16:50 Perth

Thursday 23 September 2021

All13:2513:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:20

Centenary Silver Plate Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:50 | Winning time: 6m 9.5s

Wye Aye^h¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Joe Williamson⁽⁵⁾| T: P A Kirby| OR: 120| D

12/1

Dual chase winner in the spring, but efforts over hurdles the last twice have lacked spark and resumes in this sphere on a tough-looking mark.

Form: 2P11-07

Spider's Bite^t⁴⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: K Brogan⁽⁵⁾| T: A Nicol| OR: 117| D

3/1

Winning hurdler who appeared to get back on track over fences when just touched off over this C&D last month. Remains on a workable mark for new yard and should make his presence felt.

Form: 8P/UP-52

Slainte Mhor^p¹⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: D R Fox| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 111| D

11/1

Opened his chase account with a game display at Ayr during the spring. Latest Kelso effort in May was rather disappointing, but possibilities here if on-song following a break.

Form: 5241U-4

Lex Talionis^p,t¹²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-9| J: Henry Brooke| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 103

8/1

Unreliable type who ran out a wide-margin winner of Chepstow handicap chase in April. Has typically failed to back that performance up on his next 2 starts, though and cheekpieces now refitted.

Form: 4241-35

Head On^t,v¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Liam Harrison⁽⁵⁾| T: Ian Williams| OR: 90

8/11

Immediate improvement when making a winning debut in this sphere at Worcester (23f) last month. Duly followed up over the same C&D recently and probably has more to offer as a chaser.

Form: 8-55211

Non-Runners

Dr Des¹

Weight: 11-3| Age: 10

T: P & M Bowen J: James Bowen

Forecasts

Head On (8/11), Spider's Bite (3/1), Lex Talionis (8/1), Slainte Mhor (11/1), Wye Aye (12/1), Dr Des (12/1)

It's hard to look beyond HEAD ON, who made it 2-2 over fences with a fair bit in hand in a conditionals' event at Worcester 10 days ago. He is ahead of the handicapper and there may well be even better to come from this 5-y-o. Spider's Bite took a step back in the right direction and he gets the nod ahead of Slainte Mhor for forecast purposes.

HEAD ON (IRE)
SPIDER'S BITE (IRE)
SLAINTE MHOR (IRE)

Previous Winners

2020

Cage Of Fear

Weight: 11-7 |Age: 6

J: P J Brennan | T: F O'Brien

13/8

Prize Money

1st: £4,139.002nd: £1,907.003rd: £953.004th: £477.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00