12:55 Market Rasen

Thursday 14 November 2024

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Book Boxing Day At The Races EBF Mares' 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 12:55 | Winning time: 5m 29.73s

After Midnight¹⁷⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Harry Bannister| T: J S Smith

150/1

Has looked decidedly limited in a couple of bumpers and 3 starts in this sphere.

Form: 79/UP-7

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Natus Vincere¹⁸⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Adam Wedge| T: L Morgan

7/1

Half-sister to 3 winners, including French hurdler/chaser Here I Am and modest chaser Khairagash. Decisive winner of her sole start between the flags in May and she's an intriguing prospect now embarking on a career under Rules.

Form: 1

Rhiannon Ring²⁶¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: R T Dunne| T: D Carroll

18/1

From a good jumping family and finished runner-up sole start in Irish points last year. However, she hasn't shown much at all in 3 runs under Rules to date.

Form: 2/747-

Rula Bula²⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill

1/2

From a good family and left her debut well behind when landing a mares' Warwick bumper last November. By no means disgraced in a couple of listed events since and she could prove to be a useful recruit to the hurdling ranks.

Form: 6142-

Zarhanya^h²¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: S Bowen| T: M Keighley

13/2

Related to winners and showed a bit when seventh of 18 in a Cheltenham bumper in April, doing her best work late in a style which suggests this trip could suit now hurdling.

Form: 7-

Fireball Frenzy³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: C Gethings| T: S Edmunds

6/1

Half-sister to 4 winners, including fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Cyclop. Won sole start in Irish points during the spring but shaped as though amiss when pulled up on last month's hurdles debut at Chepstow.

Form: 1-P

Pepite De Saphir³³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Charlie Hammond| T: Dr R Newland

22/1

Probably more of long-term project judged on what she showed starting out in a mares' bumper at Newbury last December.

Form: 8-

Tres Bien⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁵⁾| T: P A KirbyWS

150/1

Showed a bit when third in a Newton Abbot bumper on debut but has gone sharply downhill since, pulled up switched to hurdles the last twice. Has undergone a wind op.

Form: 64-35PP

Forecasts

Rula Bula (1/2), Fireball Frenzy (6/1), Zarhanya (13/2), Natus Vincere (7/1), Rhiannon Ring (18/1), Pepite De Saphir (22/1), After Midnight (150/1), Tres Bien (150/1)

Given the level of ability she showed in bumpers, RULA BULA will likely prove hard to beat now upped in trip for this hurdles debut, provided of course that her jumping passes the test. Natus Vincere was a clear-cut winner of an Irish maiden point and she is respected given her status as that of an unknown quantity, while Zarhanya showed definite signs of ability in a Cheltenham bumper during the spring and she could be seen in a better light now hurdling and faced with a stiffer test.