17:20 Listowel

Sunday 9 September 2018

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Kerry Group Flat Race

Off time: 17:21 | Winning time: 3m 53.60s

Blackyellowred⁵⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: D J Barry

33/1

Mustameet gelding that cost just €7,500 as a three-year-old. Related to a couple of flat winners and a half-brother to hurdles winner The Nutcracker. Well down the field in two bumpers to date.

Form: 75

Castletown Quary¹⁸²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr F Maguire⁽³⁾| T: E Griffin

9/2

Scorpion gelding who cost £50,000 at the April sales following an impressive point-to-point win a month earlier. Likely to need time.

Form: 1-

Jack Valentine

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: S Curling

7/2

Scorpion gelding out of a Cataldi mare. Cost €9,000 as a three-year-old and like most of the sires progeny will improve given time.

Form:

Top Of The Pack^t1

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J C Barry⁽⁵⁾| T: V T O'Brien

50/1

Half-brother to the likes of Dell' Arca, Kruzhlinin and Don Cossack. The son of Sholokhov is best watched on debut in first-time tongue-tie.

Form:

Ask Neilus⁸¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Ms L O'Neill⁽³⁾| T: G Elliott

14/1

By Ask out of a Snurge mare related to winners this season Floramar and Ask Susan. 26L down the field on debut but will look to improve here for leading bumper trainer/jockey combination.

Form: 0

Magic Pearl

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr R W Barron⁽⁷⁾| T: V T O'Brien

50/1

Daughter of Germany out of a Slip Anchor mare. Half-sister to Faugheen, Captain Cee Bee and dual season winner Kaiser Black. Sure to come on for debut.

Form:

Miss Tulpar

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr W T Cronin⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Walsh

16/1

By Pushkin out of a Systematic mare. Half-sister to Iain Jardine's game gelding Double Whammy, still running well at the age of 12. Will improve for the debut run here.

Form:

Mustmeetkate²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Miss A Fahey⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Fahey

40/1

Mustameet mare, dam an Irish point-to-point winner. From family of smart staying jumpers Southern Vic and Pleasure Shared. Well held in a couple of bumpers to date.

Form: 85

My Peggy^p²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: N G Hynds

10/1

By Yeats out of a Glacial Storm mare. Slight improvement on her fourth start at Perth recently but remains up against it here.

Form: 00-P2

Scaglietti

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

1/1

Daughter of Beat Hollow out of a Bob Back mare. Impressive pedigree backed up by the yards 67% win and place strike rate in bumpers at this festival since 2014.

Form:

Forecasts

Scaglietti (1/1), Jack Valentine (7/2), Castletown Quary (9/2), My Peggy (10/1), Ask Neilus (14/1), Miss Tulpar (16/1), Blackyellowred (33/1), Mustmeetkate (40/1), Magic Pearl (50/1), Top Of The Pack (50/1)

SCAGLIETTI can add to the impressive record of the yard in bumpers at the Listowel festival by landing the final race of the day seeing off the attentions of potential improver Ask Neilus from the Gordon Elliott yard and impressive point-to-point winner Castletown Quary on debut for Eoin Griffin.