5.00 1m. 6f. 9 Declared. Listowel Failte Abhaile (Q.R.) Race of €15,500.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €9,300.00 2nd - €3,100.00 3rd - €1,550.00 4th - €775.00 5th - €465.00 6th - €310.00
FormscanBy John O'Riordan - Killarney runner-up MINELLA MATE can register his second success on the flat. The former bumper winner won a decent renewal of the Q.R. Maiden at the Galway festival last month, before just failing to follow up at the County Kerry venue last time. Having travelled like the best horse in the race, the John Nallen-trained gelding was just outbattled inside the last half-furlong. Dropping back in trip should be very much in his favour now and it would be something of a surprise if he were beaten. Mr Rango has the next best official rating of those to attain a mark, although it is 10lb below the Nallen representative. With a slight doubt about his stamina over this distance, the five-year-old could be vulnerable. Coeur Sublime hasn't run on the flat since making a winning racecourse debut in 2018 but has progressed into a high-class National Hunt horse in the interim.
For four years old and upwards that have not won a race singly value more than #13,000 or races collectively value more than #26,000Weights - 11st Fillies allowed 5lbsPenalties - (to count from 1st August, 2022) Winner of a race 4lb extra Of two races 7lb extra Of three or more races 10lb extraRiders - Qualified Riders under I.N.H.S. Rules Riders will receive allowances under Rule 52 This race will not be started from stalls