River Tay Handicap Chase (GBB Race).
Perth · Thursday, 23 Apr · 17:10
· 2m 4f 20y
· Class 2
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
14:10
Off time
7
Runners
Good (Good to Soft in places)
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
SLANAGAIBHGOLEIR (IRE
🥈 Second
TOMMY'S OSCAR (IRE
🥉 Third
TOOTHLESS (FR
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 8 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
3.25
9/4
02 · 🥈 2nd
3.75
11/4
03 · 🥉 3rd
6
5/1
04 · —
6.50
11/2
05 · —
6.50
11/2
06 · —
7.50
13/2
07 · —
11
10/1
08 · —
26
25/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 1 | — |
Tommy's Oscar (G)
[P]
Readily ended a long losing run in small-field veterans handicap at Carlisle (3m) last month. Found life tougher stepping back out of veterans company at Haydock (2½m) last week but should give a good account here despite the suggestion be…
|
554214 | Danny McMenamin | Mrs A Hamilton | 11 | 76.2 kg |
6
5/1
|
| — | 2 | — |
Slanagaibhgoleir (G)
[P]
Opened his chase account at Down Royal in December. Rather snatched defeat from the jaws of victory on his next couple of starts (traded short in-running) and shaped like a non-stayer in Ulster National last month. Leading claims dropped b…
|
P-61328 | H Cobden | G Elliott | 8 | 70.3 kg |
6.50
11/2
|
| — | 3 | — |
Whistleinthedark (G)
[V1]
Wide-margin winner here last spring and struck again when proving 8 lengths too strong for The Widdow Maker back from a break at Carlisle in November. Has failed to fire the last twice, his latest effort in refitted cheekpieces after a 4-m…
|
14618P | Miss Ellie Callwood | L Morgan | 11 | 69.9 kg |
26
25/1
|
| 1st | 4 | — |
Classic Maestro (G)
[P]
Fine strike rate over hurdles (5-10) and notched second success in this sphere when making all in a small-field Leicester handicap in February 2025. More miss than hit since, running creditably just once this season, but is back down to hi…
|
U62P31- | Luke Scott | J Candlish | 8 | 69.4 kg |
11
10/1
|
| — | 5 | — |
King Roly (G)
[T]
Took well to chasing in the first half of the season, including 2 C&D wins. Better for his first run in 6 months here on Wednesday.
|
12146-P | James Bowen | M Bowen | 7 | 67.1 kg |
6.50
11/2
|
| 3rd | 6 | — |
Toothless (G)
[PT]
All the better for belated return (missed 19 months) when accounting for 6 rivals at Windsor (2½m) on New Year's Day. Finished runner-up for the fifth time in 8 starts in this sphere at Sandown last month and no surprise should he be in th…
|
2/1-5122 | Freddie Gingell | P F Nicholls | 8 | 66.7 kg |
3.75
11/4
|
| — | 7 | — |
Inox Allen (G)
[P1T]
Much improved with a visor added and returned to positive tactics when a dominant winner (jumped superbly) of a course handicap last spring. However, he has completely misfired in 3 subsequent starts and now finds himself with a point to p…
|
771-P87 | Alan Doyle | L Russell & M Scudamore | 8 | 66.7 kg |
7.50
13/2
|
| — | 8 | — |
Westerninthepark (G)
FAV
Made a winning chase debut at Stratford in October 2024 but has become bitterly disappointing this season, the drop back to this sort of trip failing to work the oracle at Huntingdon last time. Handicapper drops him another chunk, but he r…
|
0-47PU4 | S Bowen | O Murphy | 8 | 65.8 kg |
3.25
9/4
|
Betting forecast: Westerninthepark (9/4), Toothless (11/4), Tommy's Oscar (5/1), King Roly (11/2), Slanagaibhgoleir (11/2), Inox Allen (13/2), Classic Maestro (10/1), Whistleinthedark (25/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 13202.0 GBP |
| P2 | 6075.0 GBP |
| P3 | 3038.0 GBP |
| P4 | 1520.0 GBP |
| P5 | 758.0 GBP |