RAYVIN Black won only one of his 10 starts on the flat but he is rising rapidly through the hurdling ranks, and he could try for the highest level of competition before long.

The seven-year-old kicked off 2016 with a five-length victory at Sandown, he chased home The New One in the Grade 2 Champion Hurdle Trial at Haydock three weeks later and then failed by a neck to beat Connetable in a listed event back at Sandown a fortnight after that.