17:15 Listowel

Saturday 3 June 2023

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John Thomas McNamara Handicap (47-65)

Off time: 17:16 | Winning time: 1m 44.32s

(1)

Ifitwasme²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: C P McNamara⁽³⁾| T: E McNamara| OR: 60

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 4/1, last of 9 in handicap at Gowran (9.4f, soft) 24 days ago.

Form: 60-79

(3)

Sunday Evening^p1¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: S T McCullagh⁽³⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 58

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventh of 10 in maiden (125/1) at Cork (8f, good) 17 days ago, not knocked about. Trainer going well. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Makes handicap debut. Should have more to offer.

Form: 007

(4)

Arancha^p1⁵⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger| OR: 56

8/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Ninth of 12 in maiden (33/1) at Cork (7f, heavy) 56 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 8-79

(9)

Drop The Dip³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: G M Ryan| T: T Gibney| OR: 55

18/5

Eleventh of 13 in handicap at Gowran (8f, good to soft, 11/1) 31 days ago.

Form: 8880-80

(11)

Amemri¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: W J Lee| T: D Marnane| OR: 52

4/1

Winner at Dundalk in March. Respectable eighth of 16 in handicap at Cork (7f, good, 9/1) 17 days ago

Form: 74-0188

(6)

Lady Skipper²⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Kyanna Van Buuren⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Barry J Fitzgerald| OR: 52

5/1

Fifth of 8 in nursery (17/2) at Dundalk (7f). Off 8 months. First run for yard after leaving James M. Barrett.

Form: 795395-

(2)

Not Even Maybe²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Gary Carroll| T: M Mulvany| OR: 52

11/2

15/2, 4½ lengths eighth of 11 to Alfarida in handicap at Roscommon (7.2f, good) on Thursday.

Form: 084258

(10)

Pearl Of Malta²¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: C D Maxwell| T: P F O'Donnell| OR: 50

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 80/1, last of 10 in maiden at Dundalk (6f). Off 7 months. Significantly back up in trip. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 700-

(7)

Water Mint²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Tom Kiely Marshall⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Murphy| OR: 48

15/2

Good second of 9 in handicap at Gowran (9.4f, soft, 14/1) 24 days ago. Respected.

Form: 569-082

(8)

Lightupthesky^t1¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Chris Hayes| T: K Prendergast| OR: 47

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 25/1, fourth of 11 in maiden claimer at Roscommon (7.4f, good to soft) 12 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 0706-4

Non-Runners

(5)

Alfarida²

Weight: 10-4| Age: 3

T: A Slattery J: A J Slattery

Forecasts

Alfarida (3/1), Drop The Dip (18/5), Amemri (4/1), Lady Skipper (5/1), Not Even Maybe (11/2), Water Mint (15/2), Arancha (8/1), Lightupthesky (9/1), Sunday Evening (16/1), Ifitwasme (18/1), Pearl Of Malta (33/1)

A chance is taken on Jessica Harrington handicap newcomer SUNDAY EVENING as she didn't shape too badly last time and should have more to offer in this sphere. Last month's Gowran runner-up Water Mint is second choice ahead of Thursday's Roscommon winner Alfarida.