Maguire completes 155-1 treble
Jason Maguire crowned his best ever season when reaching a century for the first time on Nedzer's Return, the middle leg of a 155-1 treble at Perth.
Trained by Maguire's best friend Gordon Elliott, Nedzer's Return (3-1 favourite) made short work of his rivals as he came home five lengths clear in the Haveago@stanjames.com Handicap Chase.
Maguire, whose previous best score had been 76, said: "It is great to reach 100 and great to do it here because we are back where we started, with Gordon giving me great support here at the start of the season and Donald (McCain) having his horses in top form all through.
"Things have gone really well with two Grade One wins on Pedler's Cross being the highlights - he is unreal.
"Even when I had a couple of suspensions, Donald said 'we will still get you there (to the century)'."
Maguire had earlier moved on to the 99-mark aboard Elliott's Meath All Star (11-1) in the EBF Future Champions Novices' Hurdle.
The trainer said: "Jason's win on Nedzer's Return means more than anything to me, I wanted that (to provide his 100th winner of the term).
"We have been the best of friends since we were 10 or 11 and I think he has ridden more than 20 winners for me this time."
Maguire celebrated his landmark century by completing a treble in the second division of the attheraces.com With Timeform Maiden Hurdle aboard Caulkin.
The 9-4 favourite was completing a double for trainer Ian Ferguson after the Keith Mercer-ridden Kilbrannish Hill (7-1) landed Division One.
David Pipe is still hoping he might saddle his 100th winner before the season ends on Saturday following the success of 100-30 favourite Sure Josie Sure in the stanjames.com Handicap Hurdle.
After watching his only runner of the afternoon take the spoils, Pipe said: "We would love to get there, but it will be touch and go and we must be slightly odds against.
"Sure Josie Sure is declared here tomorrow so we will see how she is and then we run Over The Creek for an important owner (his father Martin) on Friday.
"If the ground is OK we will run Tamarinbleu, The Package and Piraya in the bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown on Saturday."
Nigel Twiston-Davies has a fine record at the course and he made yet another trip from Gloucestershire pay off when Diablo (5-4 favourite) gained a deserved success under Paddy Brennan in the Lonmar Global Risks Novices' Chase.
Diablo finished out of the frame for the first time this season last time out, but Twiston-Davies explained: "He did not take to the National fences (in the Topham at Aintree), though to be fair, he did not have much luck in running.
"He schooled well on Monday so we decided to take a chance.
"It is not the best time of the season to win a race with a novice, so we will try to run up a little sequence before he has a holiday."
