20:30 Perth

Wednesday 14 May 2025

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Murrayshall Meetings And Events Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 20:30 | Winning time: 5m 6.2s

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Selected odds by:

Millyupdahilly^h,t³³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Jack Hogan| T: Gerald Quinn| OR: 99

11/2

Creditable runner-up effort at Ayr (20.5f, soft) in February and respectable fifth at Down Royal and back at Ayr since. Her Irish stable has a 20% strike-rate here.

Form: 65/7255-

Donso Star²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: William Maggs| T: R M Smith| OR: 97

4/1

In good form last spring (including an Ayr win) and made a sound return from 11 months off when fourth of 12 over C&D (soft) 3 weeks ago. Could go well with that outing under her belt.

Form: 2132/34-

Rickety Gate²⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: Conor Rabbitt⁽³⁾| T: N G Richards| OR: 93| D

7/1

Back to form to win a 19f Carlisle handicap over Easter. Likely to remain competitive after a 4 lb nudge.

Form: 184641-

Malangen^h¹⁵¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-5| J: Peter Kavanagh| T: Miss L Harrison| OR: 90| CD

12/1

Four-time course scorer whose latest success came at Hexham (2m, good) last June. Freshened up since a couple of below-par runs to end 2024. Handicapped to go well if back on form.

Form: 637260-

Beat The Retreat^t,v1²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Dominic Hislop⁽¹⁰⁾| T: N W Alexander| OR: 86| D

6/1

Sharpened up by cheekpieces when winning Musselburgh handicap (good to soft) in February. The same headgear hasn't worked as well since so hopes are pinned on a new visor sparking a return to form.

Form: 388175-

Larkfield Lusive^p³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Charlie Maggs| T: L Morgan| OR: 81

9/4

Maiden but has run with credit in handicaps this spring, finding only an improver too strong over this trip at Hexham last month. Considered under Charlie Maggs.

Form: 67F342-

Prince Nino^p,t³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-4| J: Elizabeth Gale⁽³⁾| T: Lizzie Quinlan| OR: 75| CD

5/1

Losing run extends back to September 2023 but posted a couple of respectable runners-up efforts this winter. Not in the same form in her 4 outings since, though.

Form: 226547-

King Gold Boy^p1³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Alan Doyle| T: Mrs J C McGregor| OR: 63

125/1

Yet to show any sign of ability in bumpers and maiden/novice hurdles. Cheekpieces are applied for handicap debut. Big improvement needed.

Form: 777PP-

Non-Runners

I'm Too Tired⁶⁴

Weight: 11-11| Age: 5

T: J Candlish J: William Shanahan

Bleu Lagune²²

Weight: 11-3| Age: 5

T: S R B Crawford J: Dylan Johnston

Forecasts

Larkfield Lusive (9/4), Donso Star (4/1), Prince Nino (5/1), Bleu Lagune (5/1), Millyupdahilly (11/2), Beat The Retreat (6/1), Rickety Gate (7/1), I'm Too Tired (15/2), Malangen (12/1), King Gold Boy (125/1)

The unexposed BLEU LAGUNE is given a chance to build on the promise of her recent Kelso handicap debut fourth. Last month's Hexham runner-up Larkfield Lusive may provide the chief threat ahead of Donso Star, who performed well back from a break here last month.