15:55 Listowel

Thursday 24 September 2020

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Listowel Printing Works Handicap

Off time: 15:59 | Winning time: 2m 46.10s

(17)

Halimi¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Luke McAteer⁽⁷⁾| T: J S Bolger| OR: 101| D

5/1

18/1, career best when winning 18-runner handicap at Leopardstown (12.8f, good) 12 days ago, getting first run. More needed in order to follow up in this contest.

Form: 3-35261

(7)

Persia¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 100

11/2

Good 3½ lengths ninth of 18 to Halimi in handicap at Leopardstown (12.8f, good, 11/2) 12 days ago, left with too much to do. Should be sharper now and he remains open to improvement.

Form: 81521-9

(16)

Bashiyr^v¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Mikey Sheehy⁽⁷⁾| T: D K Weld| OR: 91

13/2

33/1, creditable fourth of 22 in handicap at the Curragh (10f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Likely to be on the premises once again.

Form: 6-05524

(14)

Baron Samedi^t¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 97

4/1

Three wins from 5 runs this year. Won 15-runner handicap (6/4) at Navan (10f, soft) 14 days ago, forging clear. More needed now that new mark has kicked in, but he's clearly very progressive.

Form: 0-58111

(5)

Western Boy^b²¹

Age: 11| Weight: 8-12| J: T P Madden| T: P A Fahy| OR: 84

50/1

Latest win at Ballinrobe in July. 8/1, creditable second of 13 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16.4f, good) 21 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time on the Flat. Others make more appeal.

Form: 3490/10

(18)

Melburnian⁵⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: N G McCullagh| T: A J Martin| OR: 80| D

20/1

12/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, soft) 54 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 6421-00

(10)

Great Bear³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: T Gibney| OR: 79| D

12/1

14/1, good third of 13 in handicap at Killarney (14f, soft) 36 days ago. 1 lb lower now and not without each-way hope.

Form: 4270-83

(1)

Legal Spin⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Andrew Slattery⁽³⁾| T: W P Mullins| OR: 79

16/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2018. Creditable third of 8 in handicap (3/1) at Tramore (12f, good to soft) 40 days ago, needing stiffer test. Yard also saddles Sayo.

Form: 060-043

(9)

Formula One¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-6| J: F F Da Silva| T: L Comer| OR: 78| D

100/1

100/1, 14 lengths twelfth of 15 to Baron Samedi in handicap at Navan (10f, soft) 14 days ago. Best to look elsewhere.

Form: 06182-0

(4)

Sayo⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-6| J: Wayne Lordan| T: W P Mullins| OR: 78

2/1

Useful hurdles winner. Won 5-runner minor event over timber at Kilbeggan (19.8f, good to soft, 10/11) 47 days ago. Good second at the Curragh on latest start in this sphere in June. Big player.

Form: 44316/2

(12)

Guinevere^p³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Sean Davis| T: R P Cody| OR: 78| D

40/1

16/1 and blinkered for 1st time, below form eighth of 16 in handicap hurdle at this course (16f, good) 3 days ago. Latest effort in this sphere was poor.

Form: 159650

(3)

Baltic Song²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Nathan Crosse⁽⁵⁾| T: L Comer| OR: 78| D

50/1

33/1, eighth of 11 in handicap at Bellewstown (11.9f, soft) 29 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 342-008

Non-Runners

(11)

War Diary⁴³

Weight: 8-13| Age: 5

T: M Halford J: Ronan Whelan

(8)

Jake Peter³⁵⁴

Weight: 8-12| Age: 6

T: P J Flynn J: C P Hoban

(6)

Pearl Warrior²⁹

Weight: 8-11| Age: 4

T: J P Murtagh J: Shane Foley

(15)

Layfayette³²

Weight: 8-9| Age: 3

T: N Meade J: Colin Keane

(2)

Tritonix⁸⁴

Weight: 8-6| Age: 5

T: G P Cromwell J: Reserve 2

(13)

Buckman Tavern⁵⁹

Weight: 8-6| Age: 4

T: A J Martin J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Sayo (2/1), Baron Samedi (4/1), Halimi (5/1), Persia (11/2), Bashiyr (13/2), Layfayette (7/1), War Diary (10/1), Buckman Tavern (11/1), Great Bear (12/1), Jake Peter (14/1), Legal Spin (16/1), Pearl Warrior (16/1), Melburnian (20/1), Tritonix (33/1), Guinevere (40/1), Western Boy (50/1), Baltic Song (50/1), Formula One (100/1)

The vote in this ultra-competitive handicap goes to SAYO, who looked unlucky when going close at the Curragh in June and confirmed his wellbeing with an easy win over hurdles last month. Persia shaped well on his belated reappearance in the Leopardstown handicap won by Halimi and is feared most ahead of fellow 3-y-os Baron Samedi and Layfayette. Pearl Warrior is also shortlisted.