Not That Fuisse’s novice chase victory at Perth can be career launchpad

Not That Fuisse was a comfortable winner of the Timothy Hardie Jewellers Novices’ Chase at Per th’s 2020 Finale yesterday.

The 2m 5f event has been the launchpad of plenty of young jump ers over the years and Dan Skelton’s War wickshire raider looks likely to uphold that reputation.

Rid den by the trainer’ s brother Harry, the 7-2 chance showed a nice turn of foot to beat Carroll’s Milan by a length and a half.

The winning jockey said: “He’s a strong travelling horse and he jumped away great the whole way round.

“He’s a second season novice so the experience helped but I was delighted with that.

He was up against some pretty decent horses with strong hurdling form but he ran in good company last year too. We had him fit enough and I’d say he wouldn’t be running in deep mid-winter ground. His best conditions are just on the soft side at around two and a half miles.”

Four-time champion jockey Richard Johnson was on the mark with Blazer’s Mill in the first division of the Horizon Parking Park Cars At Per th Novices’ Hurdle.

Jim G oldie was all smiles after Jorgie sprung a 40-1 upset under Callum Bewley with a cosy victory in the Edinburgh Gin Juvenile Maiden Hurdle.

The meeting was the last of the year at the Scone track and racing will recommence in April 2021.

Today, Kameko is back at the scene of his greatest triumph and can restate his class in the Shadwell Joel Stakes at Newmarket.

Andrew Bald in g’ s 2,000 Guineas winner has had to fight some unfavourable battles since his finest hour over this course and distance at the start of June. Many may have lost faith as Kameko has come up short on three occasions.

But trainer Balding and jockey Oisin Murphy have each made it clear several times that they are confident he is in the very highest class.

This necessarily re -shaped Flat season has forced their hand and pitted Kameko over the wrong trip twice.

He fared with credit in the circumstances – fourth behind mighty trail-blazer sS erpentine and Ghaiyyath respectively in the Derby and Juddmonte International.

In b et ween,Kameko had excuses when filling the same position at Goodwood – where Murphy blamed himself for finding trouble in running before being beaten less than four lengths in a stellar renewal of the Sussex Stakes.

Benbatl is a likely favourite, bidding to win this Group Two for a second successive season, while unexposed pair Top Rank and Tilsit are unknown quantities and tempting options as rapid improve rs adept at winning.

Kameko will have to be at his best, but has everything in his favour again.