Our star daily duo of Rory Delargy and David Massey are back with a look ahead to Monday's racing, with two tips for Hereford.
Racing betting tips: Monday January 12
1pt e.w. Born At Midnight in 13:00 Hereford at 9/1 (bet365, Unibet 1/5 1,2,3,4) - min 8/1
0.5pts e.w. Jessie Jump Jet in 15:30 Hereford at 33/1 (bet365 1/5 1,2,3,4) - min 28/1
13.00 Hereford
Sister column Away From The Spotlight has gone up with some fancies on the card, and after a chat with old Delargy this morning the one that comes out in the middle of the Venn diagram here is top weight BORN AT MIDNIGHT.
He doesn’t want the ground deep, so 3mm of rain yesterday was fine, but a bit of cut suits and he seems better right-handed than he is the other way around.
His chase record away from soft/heavy ground reads F121323 when racing clockwise and he was much better than the bare result when down the field in the Southern National at Fontwell last time, fading in the straight as his stamina drained away contesting a higher class race than he needs to.
Prior to that he had led until the run-in when a close third at Hereford behind Unspeakable and Ballynaheer over this trip. That represented a return to form for Kathy Turner’s gelding and the runner-up won next time to give the form a solid look.
Born At Midnight now drops back into a 0-100 and can be expected to return to form as a result.
15:30 Hereford
Sadly, for me on this occasion anyway, we have a rule on the Pointers where a selection can't be blackballed by the other if it's a certain price and whilst JESSIE JUMP JET isn't quite 33s, his Lordship might have thrown a hissy fit if this won at 28s and we weren't on, so here we are. (Update - it went 33s two minutes before going to press, so that settles that argument.)
Three of these are starting out for new yards and two are well worth a second look, with the most interesting being Jessie Jump Jet, who has moved from Tom Lacey to Sam Drinkwater. Drinkwater did fairly well with a mare making the same swap last season, with Bluebella making the frame on all three completed starts for the yard having lost her way for Lacey.
Jessie Jump Jet failed to fire in handicap hurdles for Lacey last season, but promised more in a bumper and on her hurdles debut, making the frame while looking one who would need more time, and she starts out for her new stable (same owner) on a potentially lenient mark.
She was noted by Timeform’s paddock judge as “having much more physical substance than might be expected of a 4-y-o filly” when shaping well first time up and I’m hopeful she will do much better for a change of scenery, with her dam a useful hurdler for the owner/breeder a decade ago, winning a televised handicap at the Grand National meeting and scoring at around this trip in Listed company.
Lady Fortune is another starting out for new connections, with David Killahena and Graeme McPherson taking her on from Max Comley. She has scope to do better when tackling further – dam Topless stayed 3m5f and is the horse who once cost Dave Nevison a share of a £750k payout when unseating her rider close home at Taunton a few years back.
She has one piece of form that makes her look well handicapped, but while her new stable does quite well with those they inherit from elsewhere, I reckon Max Comley is a much better trainer than people realise, and this particular stable move may not be a universal positive.
Preview posted at 09:10 GMT on 12/01/26
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