15:07 Listowel

Sunday 1 June 2025

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Croom House Stud Handicap

Off time: 15:08 | Winning time: 1m 21.16s

(14)

Mercurial³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Alan Casey⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J Nallen| OR: 77| D

18/1

28/1, below form tenth of 16 in handicap at Limerick (8.2f, heavy) 37 days ago, not clear run. Back down in trip and he would be a threat if back to something like his best.

Form: 5253-00

(7)

Facethepuckout⁷⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 9-13| J: Colin Keane| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 76| C

11/1

Course winner. 14/1, bit below form eighth of 15 in handicap at Naas (7f, heavy) 70 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 13050-8

(12)

Ramiro^h²³²

Age: 9| Weight: 9-13| J: James Ryan⁽³⁾| T: Miss H McLoughlin| OR: 76| C| D

18/1

Course winner. 12/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap at Naas (7f, good to soft). Off 7 months and he's probably worth taking on.

Form: 734510-

(11)

Gerrit's Gem⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Scott McCullagh| T: K P Cotter| OR: 73| D

16/1

Thirteenth of 15 in handicap (16/1) at the Curragh (6f, good) 9 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0314-00

(8)

Never Shout Never^t²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Jack Kearney⁽³⁾| T: Stephen Thorne| OR: 72

9/2

9/2, creditable ¼-length fourth of 13 to Tawaazon in handicap at Naas (5.9f, good) 22 days ago. Has good chance on form.

Form: 233624

(13)

Rappell⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Billy Lee| T: P W Flynn| OR: 72| D

9/1

Respectable eighth of 20 in handicap (33/1) at the Curragh (7f, good) 8 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 317-078

(3)

Velvet Skies²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Terry Casey⁽¹⁰⁾| T: M Mulvany| OR: 69| D

10/1

Latest win at Dundalk in March. Good second of 27 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good, 7/1) 27 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 614732

(5)

White Clover²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 68

6/1

12/1, creditable fifth of 27 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good) 27 days ago. Stable in good form.

Form: 6291-05

(9)

Linger For Longer²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: A Leahy| OR: 67| D

16/1

Last of 27 in handicap (25/1) at the Curragh (6f, good) 27 days ago.

Form: 14853-0

(6)

Tawaazon^b,t²²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: Keithen Kennedy⁽⁵⁾| T: J A Kinsella| OR: 66| D

15/2

Won 13-runner handicap at Naas (5.9f, good, 7/1) 22 days ago. Stepping back in the right direction.

Form: 00-0841

(2)

Nezeeh^b³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: J M Sheridan| T: D Hogan| OR: 65| D

5/1

Latest win at Cork in May. Good second of 10 in claimer at Fairyhouse (6.1f, good, 2/1) 3 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 850912

(10)

Kilmood Susan³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Shane Foley| T: Daniel Murphy| OR: 72

7/1

Good second of 16 in maiden at Gowran (7f, soft, 7/1) 39 days ago, no match for winner. Makes handicap debut. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 2245-22

(4)

Skillman Ave^v1²²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Robert Whearty⁽³⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 68

33/1

Below form 4½ lengths eighth of 13 to Tawaazon in handicap (28/1) at Naas (5.9f, good) 22 days ago. Visor on 1st time. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 99336-8

Non-Runners

(1)

Free Solo⁹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 8

T: P J F Murphy J: Wayne Hassett

Forecasts

Never Shout Never (9/2), Nezeeh (5/1), White Clover (6/1), Kilmood Susan (7/1), Tawaazon (15/2), Rappell (9/1), Velvet Skies (10/1), Facethepuckout (11/1), Free Solo (12/1), Linger For Longer (16/1), Gerrit's Gem (16/1), Ramiro (18/1), Mercurial (18/1), Skillman Ave (33/1)

The vote goes to NEVER SHOUT NEVER, who was a close fourth in the Naas handicap won by Tawaazon last month and a 3 lb pull gives him a very realistic chance of reversing the placings. Tawaazon is likely to be in the thick of things once again and is feared most ahead of Nezeeh and Kilmood Susan.