Perth Races | Racecourse Guide, Help & Tips

Perth is the most northerly racecourse in the UK and provides jump racing throughout the summer, hosting some of the more valuable jumps prizes in that period such as the Perth Gold Cup in June. There are meetings at the track in April (the Perth Festival) through to the finale meeting in September, and many top yards from all across Britain and Ireland often have runners at the course. Gordon Elliott – a narrow second in the 2016/17 Irish trainers’ title – has a good record at the course and his runners are always worth respecting.

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Trainer	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Olly Murphy	178	55	31	105	59
Gordon Elliott, Ireland	160	45	28	94	59
Lucinda Russell	287	30	10	123	43
Donald McCain	68	21	31	41	60
R. Mike Smith	218	18	8	61	28
Stuart Crawford, Ireland	128	17	13	59	46
Nicky Richards	142	15	11	53	37
Patrick Neville	91	15	16	43	47
L J Morgan	48	13	27	22	46
Lisa Harrison	160	13	8	49	31
Dianne Sayer	46	12	26	18	39
Iain Jardine	91	11	12	33	36
N. W. Alexander	132	11	8	42	32
Mickey Bowen	32	10	31	18	56
Dan Skelton	26	8	31	17	65
Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore	106	8	8	45	42
Fergal O'Brien	44	8	18	27	61
Gerald Stephen Quinn, Ireland	41	8	20	21	51
Ewan Whillans	68	7	10	16	24
Neil Mulholland	41	7	17	23	56
Christian Williams	21	7	33	12	57
D. J. Jeffreys	26	6	23	8	31
John McConnell, Ireland	36	6	17	18	50
Andrew Hamilton	55	6	11	18	33
Susan Corbett	43	5	12	9	21
Jennie Candlish	60	5	8	32	53
Adam Nicol	34	5	15	12	35
Lizzie Quinlan	34	5	15	11	32
Leonard Kerr	39	4	10	14	36
Noel C. Kelly, Ireland	22	4	18	8	36
Ruth Jefferson	14	4	29	7	50
Paul Nicholls	11	4	36	8	73
Sandy Thomson	60	4	7	14	23
Micky Hammond	57	3	5	24	42
Rebecca Menzies	57	3	5	18	32
Daragh Bourke	51	3	6	15	29
Adrian Keatley	11	3	27	4	36
Mrs Denise Foster, Ireland	15	3	20	9	60
Mark Walford	15	3	20	7	47
Sophie Leech	16	3	19	7	44
Ben Pauling	13	3	23	3	23
W. P. Mullins, Ireland	13	3	23	9	69
Nigel Hawke	23	3	13	11	48
Jessica Bedi	25	2	8	5	20
Donald Whillans	18	2	11	7	39
Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero	11	2	18	5	45
Sean McParlan, Ireland	10	2	20	4	40
Nicky Henderson	7	2	29	4	57
Venetia Williams	5	2	40	4	80
Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole	6	2	33	3	50

Statistics for the last 5 seasons.

Jockey	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Sean Bowen	291	94	32	171	59
Brian Hughes	272	62	23	149	55
Danny McMenamin	180	20	11	65	36
James Bowen	75	18	24	43	57
Derek Fox	180	17	9	63	35
Conor O'Farrell	112	14	13	37	33
Patrick Wadge	132	11	8	54	41
Peter Kavanagh	98	9	9	28	29
Sean Quinlan	211	8	4	65	31
Ryan Mania	78	8	10	25	32
Bruce Lynn	97	8	8	24	25
Gavin Sheehan	44	8	18	25	57
Sam Twiston-Davies	47	8	17	23	49
Conor Rabbitt	58	7	12	19	33
Harry Reed	43	7	16	17	40
Alan Doyle	90	7	8	32	36
Harry Skelton	24	7	29	16	67
Mr N. McParlan	26	6	23	12	46
J. J. Slevin	31	6	19	13	42
Nathan Moscrop	80	6	8	20	25
Jack Power	26	5	19	13	50
Jack Tudor	22	5	23	11	50
Mr O. McGill	15	5	33	8	53
Liam Harrison	16	5	31	13	81
Toby Wynne	20	4	20	5	25
Tom Bellamy	14	4	29	8	57
Harry Cobden	16	4	25	10	63
Mr Dara McGill	12	4	33	6	50
Ben Smith	36	4	11	8	22
Jamie Hamilton	55	3	5	14	25
Tom Midgley	20	3	15	6	30
Gregor Walkingshaw	21	3	14	9	43
Adam Wedge	22	3	14	10	45
Joshua Thompson	27	3	11	11	41
Charlie Hammond	7	3	43	5	71
Mr James King	8	3	38	5	63
Kielan Woods	10	3	30	5	50
Murray Dodd	9	3	33	4	44
Jordan Colin Gainford	11	2	18	6	55
Mr Kit Alexander	10	2	20	5	50
Alex Harvey	10	2	20	5	50
Oakley Brown	10	2	20	4	40
Lewis Saunders	8	2	25	5	63
Mr Joe Wright	5	2	40	3	60
P. Townend	7	2	29	6	86
Luke Scott	5	2	40	4	80
Rian Corcoran	6	2	33	3	50
William Shanahan	27	2	7	6	22
Mr S. Connor	22	2	9	6	27
Joe Williamson	22	2	9	6	27

Statistics for the last 5 seasons.

Perth is a right-handed circuit of one and a quarter miles, with eight fences to the circuit, the course rather surprisingly featuring in the top half of the attrition league table, this probably due in some part to the number of fixtures that are run on testing going in the spring. The course has sweeping turns (bar the one into the home straight) 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. The camera angle in the home straight can be most deceptive, especially over hurdles, horses often appearing closer to the lead than they actually are.

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