Back in the running: Bijou d'Inde (left} has returned home from the Middle East.
PETER Monteith recorded a new personal best on the second day of the Perth Festival when Grouse-N- Heather became his twenty-fifth winner of the season.
The success came in the Little Bay Chase, with Paul Carberry in the saddle, and Monteith was full of praise for the jockey, a man riding on the crest of a wave.
''Paul gave her a super, patient ride although I was worried he was being a bit too cool,'' said the trainer after his mare had beaten Storm Falcon.
''It's nice to reach a personal best and we should have a few more winners before the end of the season.''
Richard Dunwoody, straight from the Punchestown Festival, has some good mounts on the final day of the Perth equivalent this afternoon, including Unguided Missile and Solomon's Dancer.
However, the former may not have things his own way in the forerunner #12,000 added Sun Life of Canada Handicap Chase in which Tim Forster's Rectory Garden is expected to run well.
qDubai World Cup casualty Bijou d'Inde returned home to Britain yesterday having recovered from the injury he sustained when brought down in the big race.
Mark Johnston's colt flew in with Gothenberg, who will return to action almost immediately in this afternoon's Sandown Mile.
Both will be at the Esher track today where Johnston will have his first chance to assess Bijou d'Inde's recovery from the tendon injury suffered when the horse was floored by the stricken Hokuta Vega.
''Reports say Bijou d'Inde is fine. But I'll wait to see him myself before making an assessment,'' said Johnston, who also is a qualified vet.
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