Horse Details

Midnight River (GB)

19 Runs 4 Wins (21.1%) 7 Places (36.8%)
Owner: Frank McAleavy Silks Frank McAleavy Trainer: Dan Skelton
10 years old
Sire: Midnight Legend (GB)
Dam: Well Connected (GB)
Damsire: Presenting
Past Runs (19 Total)
Date/Time Course Distance Jockey Trainer Position Time Beaten By OR Weight SP Comment
15/03/25
15:20
Kempton 2m4½f Ciaran Gethings Dan Skelton 99 - - 145 11-13 25/1
Held up in midfield - towards rear after 9th - eased and pulled up before 11th (vet said gelding bled from the nose)(tchd 22/1 and tchd 28/1)
01/01/25
14:05
Cheltenham 2m4½f Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 5 5:37.51 2.25 148 11-6 14/1
Held up in rear - slightly hampered 4 out - some headway 3 out - weakened home turn(op 12/1 tchd 11/1)
30/11/24
15:00
Newbury 3m2f James Bowen Dan Skelton 12 6:52.79 13 151 11-11 28/1
Midfield - weakened 3 out - tailed off(op 14/1)
01/11/24
15:00
Wetherby 2m3½f Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 3rd 4:52.28 10 153 12-0 5/2
Led - good jump 9th - headed before 4 out - rallied and challenging 2 out - soon lost second - weakening when mistake last(op 11/4 tchd 9/4)
02/12/23
14:50
Newbury 3m2f Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 99 - - 156 11-1 10/1
Raced wide - prominent - fell 14th(op 9/1)
04/11/23
15:00
Wetherby 3m Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 3rd 6:34.52 21 156 11-6 10/1
In touch with leaders on outer - dropped to last halfway - went third 5 out - shaken up after 4 out - soon weakened(op 12/1 tchd 9/1)
15/04/23
16:15
Aintree 3m1f Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 1st 6:20.08 Won 151 11-7 15/2
Travelled strongly - prominent on inner - pushed along when hung right and led last - clear with one other inside final 110yds - kept on well(op 7/1 tchd 8/1)
16/03/23
16:10
Cheltenham 2m4½f Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 11 5:20.54 3.25 152 11-9 15/2
Midfield - ridden before 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 8/1 tchd 15/2)
01/01/23
13:55
Cheltenham 2m4½f Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 1st 5:22.79 Won 145 11-4 6/1
Midfield - headway after 8th - led home turn - not fluent 2 out - soon ridden - kept on well run-in - ridden out(op 13/2)
12/11/22
14:20
Cheltenham 2m4f Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 3rd 5:3.52 3 145 11-3 15/2
Held up in rear - mistake 11th - headway 3 out - soon ridden - went third run-in - stayed on
19/03/22
14:25
Uttoxeter 3m Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 3rd 6:22.16 1 137 11-8 7/1
Held up in behind leaders - headway 3 out - pushed along and chased leaders 2 out - ridden and went second approaching last - no extra run-in(op 12/1)
13/02/22
14:00
Exeter 2m3f Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 99 - - 138 11-5 9/4J
Chased leader - tracked leaders 3rd - ridden and weakened quickly before 3 out (usual 4 out) - slow jump 2 out - pulled up approaching last (jockey said gelding stopped quickly)(tchd 5/2)
04/12/21
15:15
Aintree 2m4f Bridget Andrews Dan Skelton 7 5:44.89 16 138 11-10 17/2
In rear - mistake 7th - headway 2 out - ridden and weakened approaching last(op 9/1 tchd 10/1)
09/04/21
16:40
Aintree 3m½f Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 99 - - 141 11-4 4/1
Held up in rear - headway 9th - pushed along and disputing third when fell 3 out(op 7/1)
29/11/20
13:58
Leicester 2m4½f Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 1st 5:21.46 Won 135 11-4 1/4F
Held up in behind leaders on inner - dropped to midfield after 4th - headway and tracked leaders after 4 out - pushed along before 2 out - ridden after 2 out - joined leader when left in lead just after last - kept on - all out(op 30/100 tchd 2/9 and tchd 1/3)
23/10/20
13:50
Cheltenham 2m5f Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 2nd 5:9.28 4.75 11-3 2/1J
Towards rear - headway 3 out - tracked leaders and mistake 2 out - ridden and pressed leaders home turn - bumped last - went second run-in - kept on - no match for winner(op 9/4 tchd 5/2)
04/10/20
16:16
Uttoxeter 2m4f Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 1st 4:55.34 Won 11-0 3/1
Midfield - headway and mistake 7th - chased leader before 3 out - shaken up to lead and edged left approaching last - kept on well(op 9/2)
01/02/20
16:33
Wetherby 2m Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 3rd 3:58.82 2.75 11-3 5/1
Held up - headway 5f out - ridden to chase leaders over 2f out - stayed on under pressure towards finish - not pace to trouble front two(op 4/1)
23/10/19
13:45
Worcester 2m Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 3rd 3:43.94 1.75 10-12 12/1
Behind - progress 5f out - ridden and outpaced 2f out - stayed on well inside final furlong - promising(op 10/1)