Race cards · Sat 31 May
Saturday 31 May · Listowel, Eire
14:30 Join The Listowel Races Supporters Club Maiden Hurdle
- Distance
- 2m 0f 100y
- Going
- Good (Good to Yielding in places)
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 12000
- Runners
- 13
Race preview
SONNYBOYLISTON is the class act but has been very lightly raced since winning the Ebor Handicap and Irish St Leger in 2021. He was no threat in the straight when reappearing behind Kyprios at Navan last month and it will be fascinating to see how strong he is in the market on debut over hurdles. Wholelotofbusiness was reappearing after a lengthy absence when only headed close home by Romany Brown at Killarney earlier this month with Dream Diamond just a neck behind in third. The latter has been placed on all three hurdle outings but needs to brush up his jumping, while Complete Fiction has won four times on the Flat and has also shown promise over hurdles.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonnyboyliston | Philip Byrnes | C Byrnes | 11 12 | 4-6 | ||
| 2 | Encosta | 7-5 | Donagh Meyler | N Meade | 11 5 | 16-1 | |
| 3 | Dream Diamond | 6/3267-3 | Sam Ewing | M Kennedy | 11 12 | 10-3 | |
| 4 | Boy Gin Go | P-0 | Danny Gilligan | E M O'Sullivan | 11 12 | 200-1 | |
| 5 | Cabaret Prince | 4412/7-7 | Sean Flanagan | E McNamara | 11 12 | 8-1 | |
| 6 | Wholelotofbusiness | 63/2 | Gary Noonan | E McCarthy | 11 12 | 11-2 | |
| 7 | The Happy Huntsman | Mr A Burke-Ott | A Ott | 11 12 | 100-1 | ||
| 8 | Iceteem Flechois | U | Mr D M Fitzgerald | Michael C Griffin | 11 12 | 100-1 | |
| 9 | Willuhaveamineral | Daniel King | M Winters | 11 5 | 125-1 | ||
| 10 | Marfa | L A McKenna | M A Molloy | 11 12 | 80-1 | ||
| 11 | Complete Fiction | 0/2- | Peter Smithers | J P Fahey | 11 12 | 12-1 | |
| 12 | Jetaway Sheldon | C G O'Dwyer | E M O'Sullivan | 11 12 | 125-1 | ||
| - | Diamond Jimmy | 8P- | Ricky Doyle | Miss J M Lee | 11 12 | 80-1 |