Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Perth - Wed 16th May 2012
18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00

18:30 Ian Rankin Celebration Handicap Chase2m 4f 110y
Weighed In - (Class 5), £5,000 added, 4yo+, 11 runners
Winner £3,249 2nd £954 3rd £477 4th £238
Going: Good Surface: Turf

Result
Full result

Weighed In
Winning time: 5m 16.60s
Off time: 18:37:58

Pos	Horse	Odds
1st	Blazin White Face (IRE)	15/2
2nd	Red Kingdom (IRE)	6/1
3rd	Gavroche Gaugain (FR)	16/1

No	Form	Horse	A	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	SP
1	23/81PF-	Gavroche Gaugain (FR) 60	8	11-12	Tony Kelly (7)	Ferdy Murphy	100	16/1
2	333823-	Blazin White Face (IRE) 21	5	11-12	P Buchanan	Miss Lucinda V Russell	100	15/2
4	7/3P134-	Mickytaker (IRE) 142	7	11-7 p	J Reveley	M Todhunter	95	14/1
5	5/325U3-	Civil Servant 63	7	11-7 b	S Twiston-Davies	N A Twiston-Davies	95	9/2
6	1/55153-	Hurricane Jack 112	9	11-6 bt	C I Gillies	Miss Lucinda V Russell	94	5/1
7	4PU453-	Red Kingdom (IRE) 19	8	11-4 p	Ryan Mania	Mrs Dianne Sayer	92	6/1
8	69/857-	Balivernier 117	6	10-3	Jan Faltejsek	G A Charlton	77	16/1
9	43335P-	Why Are You Asking (IRE) 23	7	10-0 t	K Renwick	Mrs R Dobbin	69	10/1
10	8/P2P09-	Claresburn 47	8	10-0	Jonathon Bewley (7)	S Corbett	63	66/1
11	313F8-P	Amulree 10	9	10-0	Lucy Alexander (3)	N W Alexander	61	40/1
13	8PP/68P-	Easter Queen 23	10	10-0	Brian Harding	R Goldie	53	50/1

Non runners
3	459864-		Or de Grugy (FR)	10	11-9	N W Alexander	A L Voy	97
12	55/4P5P-		Waterski	11	10-0	Mrs J C McGregor	Adam Nicol	55

Verdict

The bottom five all race from out of the handicap here and will struggle to get involved while Blazin White Face tackles fences for the first time off a stiff mark. But there are possibilities about Huntingdon third Civil Servant and Newcastle fourth Or De Grugy, while Hurricane Jack won't be far away if fully wound-up. RED KINGDOM gets the vote, however, as he's dropped a very fair mark and has been showing a bit more lately. Gavroche Gaugain won at Sedgefield in November but was pulled up behind Hurricane Jack at Musselburgh subsequently and then fell at Newcastle - he has something to prove now.

Formwatch

Gavroche Gaugain (FR) 8-1 (11-5) Held up towards rear, weakened from 4 out, fell 2 out, in a race won by Prince Tam (10-8) at Newcastle 2m hcp chs 0-105 (4) gd in Mar, 9 ran.

Blazin White Face (IRE) 8-1 (10-7) Prominent, not fluent 7th, ridden after 3 out, soon beaten, weakened 2 out, 3rd of 7, 31l behind Kruzhlinin (11-0) at Perth 2m 4f mdn hdl (4) gs in Apr.

Or de Grugy (FR) 40-1 (11-3) Tracked leaders, took closer order before 5 out, led soon after, headed 3 out, weakened last, 4th of 8, 16l behind Isla Pearl Fisher (11-8) at Newcastle 3m hcp ch 0-110 (4) gd in Mar.

Mickytaker (IRE) 7-1 (11-10) Tracked leaders, not fluent 5th, mistake 8th, hit 11th and reminder, mistake 4 out, weakened after 3 out, 4th of 8, 39l behind Bishophill Jack (11-12) at Huntingdon 3m hcp 0-100 (5) gs in Dec.

Civil Servant 9-1 (11-1) Made most, headed approaching 3 out, chased winner, tried to close before 2 out, stayed on same pace and no impression when lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 9, 4l behind Rivermouth (10-7) at Huntingdon 3m hcp chs 0-100 (5) gs in Mar.

Hurricane Jack 4-1 (11-4) With leader, led narrowly 5 out, headed before 4 out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 8, 18l behind Tears From Heaven (9-12) at Musselburgh 3m hcp ch 0-95 (5) gd in Jan.

Red Kingdom (IRE) 5-1 (10-4) Led 1st, narrowly headed 5th, chased winner, led again 7th, mistake and headed 4 out, ridden and lost 2nd 3 out, weakened before next, 3rd of 5, 17l behind Rossini's Dancer (10-12) at Perth 2m hcp chs 0-125 (3) sft in Apr.

Balivernier 40-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders on outside, lost place after 7th, soon struggling, tailed off 3 out, 7th of 8, well behind Rudemeister (10-12) at Catterick 3m 1f nov hdl (4) gs in Jan.

Why Are You Asking (IRE) 25-1 (10-5) Held up, some headway when jumped right 13th, weakened 4 out, pulled up before last, in a race won by Treehouse (10-11) at Hexham 3m 1f hcp chs 0-95 (5) hvy in Apr, 11 ran.

Claresburn 40-1 (9-7) In touch on outside, lost place 5th, soon ridden, behind when mistake 3 out, tailed off, last of 9, well behind Miss Abbey (10-11) at Newcastle 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gd in Mar.

Amulree 12-1 (11-7) Prom til wknd aft 14; to & pu last, in a race won by Barachois Silver (11-7) at Mosshouses 3m ptp gs, 15 ran.

Waterski 20-1 (9-7) Held up on outside, jumped slowly 4th and 5th, soon behind, pulled up before 14th, in a race won by Tipsy Dara (11-2) at Hexham 3m 1f hcp chs 0-95 (5) hvy in Apr, 10 ran.

Easter Queen 33-1 (9-9) Held up in rear, some headway from 14th and reached 5th 16th, soon weakened, pulled up before last, in a race won by Tipsy Dara (11-2) at Hexham 3m 1f hcp chs 0-95 (5) hvy in Apr, 10 ran.