13:50 Kempton

Monday 12 November 2018

All12:4513:1513:5014:2514:5515:3016:00

One Stop. One Stelrad. Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 13:50 | Winning time: 5m 8.40s

Before Midnight¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: James Bowen| T: N J Henderson| BF

15/8

Placed over an extended 2m3f at Huntingdon (good) on his penultimate start. Held a 2L advantage when unseating at Chepstow recently and a bold show looks likely.

Form: 131-2U

Black Lightning¹⁸⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: James Davies| T: N J Gifford

33/1

Placed three times in bumpers including at Fontwell (good) over an extended 2m1f in May. Cheekpieces worn that day are absent for this hurdling debut.

Form: 273-3

Glorious Boru¹⁷⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Tom Cheesman⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss Z C Davison

80/1

Point-to-point winner at the 12th attempt on yielding-to-soft ground in Ireland. Probably best watched on his first outing over hurdles.

Form: U2F5-12

Kootenay River¹⁷⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: A King| BF

4/1

Point-to-point winner over 2m4f on soft ground in March. Placed in a couple of point-to-point bumpers since and is one for the shortlist on hurdling debut.

Form: 12-2

Noble Quest⁹⁰⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: G Sheehan| T: W Greatrex

50/1

Well beaten eighth when debuting in a bumper at Stratford (good-to-soft) in May 2016. Absent since and probably best watched on hurdles debut.

Form: 8/

Old Rascals¹⁸⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Adam Wedge| T: Miss E C Lavelle

28/1

Placed three times from four point-to-point starts including when third on yielding ground in May. Market support would be notable on Rules debut.

Form: 2R-23

Ratfacemcdougall¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Max Kendrick⁽⁵⁾| T: B I Case

50/1

Point-to-point winner on good ground at Largy in April. Well beaten in a Cheltenham (good-to-soft) bumper recently and interesting to see how he fares on hurdling debut.

Form: 221-0

Tidal Flow²⁰⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: R Johnson| T: P Hobbs & J White| BF

5/4

Bumper winner at Newbury (good-to-soft) on Debut 12 months ago. Decent fourth at Wincanton subsequently and represents a good yard on hurdling debut.

Form: 14-

Tractor Fred²³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Kieron Edgar⁽³⁾| T: Mrs K A Buckett

100/1

Signs of ability despite falling in two point-to-point starts in the spring. Pulled up on hurdles debut at Stratford (2m6f, good) last month however.

Form: F-FP

Uncle O¹⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Graham Carson⁽⁷⁾| T: C Hobson

100/1

Struggled when making his debut in a bumper over an extended 2m at Market Rasen (good-to-firm) in June. Probably best watched on hurdles debut.

Form: 6

Wings of Darkness²³³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: T J O'Brien| T: P R WebberWS

66/1

Well beaten when finishing tenth in a valuable Newbury bumper on soft ground in March. Had wind surgery subsequently but others make more appeal on hurdling bow.

Form: 0-

Little Miss Darsi¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: Harry Bannister| T: C J Mann

16/1

Point-to-point winner on good-to-yielding ground in May and ran well when 4L second in a small field 2m5f novice hurdle at Ludlow (good) last time out.

Form: 3162

Forecasts

Tidal Flow (5/4), Before Midnight (15/8), Kootenay River (4/1), Little Miss Darsi (16/1), Old Rascals (28/1), Black Lightning (33/1), Ratfacemcdougall (50/1), Noble Quest (50/1), Wings of Darkness (66/1), Glorious Boru (80/1), Tractor Fred (100/1), Uncle O (100/1)

BEFORE MIDNIGHT is taken to put his unseat at Chepstow last time out behind him by taking this competitive novice hurdle. The selection looked a likely winner that day and can see off Kootenay River who showed up well in a couple of bumpers in the spring. Third place can go the way of Tidal Flow who can take third on hurdling debut.