Perth Course Guide

Perth hosts jump racing throughout the summer months with the highlight being the April Festival meeting. Feature races over the meeting include the Future Champions Novices’ Hurdle, the Old Mout Cider Handicap Chase and the Highland National – as its name suggests a long-distance handicap chase over 3m 7f.

Outside of the Festival, Perth’s other big meeting is their fixture in early June, where the feature race is the Perth Gold cup, a Class 2 race run over just short of three miles.

Jumps Racing

A right-handed circuit of one and a quarter miles, with eight fences to the circuit. The course has sweeping turns and quite a flat running surface. The water jump is in front of the stands and is left out on the run-in, leaving a long run from the last fence to the winning post.

Perth is a lovely track, but a bit deceptive. First impressions are that it’s an easy course, but that’s not quite the case. They tend to start racing a long way from home and that, obviously, tends to test a horse’s stamina. It’s a course that rides very flat and, for that reason, a jockey might be encouraged to kick on too soon. It’s easy to imagine that, once you turn into the home straight, you’re nearly there. But the straight is long and, if you’re not really travelling, the first fence in it can be a bit of a tester.

View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald

Perth Top Times
Last 5 years

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m	Getaman (Good)	27 Jul 2022	3m 45.9s
2m 4f 20y	Statuario (Good)	13 Aug 2022	4m 46.08s
2m 7f 180y	Cardamon Hill (Good to Firm)	09 Jun 2024	5m 5.6s
3m 6f 121y	Cyclop (Good)	23 Apr 2021	7m 47.84s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 47y	Britzka (Good)	13 Aug 2022	3m 40.89s
2m 4f 35y	Idilico (Good)	13 Aug 2022	4m 41.1s
2m 7f 207y	Lake Shore Drive (Good)	13 Aug 2022	5m 45.39s
3m 2f 127y	Seven Eye Bridge (Good)	22 Apr 2021	6m 34.06s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 47y	Finnthemagician (Good)	13 Aug 2022	3m 36.45s

Perth Top Trainers
Last 3 years (ordered by number of winners)

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Miss Lucinda V Russell	66	9	28	£65,511	13.64%	-£23.25
O Murphy	22	9	5	£72,421	40.91%	£3.78
D McCain Jnr	19	7	8	£45,416	36.84%	£1.54
L Morgan	15	7	5	£42,953	46.67%	£30.13
G Elliott	30	5	14	£38,885	16.67%	-£7.72
P Bowen	20	5	9	£49,112	25%	£10.50
Mickey Bowen	7	5	1	£54,658	71.43%	£7.71
Miss L Harrison	16	4	7	£36,968	25%	£7.95
D J Jeffreys	8	4	2	£21,124	50%	£4.21
M A Barnes	16	3	8	£21,652	18.75%	£0.40

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
O Murphy	56	23	21	£126,365	41.07%	£24.53
Miss Lucinda V Russell	108	10	46	£53,770	9.26%	-£49.25
P Neville	46	10	20	£65,376	21.74%	£33.66
G Elliott	41	10	16	£47,398	24.39%	-£7.10
R M Smith	126	9	39	£43,833	7.14%	-£68.83
S R B Crawford	54	8	23	£35,499	14.81%	£42.45
N W Alexander	63	7	25	£31,423	11.11%	£101.50
N G Richards	47	7	14	£33,922	14.89%	£13.28
Miss L Harrison	81	5	31	£24,293	6.17%	-£54.50
L Russell & M Scudamore	28	4	14	£18,500	14.29%	-£0.75

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Miss Lucinda V Russell	12	2	2	£5,362	16.67%	£0.50
Gerald Stephen Quinn	3	2	0	£5,363	66.67%	£7.75
Ewan Whillans	3	1	2	£2,723	33.33%	£12.00
P Bowen	4	1	1	£2,722	25%	-£2.80
O Murphy	3	1	1	£2,640	33.33%	-£0.50
G Elliott	2	1	1	£2,722	50%	£2.00
S McParlan	2	1	1	£2,723	50%	£3.50
Gerald Quinn	1	1	0	£2,640	100%	£6.00
S R B Crawford	6	0	3	£	0%	-£8.00
N W Alexander	3	0	1	£	0%	-£4.00

Perth Top Jockeys
Last 3 years (ordered by number of winners)

Chase
Hurdle
National Hunt Flat

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
S Bowen	59	22	17	£198,176	37.29%	£26.69
B S Hughes	51	10	27	£59,675	19.61%	-£14.71
Danny McMenamin	33	5	20	£47,530	15.15%	-£3.05
James Bowen	13	4	6	£34,327	30.77%	£6.41
Thomas Bellamy	5	4	0	£21,124	80%	£7.21
Alan Doyle	19	3	9	£29,046	15.79%	£15.50
Conor Rabbitt	11	3	4	£21,652	27.27%	£4.40
Harry Skelton	5	3	2	£29,644	60%	£0.20
D R Fox	20	2	11	£23,262	10%	-£10.75
P W Wadge	34	2	10	£14,787	5.88%	-£28.50

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
S Bowen	102	31	39	£160,678	30.39%	-£2.07
B S Hughes	87	14	31	£88,258	16.09%	-£2.59
P W Wadge	64	6	26	£26,537	9.38%	-£15.25
Peter Kavanagh	61	6	20	£27,462	9.84%	-£20.50
Danny McMenamin	61	6	20	£25,473	9.84%	-£31.34
Bruce Lynn	46	6	11	£25,086	13.04%	£115.50
Mr O McGill	12	5	3	£27,211	41.67%	£7.38
D R Fox	49	4	16	£18,352	8.16%	-£35.00
G Sheehan	28	4	12	£24,293	14.29%	-£9.92
Ben Smith	30	4	8	£17,164	13.33%	£5.50

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Mr N McParlan	5	3	1	£8,086	60%	£11.25
S Bowen	5	1	3	£2,640	20%	-£3.50
Henry Brooke	3	1	1	£2,723	33.33%	£11.00
Conner McCann	4	1	0	£2,722	25%	£5.50
Alan Doyle	2	1	0	£2,640	50%	£1.00
Mr J L Gleeson	2	1	0	£2,722	50%	£0.20
Josh Williamson	1	1	0	£2,722	100%	£3.00
Mr D McGill	1	1	0	£2,640	100%	£6.00
Sean Quinlan	4	0	2	£	0%	-£4.00
B S Hughes	3	0	2	£	0%	-£3.00