Monday 31 August · Roscommon, Eire
17:30 Castlerea Handicap
- Distance
- 0m 7f 47y
- Going
- Yielding to Soft
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 15500
- Runners
- 9
Race preview
The father and son combination of Gerry and Colin Keane enjoyed a notable success at the Curragh on Friday when Laughifuwant landed the Cambridgeshire, and they have good prospects of collecting again here with MEAN FOMHAIR . The full-sister to Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Jet Setting has not been the easiest to train but relishes soft ground and was impressive when landing a gamble over this course and distance 12 months ago. She ran a cracker on her belated reappearance here less than a fortnight ago when narrowly denied by Rocket Science, and that should leave her spot on for this. Topweight Royal Canford and Talking Tough both won on soft ground at the Galway Festival, while Zephron and course and distance winner Vormir have also been on the mark recently.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Canford | 05-7518 | Billy Lee | W McCreery | 10 0 | 5-1 | |
| 2 | Swiss Army Officer | 702034 | Ronan Whelan | Kevin Coleman | 8 11 | 8-1 | |
| 3 | Mean Fomhair | 01220-2 | Colin Keane | G Keane | 9 11 | 7-4 | |
| 4 | Bobby K | P59-005 | D J Hickey | Michael W O'Meara | 9 10 | 25-1 | |
| 5 | Vormir | 400301 | Gavin Ryan | F Birrane | 9 0 | 8-1 | |
| 6 | Atlas | 561240 | J M Sheridan | D Hogan | 9 8 | 7-1 | |
| 7 | Ducky Mallon | 06-4890 | Dylan Browne McMonagle | D Kinsella | 9 2 | 14-1 | |
| 8 | Zephron | 66-331 | Ross Coakley | D Cullen | 9 6 | 11-2 | |
| 9 | Talking Tough | 409105 | Gary Carroll | M Mulvany | 9 1 | 16-1 |