Twiston-Davies looks in the mood to party at Perth

Published on Monday 28 July 2008 23:49

IT'S Party Night at Perth tonight, not that that will make much difference to Nigel Twiston-Davies as every meeting at the Scone Palace course seems to afford the Gloucestershire handler a cause for celebration, writes Jim Kean. NTD boasts a 35 per cent strike rate on Britain's most northerly track, with Rory Boy and Apollo Creed set to make the figures even better.

Stablemate Leamington Lad will also be well fancied in the last after breaking his duck over timber last time out, but that was over two-and-a-half miles and dropping back four furlongs may not be ideal.

Take him on with Lucinda Russell's Storm Prospect who said goodbye to last season with a couple of pulled ups. Thanks to the application of first a set of blinkers, then a visor, he's looked a different horse this time round and with the blinds back on here, can land his third success of the campaign.

Flat or jumps are all coming the same to Jim Goldie just now and Za Beau should follow up her latest Cartmel success, while it wouldn't be a Perth meeting without an Irish-trained winner, Gordon Elliott's Mhilu likely to provide it in the opener.

Once the action's over, the music begins with a concert from The Drifters.