16:35 Listowel

Thursday 21 September 2023

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Listowel Printing Works Handicap (Premier Handicap)

Off time: 16:38 | Winning time: 2m 45.5s

(1)

Imaginarium⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 91

3/1

Lightly-raced winner. 20/1, good sixth of 17 in handicap at Galway (12f, good) 48 days ago, running on. Not out of things.

Form: 21-86

(10)

No Niki No^b¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Declan McDonogh| T: Eoghan O'Neill| OR: 83

5/1

Winner at Leopardstown in June. Creditable fourth of 14 in handicap at Leopardstown (12.8f, good to firm, 18/1) 12 days ago. Respected.

Form: 153264

(13)

Vischio¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: M P Sheehy| T: R Donohoe| OR: 83| D

16/1

2 wins from 4 runs this year. Latest win at Ballinrobe in July. Sixth of 9 in handicap (14/1) at Clonmel (16.6f, good) 14 days ago. Back down in trip. Others preferred.

Form: 49-5116

(8)

Caradoc^t²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: L F Roche| T: E McNamara| OR: 82

50/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2019. Tongue strap on for 1st time, eighth of 9 in handicap (125/1) at Killarney (14.2f, good) 28 days ago, very slowly away. Makes limited appeal.

Form: 8804-98

(12)

San Martino^b²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Ronan Whelan| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 82

18/1

8/1, good fifth of 15 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (21.1f, good to soft) 142 days ago. Off 142 days. Fairly useful on the Flat, creditable on last Flat outing. Not discounted.

Form: 42493-0

(2)

Oriole^p⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Adam Caffrey⁽⁵⁾| T: Ian Donoghue| OR: 81

6/1

Back to winning ways at Naas (10.5f) last month and backed that up with good third of 5 in minor event at Punchestown (9f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Shortlisted.

Form: 7-53613

(3)

Vera Verto^t³³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Gary Carroll| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 81

4/1

Latest win at Ballinrobe in June. 8/1, good fourth of 9 in handicap at the Curragh (12f, good to soft) 33 days ago. Likely to give another good account.

Form: 13-2154

(6)

Vultan^t⁴⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Ben Coen| T: A J Martin| OR: 81| D

20/1

Shaped much better than bare result when eighth of 17 in handicap (66/1) at Galway (12f, good) 48 days ago, not knocked about. 2 lb lower now and must enter calculations.

Form: 4/99848

(7)

Bold Approach^p¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: Luke McAteer| T: J S Bolger| OR: 79| D

11/1

Eighteen runs since last win in 2019. 50/1, first run since leaving Brendan Duke when ninth of 14 in handicap at Leopardstown (12.8f, good to firm) 12 days ago. Must improve.

Form: 353/0-09

(11)

Lord Erskine^p⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 9-2| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽³⁾| T: H Rogers| OR: 79| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Last of 5 in minor event at Galway (8.6f, good to soft, 25/1) 9 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 44-0165

(9)

Michigan State^t1³³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: J M Sheridan| T: J A Stack| OR: 76

18/1

Lightly-raced winner. Eighteenth of 19 in handicap at the Curragh (10f, good to soft, 40/1) 33 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 1/350

(4)

Immelmann⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: S Foley| T: W P Mullins| OR: 75

14/1

Last of 7 in handicap at Tramore (12f, good, 4/1) 8 days ago. Something to prove at present.

Form: 283/607

Non-Runners

(5)

Jabbar¹⁷

Weight: 8-9| Age: 4

T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary J: Chris Hayes

Forecasts

Imaginarium (3/1), Vera Verto (4/1), No Niki No (5/1), Oriole (6/1), Jabbar (6/1), Lord Erskine (9/1), Bold Approach (11/1), Immelmann (14/1), Vischio (16/1), Michigan State (18/1), San Martino (18/1), Vultan (20/1), Caradoc (50/1)

JABBAR is going the right way and makes plenty of appeal in his hat-trick bid. Oriole and Vultan are also of interest.