Midnight River (GB)
Owner: Mr Frank McAleavy Trainer: D Skelton Sex: gelding Age: 9
Breeding: Midnight Legend / Well Connected (Presenting)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2 | |||
| Heavy | 1 | |||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Totals | 23 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Nov 2024 | Newbury | Good to Soft | 3m 1f 214y | 1 | Kandoo Kid | 11st 11lbs | 12 of 13 | James Bowen | 28/1 |
| in touch in mid-division, mistake and lost place 5th, not much room 15th, outpaced 4 out, well beaten from 3 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 01 Nov 2024 | Wetherby | Good | 2m 3f 85y | 1 | Genois | 12st | 3 of 4 | Harry Skelton | 5/2 |
| led 2nd, headed after 3rd, led next, headed before 4 out, no extra in 3rd when mistake last | |||||||||
| 02 Dec 2023 | Newbury | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 1f 214y | 1 | Datsalrightgino | 11st 1lbs | Fell of 20 | Harry Skelton | 10/1 |
| tracked leaders, fell 14th | |||||||||
| 04 Nov 2023 | Wetherby | Soft (Heavy in places) | 3m 45y | 1 | Gentlemansgame | 11st 6lbs | 3 of 4 | Harry Skelton | 10/1 |
| tracked leaders on outer, dropped to 4th but in touch before 7th, shaken up and outpaced by front pair before 3 out, soon well behind | |||||||||
| 15 Apr 2023 | Aintree | Good to Soft | 3m 210y | 1 | Midnight River | 11st 7lbs | 1 of 15 | Harry Skelton | 15/2 |
| tracked leaders, closed 11th, switched right and led last, stayed on well, ridden out | |||||||||
| 16 Mar 2023 | Cheltenham | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 127y | 1 | Seddon | 11st 9lbs | 11 of 24 | Harry Skelton | 15/2 |
| held up rear of mid-division, closed on outside 3 out, no impression before 2 out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2023 | Cheltenham | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 127y | 1 | Midnight River | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 17 | Harry Skelton | 6/1 |
| mid-division on outside, closed 8th, challenged 3 out, led before 2 out, wandered before last, driven out | |||||||||
| 12 Nov 2022 | Cheltenham | Good | 2m 4f 44y | 1 | Ga Law | 11st 3lbs | 3 of 16 | Harry Skelton | 15/2 |
| off the pace in last trio, mistake 11th, steady headway out wide before 2 out, ridden before the last, stayed on into 3rd final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 27 Oct 2022 | Stratford | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 98y | 3 | Midnight River | 12st | 1 of 9 | Harry Skelton | 3/1 |
| held up in rear, headway before 3 out, led soon after 2 out, clear before last, comfortably | |||||||||
| 19 Mar 2022 | Uttoxeter | Soft | 3m | 2 | Saint Palais | 11st 8lbs | 3 of 7 | Harry Skelton | 7/1 |
| held up in mid-division on outside, closed 5th, went 2nd before last, no impression on winner and dropped to 3rd flat | |||||||||
| 13 Feb 2022 | Exeter | Soft | 2m 3f 48y | 3 | The Widdow Maker | 11st 5lbs | PulledUp of 7 | Harry Skelton | 9/4 |
| led, headed before 3rd, nudged along before 3 out (usual 4 out), soon weakened, pulled up before last | |||||||||
| 21 Jan 2022 | Lingfield | Heavy | 2m 7f 110y | 2 | Fantastikas | 11st 7lbs | of 7 | Harry Skelton | 0/0 |
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| 27 Dec 2021 | Wetherby | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 3f 85y | 3 | Midnight River | 11st 2lbs | 1 of 5 | Harry Skelton | 2/1 |
| led, swerved right at 1st, ridden 2 out, headed narrowly at next, rallied gamely to lead again close home, (limited visibility) | |||||||||
| 04 Dec 2021 | Aintree | Soft | 2m 4f | 2 | Tamar Bridge | 11st 10lbs | 7 of 15 | Bridget Andrews | 17/2 |
| in rear, closer before 6th, bad mistake 7th, ridden and left behind under 2 out | |||||||||
| 08 Nov 2021 | Carlisle | Good to Soft | 2m 4f | 3 | Emir Sacree | 11st 8lbs | Fell of 5 | Harry Skelton | 10/11 |
| tracked leaders, not fluent 2nd, outpaced and lost ground before 4 out, fell 3 out | |||||||||
| 09 Apr 2021 | Aintree | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 149y | 1 | Ahoy Senor | 11st 4lbs | Fell of 15 | Harry Skelton | 4/1 |
| held up in rear, smooth progress before 4 out, pushed along to challenge when fell 3 out | |||||||||
| 20 Feb 2021 | Ascot | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 3f 58y | 2 | Midnight River | 11st 8lbs | 1 of 6 | Harry Skelton | 5/4 |
| tracked leader after 2nd, challenging when left in lead 2 out, edged right between last 2, over 1 length ahead last, edged left run-in, stayed on strongly | |||||||||
| 16 Jan 2021 | Warwick | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 5f | 1 | Adrimel | 11st | 4 of 12 | Harry Skelton | 5/1 |
| mid-division, headway approaching 6th, not fluent 3 out, pressing leaders when mistake last, held flat, stayed on same pace | |||||||||
| 29 Nov 2020 | Leicester | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 3 | Midnight River | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 12 | Harry Skelton | 1/4 |
| midfield, smooth headway before 3 out, shaken up 2 out disputing second, challenged leader last, led and kept on final 110 yards | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2020 | Cheltenham | Good | 2m 5f | 2 | Does He Know | 11st 3lbs | 2 of 7 | Harry Skelton | 2/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway 4 out, ridden and almost upsides approaching last, kept on but no match for winner | |||||||||
| 04 Oct 2020 | Uttoxeter | Good to Soft | 2m 3f 207y | 4 | Midnight River | 11st | 1 of 18 | Harry Skelton | 3/1 |
| held up, headway 4 out, travelled well to chase leader 3 out, ridden to lead last, ran on well | |||||||||
| 01 Feb 2020 | Wetherby | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m | 5 | Ask A Honey Bee | 11st 3lbs | 3 of 10 | Harry Skelton | 5/1 |
| held up, headway on outside over 5f out, driven over 3f out, went 3rd over 1f out, stayed on same pace | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2019 | Worcester | Good to Soft | 2m | 5 | Dragon Bones | 10st 12lbs | 3 of 14 | Harry Skelton | 12/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway over 6f out, ridden and edged left over 2f out, stayed on, went 3rd close home | |||||||||