Gordon Brown – Race Reporter
Gordon has a wealth of experience of racing through his background in the written and broadcast media. His current principle role is reporting and supporting the scene in Scotland on Racing TV and relaying the latest news with Scottish angles.
Last year’s winner Here Comes Georgie defends his title in the £25,000 feature race at Perth.
A surprise 33/1 scorer by a neck twelve months ago, he is among the six declarations for the Scone Estates Stone Of Destiny Handicap Hurdle.
Trained in North Yorkshire by Patrick Neville, he has won on two of his four visits to Perth and is set to be ridden by Brian Hughes.
Iain Jardine runs his almost-white gelding Ravenscraig Castle. The Dumfriesshire raider has been raised 5lb for an impressive victory over course and distance last month while Evaluation represents the newly-registered training partnership of Lucinda Russell and Michael Scudamore.
Laura Morgan is a great supporter of the Scone track and she saddles Larkfield Lusive in the Follow @RacingTV On Instagram Handicap Hurdle.
He won at Perth’s evening card in May before following up at Market Rasen and is another set to be ridden by Brian Hughes.
The three-time champion jockey has also been pencilled in for the mount on Gale Mahler in the Quinnbet Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase.
Gale Mahler carries the colours of Dundee United director Jimmy Fyffe, whose team are away at Kilmarnock in Scottish League Cup action on Sunday.