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David Pipe bids for a remarkable fourth victory in Sunday’s Horizon Parking City Of Perth Gold Cup, the richest race staged all season at the Scone track.

The Somerset trainer, whose Dell’Arca is one of 18 entries for the £30,000 handicap chase over three miles, has landed the valuable event in the past with Tamarinbleu (2009), Problema Tic (2013) and Guess Again (2014).

Greystoke-based Nicky Richards, successful twelve months ago with Gold Futures, is double-handed with Cultram Abbey and Looking Well with Ryan Day and Craig Nichol already pencilled in for the rides.

In a strong-looking contest, Gloucestershire handler Tom George has also entered two horses, Roc D’Apsis and Kilbree Kid, the 7/2 victor of the 2015 renewal.

Nigel Hawke, the jockey aboard 1991 Grand National hero Seagram, is now a successful trainer and his Devon raider Lord Balim won over two and a half miles on the final day of this year’s Perth Festival in April.

Gordon Elliott won the 2009 City Of Perth Gold Cup with Backstage and he has pencilled in Rightdownthemiddle, runner-up in a listed chase at Aintree’s Grand National meeting.

Beeves, trained in the Midlands by Jennie Candlish, is an entry for borders owners Paul and Clare Rooney and his 2m 4f Perth win in April could be a key race, as fellow entries Cultram Abbey and Ballykan were second and fourth respectively.

Kim Bailey, a trainer successful in the‘Big Three’jumps races - the Champion Hurdle, the Gold Cup and the Grand National - won the 2011 Perth feature with Sonny Mullen but has not got an entry this year.

However, he is represented by Such A Legend in the £15,000 Mackie’s World Class Indulgence Handicap Chase. The nine-year-old was an impressive winner over hurdles at the 2014 Perth festival.