Measured to make Kempton Impact

Charlie Appleby's Measured Time can maintain his unbeaten record in the Racing TV Floodlit Stakes at Kempton.

While this represents by far his toughest test to date in Listed class, he looks well worth a crack in black-type company.

By Frankel, he is a half-brother to the multiple Group One winner Rebel's Romance, so the odds were stacked in his favour that he would be decent.

Sent off favourite for his debut here in February, Measured Time did the business but was then not seen again until August, when he beat Botanical, who is now rated 97.

Making his handicap debut on the July course at Newmarket a few weeks later, he defied an opening mark of 91 with the minimum of fuss, looking at least up to this level.

While he may have a bit to find on official ratings, it will be a surprise if he is not better than a mark of 101 soon.

Top weight Juan Les Pins should give a bold account in the racingtv.com Handicap.

He may have only won once this season but his mark has still risen from 94 to 106, showing he is still on the upgrade.

The six-year-old was fourth behind his Mick Appleby stablemate Annaf in the Group Three Bengough Stakes at Ascot when last seen.

He is stepping back up to 1400m, a distance over which he has not won since landing a claimer for Ed Dunlop in June 2022, but recent efforts suggest that is a shrewd move.

There is further all-weather racing at Wolverhampton, where Bluebottle Blue stands out in the Build Your Acca With BetUK Restricted Maiden Stakes.

The chestnut daughter of Zoffany was third on her debut at Windsor in mid-October, where she was only half a length behind the second-placed horse.

The winner was a further nine lengths ahead, but that horse was Ralph Beckett's incredibly well-bred Doha, daughter of Sea The Stars and Treve - neither a horse in need of any introduction.

In that context, Bluebottle Blue acquitted herself well and can progress to claim the first win of her career in the Midlands.

At Hereford, Fergal O'Brien's Bonttay can make a winning return to action in the Best Odds Guaranteed At Planetsportsbet Mares' Handicap Hurdle.

The six-year-old was twice a winner last term and was the runner-up on every other start, ending her campaign with a decisive Kelso hurdle success on soft ground over 3200m.

She has historically gone well after a break and victory here could be the starting point of another productive campaign, with perhaps loftier aims in store.

Emma Lavelle's Baltray can strike on the same card in the NAF Racing Best Turned Out League "National Hunt" Maiden Hurdle.

The Milan gelding was third in his sole bumper start as a four-year-old and then made his hurdles debut for Lavelle with an encouraging second-placed run at Fontwell in early October.

If building on that, he can be in the thick of the action again when stepped up marginally in trip to 3900m.

There is also jumping fare at Plumpton, where Ben Case's Cobblers Dream contests the Mannok Build GB Ltd Handicap Hurdle.

The gelding was one of many horses pulled up in the Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle at Kempton in January on testing ground when last seen, but prior to that had hit the frame in competitive races over this trip.

He has looked able to hit the ground running after a break and can be a real threat if rediscovering his prior hurdle form after a spell steeplechasing. - Press Association

TAB is betting on 4 UK meetings on Monday. Here are the tips.

HEREFORD: Race 1: 14.50 Belles Benefit; Race 2: 15.20 Banteer; Race 3: 15.50 Baltray; Race 4: 16.20 Head And Heart; Race 5: 16.50 Bonttay; Race 6: 17.20 Big Blue Moon; Race 7: 17.50 Fiveonefive; Race 8: 18.20 Pencil.

PLUMPTON: Race 1: 15.07 A Tickatickatiming; Race 2: 15.37 Divine Inspiration; Race 3: 16.07 Goodwin; Race 4: 16.37 Cobblers Dream; Race 5: 17.07 Kayf Hernando; Race 6: 17.37 Tara Iti; Race 7: 18.07 Copshill Lad.

KEMPTON: Race 1: 15.30 Island Of Skye; Race 2: 16.00 English Rose; Race 3: 16.30 Cool Legend; Race 4: 16.00 Lord Of Love; Race 5: 16.30 MEASURED TIME (NAP); Race 6: 18.00 Savvy Knight; Race 7: 18.30 Juan Les Pins; Race 8: 19.05 Miss Dynamic; Race 9: 19.40 Epic Express.

WOLVERHAMPTON: Race 1: 18.25 Hey Lyla; Race 2: 18.55 Flatley; Race 3: 19.30 Bluebottle Blue; Race 4: 20.00 Bella Bisbee; Race 5: 20.30 Bang On The Bell; Race 6: 21.00 Bear Claws; Race 7: 21.30 Percy Jones; Race 8: 22.00 Fast Affair; Race 9: 22.30 Sir Titan.

ALL TO COME: Measured Time and Juan Les Pins (Kempton, Races 5 and 7).