17:25 Listowel

Friday 26 September 2025

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Listowel Races Supporters Club Failte Abhaile (Q.R.) Race (In Memory Of Pat Scanlon)

Off time: 17:27 | Winning time: 3m 30.3s

Lark In The Mornin⁸⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr J L Gleeson| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 90| C

10/3

Lightly-raced winner on Flat. Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. Didn't need to be at best when winning 5-runner minor event (4/11) at Bellewstown (12.3f, good) 85 days ago, driven out. This is a better race but he has to command serious respect.

Form: 14/31

Ben Vrackie³⁷³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr Thomas Paul Smith Carberry⁽⁷⁾| T: A J Martin| OR: 94

200/1

16/1, below form tenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (21.4f, good). Off 12 months but represents very shrewd yard.

Form: 332074/

Hamsiyann^t¹⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr J Costello⁽⁷⁾| T: A J Martin| OR: 91

20/1

Useful gelding. Fairly useful winner at 21f over hurdles. Twelfth of 25 in handicap hurdle (7/1) at Punchestown (19.3f, good to soft) 149 days ago. Off 149 days. Down in trip and he's a major player on these terms.

Form: 23131/2-

Minella Mate⁵⁰⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: J Nallen| OR: 90

17/2

Lightly-raced winner on Flat. Fairly useful winner at 16f in bumpers. 9/2, creditable second of 8 in handicap at Navan (14f, good to soft). Off 16 months.

Form: 122/2-

Olympic Man⁵⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr Elliot Ohgren⁽⁵⁾| T: W P Mullins

18/1

Useful winner at 19f over hurdles. Pulled up in handicap chase at Galway (22.5f, good to soft, 20/1) 58 days ago. Flat winner in 2021 when trained in France and this his first run on the level for this yard.

Form:

Sorrentino^h³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Miss J Townend| T: W P Mullins

6/4

Twice-raced maiden on Flat. Fairly useful winner at 17f in bumpers. 4/1 and hood on for 1st time in this code, second of 9 in minor event at Killarney (16.8f, good) 35 days ago, clear of rest.

Form: 22

Talking Tough¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr S Hunter⁽⁷⁾| T: S M Duffy| OR: 43

300/1

Poor gelding. Two wins from 74 Flat runs. Fifty seven runs since last win in 2020. Last of 11 in handicap at Clonmel (16.6f, soft, 66/1) 15 days ago.

Form: 0098-70

Typical Thomas¹⁰²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Miss H Heffernan⁽⁷⁾| T: James Andrew Fahey| OR: 116

100/1

Making Flat debut. Eighth of 11 in handicap chase (16/1) at Kilbeggan (20.2f, good) 102 days ago.

Form: 3/

Jetara^p¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Mr H C Swan| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 92

10/3

Useful winner at 24f over hurdles. 25/1 and cheekpieces on for first time in this code, 14½ lengths twelfth of 15 to La Isla Mujeres in listed race at Galway (12f, good to soft) 17 days ago, inadequate test. This trip more suitable.

Form: 1-0

Stormalong⁵⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: Mr Alan O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Budds

20/1

Fairly useful winner at 20f over hurdles. Seventh of 19 in handicap hurdle (50/1) at Galway (22.5f, good to soft) 55 days ago. Third of 11 on Flat debut a year ago.

Form: 3-

Thisistheway¹⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Mr A P Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: Yvonne Latta

11/1

Fairly useful jumps winner, making Flat debut. Won 15-runner minor event hurdle (9/1) at Punchestown (19.3f, good to soft) 149 days ago.

Form:

Non-Runners

Seddon¹⁴⁹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 12

T: J C McConnell J: Mr F R Buckley

Pappano⁹⁰

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: W P Mullins J: Mr J H Williamson

Shoot First²³⁷

Weight: 11-0| Age: 9

T: C Byrnes J: Mr A D Bustin

Forecasts

Sorrentino (6/4), Lark In The Mornin (10/3), Jetara (10/3), Pappano (11/2), Minella Mate (17/2), Shoot First (10/1), Thisistheway (11/1), Seddon (12/1), Olympic Man (18/1), Stormalong (20/1), Hamsiyann (20/1), Typical Thomas (100/1), Ben Vrackie (200/1), Talking Tough (300/1)

This is more demanding than the minor event LARK IN THE MORNIN won in July but he has far less to prove than most of these so he may well be up to the job. An on-song Hamsiyann must go very close on these terms, while Sorrentino could be the pick of the Mullins trio.