • Form 131311
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-7

chased leaders, led approaching 4 out, ridden over 3 out, kept on well

3
Silk - RED, WHITE chevron and armlets, striped cap
20/1
  • Form 31PU3-4
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-12

was held up, struggling from 12th

4
Silk - Emerald green, orange hoops, white cap
  • Form 12/114P-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12

held up, blundered badly 10th, ridden approaching 4 out, soon weakened, pulled up before next

5
Silk - Black, Light Blue hoops, check cap
  • Form 041110-
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-12

held up, headway approaching 12th, ridden to chase winner approaching 3 out, kept on and no impression from next

6
Silk - EMERALD GREEN, WHITE stars, EMERALD GREEN cap, WHITE star

Pontius

481
3/1
  • Form BP31/1U-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-11

prominent, quickly weakened and pulled up before 5th

7
Silk - Orange, Red seams, Orange cap, Red stars
  • Form P-P0021
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-9

held up in rear, struggling from 12th

8
Silk - LIGHT BLUE, ROYAL BLUE sash, quartered cap
66/1
  • Form 31PP41/
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-4

led, headed 6th, weakened 10th, pulled up after 12th

9
Silk - Light green, black epaulets, green cap, black star
  • Form U-12631
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-4

in touch, weakened and pulled up before 9th

10
Silk - White, red stripe and sleeves, quartered cap
33/1
  • Form 1U/U15P-
  • Age 14
  • Weight 10-1

chased leaders, led 6th, headed approaching 4 out, one pace from next

11
Silk - Emerald Green, Red spots
12/1
  • Form 0PP03-1
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-0

held up, driven along approaching 8, weakened from 12th, tailed off and pulled up before 3

12
Silk - Brown, Orange epaulets and star on cap

Basil

247
50/1
  • Form UPRF1P-
  • Age 11
  • Weight 10-0

mid division, tailed off from 9th, pulled up before 13th

14
Silk - White, Royal Blue inverted triangle, Royal Blue sleeves, White diamonds, White cap, Royal Blue diamond

Toad Hall

28 b
50/1
  • Form P4PP14
  • Age 10
  • Weight 10-0

in touch, weakened from 12, pulled up before next

13
NR
  • Form 35P4-13
  • Age 14
  • Weight 10-0

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

If he is straight enough first time back after a year off then we take Pontius to and this decent prize, with Gangsters R Us, Catch The Perk and Time To Reflect perhaps the main dangers. Pontius enjoyed a good spring last year on ground just like this, landing a long distance handicap hurdle here and then posting a very comfortable handicap chase win at Kelso next time, before unseating when holding every chance of completing the hat-trick at Stratford. Off the course since then, we must take his fitness on trust, though we are presuming that Nigel Twiston-Davies would not send him to Britain's most northerly racecourse if he could not do himself justice. Gangsters R Us is one to consider, based on his hat-trick in the spring, when he went up 25lb in total. A lover of decent ground and three miles, he will be helped by a 4lb drop since his latest run in April, can go well fresh, and should be thereabouts. Catch The Perk will also be popular, but has to prove that he truly gets three miles. A winner over 2m 5f and 2m 6f on his last two starts, he may not have stopped progressing just yet, and so he is greatly respected. Of the remainder, Time To Reflect looks another progressive sort, but he will need to be to take this race in only his third chase, and there will be other days for him, and our idea of the winner here is Pontius.