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.
MIKE SMITH is aiming for another Perth strike from Follow Charlie in the www.asp.scot Stellantis Commercial Aftersales Handicap Hurdle.
The Galston raider has three wins at Ayr to his name but he has also recorded a trio of victories at the Scone track and is currently on a hat-trick after scoring over two miles in July and course and distance last month.
Smith said: “All bar one of his wins have been at two and a half miles and I thought two miles was short enough for him two runs ago but he proved us wrong. He’s clearly in great order so he’ll keep coming back to Perth before the jumping starts again at Ayr later in the autumn.”
Follow Charlie isn’t the only course and distance winner in the line-up as Lets Mingle and Lowlands also boast winning Perth form at this 2m 4f trip.
The £15,000 feature race sees Wasdell Dundalk, trained in Cumbria by Lisa Harrison, take a class drop as he bids for a fifth course success.
Having failed to fire when pulled up in Class 3 company at Perth in mid-July, he returns from a break to contest the Auto Services Mercedes Benz Truck Aftersales Handicap Chase.
The opposition includes Regal Renaissance, a mare who is the first runner at Britain’s most northernly venue for dual-purpose Newmarket trainer Jack Jones.
She has already won three times so far this term, with her first success coming at Ludlow in May on her farewell start for Henry Daly.