Updates to the Timeform ratings after the weekend's racing including Midnight River and Minella Indo

Updates to the Timeform ratings after the weekend's racing.

Hermes Allen won the Challow Novices' Hurdle for Paul Nicholls. It was the first double-figure field since 2009. You Wear It Well came second, four and three quarters lengths behind the winner. Idalko Bihoue came third. There are updates to the Timeform ratings after the weekend's racing.

Midnight River and Minella Indo have been upgraded to Timeform ratings after the weekend's racing at Cheltenham. Conditions were better at the New Year's Day Handicap Chase at that venue on Sunday. Several of the horses that won the Paddy Power Gold Cup here in November had all shaped well in that race. Nassalam (147 from 145) from the in-form Gary Moore yard and Il Ridoto (141) are still in good form.

Whacker won the Dipper Novices' Chase at Cheltenham. Monmiral came second. Thunder Rock came third. There are updates to the Timeform ratings after the weekend's racing. Midnight River and Minella Indo are updated.

Minella Indo won the New Year's Day Chase at Tramore. Al Boum Photo, the winner for the last four years, is retired. Minella won for first time since his big day at Cheltenham in 2021. Stattler won National Hunt Novices’ Chase in March.

There are updates to the Timeform ratings after the weekend's racing. If you are concerned about your gambling, call the National Gambling Helpline / GamCare on 0808 8020 133.