Written 2 months ago by Will O'Callaghan

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The penultimate day of the Listowel Harvest Festival gets underway at 2.05pm today with another eight-race mixed card.

The feature event on Day 6 is the €55,000 Guinness Handicap (3.50) over 1m4f for which ten runners have been declared headed by top-weight Ted Veale, the mount of 5lb claimer Oisin Orr. Tony Martin’s dual-purpose performer has winning form over hurdles in extremely testing conditions so should appreciate the prevailing ground while another capable of getting involved at the business end is the Ado McGuinness-trained All’s Quiet who relished heavy ground when scoring over hurdles at Roscommon recently.

The Southampton Goodwill Chase (4.20) is the smallest field of the afternoon with just five runners going to post but it promises to be a real tactical affair with several front runners among the quintet. Andrew McNamara’s Val De Ferbet likes to race prominently while the veteran Hidden Cyclone from the Shark Hanson yard is another who has won from the front before. John Ryan has declared both Draycott Place and Kylecrue, who also like the make the running, so a frantic pace is on the cards.

The Paud, Sarah & Mary Fitzmaurice Handicap Hurdle (4.50) has attracted a field of 16 runners including Silver Planeur, a winner here on the opening day last Sunday under Chris Meehan. Meehan, who is attached to the Gordon Elliott yard and claims a valuable 7lb, is on board again for Rathkeale trainer Eric McNamara.

The going at Listowel is currently heavy

Image – goracing.ie

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