BEACH CAN STAND HEAT

3:50 Perth - Class 5 Handicap Hurdle 2m4f35y

- BORY DELARGY

Ben Pauling is the trainer to follow at Perth today, the Naunton handler on a rare journey here (just eight runners in the last five years, with two winners and a handful of places to show for it), but he runs two within an hour, both of whom are having their first starts for the yard.

PALM BEACH is thrown in on the best of his form for Joseph O'Brien, and whilst John Dixon has found the gelding hard to win with after a debut success for the yard, there's still been evidence to suggest he retains a fair bit of his ability, certainly enough for Pauling to get some joy from a perch of 77, a massive 47 below his rating when last successful.