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	Slipway (Good to Soft)	22 Apr 2022	7m 58.2s

Distance	Horse (Going)	Date	Winning time
2m 47y	Britzka (Good)	13 Aug 2022	3m 40.89s
2m 4f 35y	Fairly Fulling (Good)	02 Jul 2026	4m 10.79s
2m 7f 207y	Dolly Dior (Good)	15 Aug 2026	5m 38.14s
3m 2f 127y	Burbank (Good to Soft)	27 Apr 2023	6m 44.3s

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
O Murphy	27	13	5	£95,922	48.15%	£8.78
Mickey Bowen	22	8	9	£75,255	36.36%	£2.08
Dan Skelton	10	6	3	£60,801	60%	£3.83
Miss Lucinda V Russell	41	5	16	£41,746	12.2%	-£16.25
P Bowen	16	5	7	£49,112	31.25%	£14.50
P Neville	19	4	9	£30,101	21.05%	£0.04
L Morgan	13	4	4	£19,383	30.77%	£20.38
Christian Williams	11	4	2	£25,019	36.36%	£8.03
D McCain Jnr	13	3	6	£19,540	23.08%	-£6.92
R M Smith	14	3	2	£16,371	21.43%	£3.38

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
O Murphy	85	28	29	£156,648	32.94%	£19.81
P Neville	54	12	20	£77,852	22.22%	£39.41
R M Smith	129	10	35	£46,606	7.75%	-£54.67
L Russell & M Scudamore	92	7	37	£41,109	7.61%	-£36.15
N G Richards	47	7	15	£35,672	14.89%	-£14.38
G Elliott	35	7	14	£33,304	20%	-£24.93
Miss L Harrison	71	6	24	£27,990	8.45%	-£21.50
N W Alexander	62	6	23	£27,475	9.68%	£99.50
S R B Crawford	38	5	11	£24,590	13.16%	-£11.00
S Corbett	27	5	5	£22,458	18.52%	£22.50

Trainer	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
O Murphy	6	2	3	£5,363	33.33%	£0.25
Gerald Stephen Quinn	4	2	0	£5,363	50%	£6.75
Mickey Bowen	4	1	2	£2,723	25%	£11.00
Miss Lucinda V Russell	8	1	1	£2,722	12.5%	£1.50
P Bowen	4	1	1	£2,722	25%	-£1.80
J C McConnell	3	1	1	£2,722	33.33%	-£0.38
S McParlan	2	1	1	£2,723	50%	£3.50
G Elliott	1	1	0	£2,722	100%	£3.00
S R B Crawford	8	0	3	£	0%	-£9.00
L Russell & M Scudamore	3	0	2	£	0%	-£3.00

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	63	22	17	£192,826	34.92%	£22.58
B S Hughes	39	9	18	£62,316	23.08%	£2.13
James Bowen	22	7	10	£62,611	31.82%	£9.12
Harry Skelton	10	6	3	£60,801	60%	£5.83
D R Fox	27	5	12	£58,716	18.52%	£21.75
Danny McMenamin	36	2	23	£18,484	5.56%	-£20.00
Alan Doyle	22	2	13	£13,203	9.09%	-£10.50
Henry Brooke	10	2	5	£14,259	20%	£2.25
Jack Tudor	8	2	4	£11,816	25%	£0.33
Gregor Walkingshaw	6	2	4	£7,765	33.33%	£1.50

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
S Bowen	102	30	38	£159,523	29.41%	-£12.45
B S Hughes	76	14	24	£88,720	18.42%	-£4.84
P W Wadge	63	5	29	£30,530	7.94%	-£27.15
Peter Kavanagh	74	5	24	£22,841	6.76%	-£13.50
Danny McMenamin	62	5	23	£26,166	8.06%	-£49.88
J J Slevin	21	5	6	£24,590	23.81%	£11.00
Bruce Lynn	51	4	11	£17,164	7.84%	£99.00
Nathan Moscrop	48	4	11	£18,484	8.33%	-£16.50
James Bowen	25	4	11	£21,437	16%	-£15.47
Ben Smith	35	4	8	£17,164	11.43%	£0.50

Jockey	Runners	Wins	Places	Prize Money	Strike-Rate	P/L
Mr N McParlan	6	3	1	£8,086	50%	£10.25
S Bowen	5	2	2	£5,363	40%	£1.25
Conner McCann	4	1	0	£2,722	25%	£5.50
Mr J L Gleeson	2	1	0	£2,722	50%	£0.20
Alex Harvey	1	1	0	£2,722	100%	£1.63
Josh Williamson	1	1	0	£2,722	100%	£3.00
Shane Fenelon	1	1	0	£2,723	100%	£14.00
J J Slevin	3	0	2	£	0%	-£3.00
Gregor Walkingshaw	2	0	2	£	0%	-£2.00
Craig Nichol	2	0	2	£	0%	-£2.00