DEPUTY'S OSCAR
Notes Horse - 28th Sept 2019 – Stuart Edmunds runners that start near the head of the market have a solid record at Market Rasen, especially when starting at an SP of less than 4-1...8/15 | 53% S/R | +£9.96 BFLSP...and this 6yo, who fitted that angle snuggly, has clearly improved plenty for her debut effort at Huntingdon last March, a race that has actually worked out very well so far (race has produced 9 subsequent winning performances from 34 runs so far). She could pick up a similar contest off the back of this, if not something a bit better.
EYREN
Notes Horse - 28th Sept 2019 – This one beat a very average bunch very easily on Bumper debut last March, so it was difficult pre-race to fully assess her form, although on the face of this effort it simply is poor form and she’s not that good. She’ll need to improve her jumping significantly to be winning anything of note over hurdles any time soon.
ZEB SPIRIT
Notes Horse - 28th Sept 2019 – Looks a big, rangy 3yo and one that will surely have a chance of making into a chaser at some point in the future. The stats, however, possibly tell a slightly different story. He’s by Zebedee and so far the Zebedee offspring have the following record under National Hunt rules...5/116 | 4% S/R | -£93.74 BFLPS – W&P 20/116 | 17% S/R – 50% below expectation. The plus side for this youngster is the fact he’s one of the rare Zebedee winners in the National Hunt sphere (won on hurdle debut last time out). Early signs are that he’ll buck those average stats for the sire albeit they are a slight concern and are worth keeping in mind (for this lad and other Zebedee National Hunt horses).
BEAUTIFUL BEN
Notes Horse - 28th Sept 2019 – All 6 wins have now come on Good ground for this 9yo, when returning within 20 days of his last start and in races worth 7k or less to the winner. When you combine those three conditions you get prime condition form figures of...1161715141 (6/10, 1p – all 6 career wins – prime conditions of Good | DSLR 20 or less | 7k or less to winner). He’d never won from a mark this high so that was a question mark pre-race but it was only his 7th start for Laura Morgan and that makes the improvement explainable. 
VERY FIRST TIME
Notes Horse - 28th Sept 2019 – This 7yo is extremely well-handicapped at present off OR 105 (last and highest win mark is OR 124) but he had been rather dramatically out of form for a number of starts prior to this. This was much more like it from him and you’d be disappointed should he not find his way back to the winners’ enclosure before too long, especially once the ground starts softening up. All his wins have come on Soft or Heavy (3/14, 2p on soft/heavy – 0/13, 2p on quicker ground) and I’d be looking out for him under the following...Heavy/Soft | C3 level & below (worth 8k or less) | 10 or less runners | OR 124 or less | DSLR 45 or less...where he has form figures of 11312 (3/5, 1p – all 3 career wins).
DALLAS COWBOY
Notes Horse - 28th Sept 2019 – Far from a prolific winner (only 2 wins from 33 career starts) but Market Rasen does seem to spark him to life (track form of 4413244). Market Rasen or a similarly RH-slightly undulating track are where he’s likely to win again (if, of course, he does win again!).
KNOCKNAMONA
Notes Horse - 28th Sept 2019 – Always likely to struggle on Good ground (0/14, 0p on Good/Good to Soft) and he needs plenty juice underfoot to show his best (6/16, 3p on Soft & Heavy). He’s worth looking out for under the following... 2m4f+ | HCPS | Soft-Heavy | NOT V Und tracks = 122411111 (6/9, 2p - all 6 career wins)...although I suspect he’ll need to drop a couple pounds from OR 109 before getting fully competitive.
LUCKOFTHEDRAW
Notes Horse - 28th Sept 2019 – Now 3111 on seasonal debut (111 if you ignore racecourse debut) and he’s very much one that likes a good break between races (1P1114 off breaks of 46 days or more – PP28243 off breaks of 45 days or less). This was only his 7th chase start and there should yet be more to come, given he’s only a 6yo.
KING GOLAN
Notes Horse - 28th Sept 2019 – Ignoring the class of the race (this was C3) these would be conditions where he’s at his best... Hcp Chase | Good | Blinkers | 2m6f+ | DSLR 30 or less = 11115 (4/5 - all 4 career wins) - possibly at peak in July-Nov (all 4 career wins)...but he’s simply not up to landing a Class 3, especially not from OR 115. He ran better than the bare form suggests but I’d be surprised if he was up to winning above Class 4 level.
LEITH HILL LAD
Notes Horse - 28th Sept 2019 – First run for 305 days and he gave himself no chance with the blunder at mid-way. This level (C3+) is probably too hot for him anyway but this run should at least knock the cobwebs off and he could be worth looking out for under the following... RH | C4 level & below = 1151 (3/4 - all 3 career wins)...he’s dropping back to a winnable mark. 
SCARLET DRAGON
Notes Horse - 28th Sept 2019 – Alan King hurdlers have a solid recent record at Market Rasen under the following... (since start of 2017) Market Rasen Hurdles | Good or quicker | SP 8-1 or less = 10/22 | 45% S/R | +£22.29 BFLSP – W&P 13/22 | 59% S/R... with this lad fitting that angle snuggly. The 6yo was having only his 6th Hurdle start and there could yet be more to come from him, proving the ground doesn’t start to become too testing (he’s possibly best on Good to Soft & quicker). 
EARLOFTHECOTSWOLDS
Notes Horse - 28th Sept 2019 – Looks one that will appreciate going chasing sooner rather than later, for all he’s a very sound hurdler. He’s clearly a bit of a Market Rasen lover (form of 12112 at the track) and he looks like he’s still very much a horse on the up. He’s got a chaser’s frame though and I would expect him to reach greater heights when faced with the larger obstacles. 
GUMBALL
Notes Horse - 28th Sept 2019 – His first start over hurdles since running down the field in the 2018 Gerry Fielden at Newbury and I thought there was plenty to like about the run. His current mark of OR 139 looks extremely workable given he was rated as high as OR 149 as a juvenile and a drop down to a Class 2 handicap wouldn’t be a bad idea. He wore a hood here for the first time over hurdles and if you include his flat form he’s 1-1-3 with the headgear on and it does seem to give him a little extra.
FLASHING GLANCE
Notes Horse - 28th Sept 2019 – Travelled sweetly enough into the race but he wasn’t clean at the last flight and although that probably didn’t cost him the win it did probably cost him a place. Not sure he’s quite up to this level (0/8, 2p at C2 level+ | 3/13, 4p at C3 level or less) and he’ll likely benefit from a small drop in grade.
LEGENDE DE MINUIT
Notes Horse - 28th Sept 2019 – Sent of fav for this and seemed well-fancied and although he travelled well enough until the home-straight he just didn’t pick up at all and simply plugged on and one pace. He looks a big robust son of Midnight Legend and one that will probably, in time, be suited to fences. Worth noting, however, that’s he’s already had a wind-op (before ever seeing the racetrack) so you’d want to see him finish out his race much better next time, which, of course,  he could, given that he may have just needed this outing to sharpen him up.