16:40 Listowel

Sunday 4 June 2017

All14:1014:4015:1015:4016:1016:4017:1017:40

St. John's Literary Centre Handicap (45-65) (Div 1)

Off time: 16:41 | Winning time: 1m 42.43s

1^st

(6)

Hard Times

68-8

33/1

T: F CostelloJ: Karen Kenny (7)

Held up, 10th before halfway, 9th into straight, soon not much room, headway from over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong to lead on line

2^nd

(5)

Initially

410-0

5/1

T: T CollinsJ: Ronan Whelan

Tracked leaders, disputed 5th before halfway, challenged over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on well, headed on line op 7/2

3^rd

3 ½

(13)

Voyageofdiscovery

69-10

12/1

T: T J O'MaraJ: Wayne Lordan

Disputed lead briefly early, tracked leaders, 4th before halfway, disputed 3rd into straight, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, one pace op 14/1

4^th

(11)

Prince Jock

108-11

25/1

T: A MoriartyJ: K P Moriarty (7)

Towards rear, under pressure approaching straight, soon no impression, stayed on well without threatening on stand's rail final furlong

5^th

(1)

Multiviz

49-6

5/1

T: Ms S LaveryJ: P J Smullen

Tracked leaders, 3rd before halfway, joined for 3rd into straight, one pace from over 1f out op 6/1

6^th

nse

(7)

Laburnum Park

49-10

3/1f

T: J G MurphyJ: Gary Carroll

Mid-division, 9th before halfway, disputed 7th into straight, one pace from over 1f out

7^th

Scobias

58-8

50/1

T: G WebbJ: Killian Leonard (5)

Disputed lead briefly early, prominent, 2nd before halfway, ridden to challenge from before straight, no extra and one pace 1f out op 40/1

8^th

(9)

Busy Bush

58-8

14/1

T: J T GormanJ: Rory Cleary

Held up, 12th before halfway, 11th into straight, no impression and kept on same pace without threatening from over 1f out

9^th

4 ½

(4)

Serendib's Glory

48-13

20/1

T: D ComminsJ: Gary Halpin (3)

Pushed along early, soon led, pressed from before straight, headed over 1f out, weakened

10^th

(2)

Song Of The Sky

49-10

8/1

T: J J MurphyJ: Shane Foley

Mid-division, disputed 5th before halfway, reminders 3f out, disputed 7th into straight, no extra from over 1f out op 10/1

11^th

1 ½

(15)

Spartan's Queen

49-10

14/1

T: M P SunderlandJ: Colin Keane

Disputed lead briefly early, tracked leaders, disputed 5th before halfway, no extra from over 1f out

12^th

(12)

Stadius

48-12

20/1

T: Miss E McCutcheonJ: Chris Hayes

Mid-division, 8th before halfway, pushed along approaching straight, soon 10th, no extra from over 1f out

13^th

1 ¾

(3)

Cantsayrightly

48-13

33/1

T: R O'SullivanJ: C P Hoban

Soon in rear, no impression into straight

14^th

(10)

Vocal Experience

49-13

7/1

T: J S BolgerJ: K J Manning

Mid-division, 11th before halfway, towards rear into straight and no impression op 13/2

15^th

3 ½

(14)

Dottie Lottie

49-1

25/1

T: J CoyleJ: D M Redmond (5)

Dwelt, towards rear, 13th before halfway, no impression into straight

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Non-Runners

(16)

Art Scene⁴⁴

Weight: 8-8| Age: 7

T: P J Flynn J: D E Sheehy

(8)

Truly Genius¹²

Weight: 9-3| Age: 9

T: C P Donoghue J: N G McCullagh

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€56.80Pl:€14.10, €2.30, €4.10EX:€537.60Trifecta:€8,570.70Tricast:€2,221.50SF:€189.98

Forecasts

Laburnum Park (3/1), Initially (5/1), Multiviz (5/1), Vocal Experience (7/1), Song Of The Sky (8/1), Voyageofdiscovery (12/1), Busy Bush (14/1), Spartan's Queen (14/1), Art Scene (16/1), Serendib's Glory (20/1), Stadius (20/1), Prince Jock (25/1), Dottie Lottie (25/1), Truly Genius (25/1), Hard Times (33/1), Cantsayrightly (33/1), Scobias (50/1)

This is a competitive, if not quality handicap and it will probably pay to look near the top of the weights. INITIALLY ran a good race at a big price last time, and with a hood applied and a return to 1m sure to suit, she could get off the mark at the sixth time of asking. Laburnum Park has been in the most consistent form recently and so has to combat a gradually rising handicap mark but is still feared most, ahead of the potentially well-handicapped Vocal Experience.