Listowel 5:05 Result

Top weight Blaze The Way looks vulnerable off a lengthy 161-day layoff and a P last time, while Barry Lyndon also pulled up last time and needs a bounce-back. Pinot Gris is interesting for de Bromhead but is stepping into a much stronger staying test having barely won beyond 2m4f, and his mark has risen after a game recent success. Runcok is progressive but unproven at this trip/grade against more experienced handicappers. A Penny A Hundred, for the powerhouse Mullins yard with Paul Townend booked, has solid recent form figures (470-72) showing she's racing into form, with a clear placed effort last time out. She races off a workable mark of 128, well below the two top-weights, and the Mullins/Townend combination at Listowel over this trip carries real stable confidence - they wouldn't travel a mare here without a genuine chance. Her sire Jukebox Jury and dam-line suggest she stays this 2m6f trip well, and the good-to-yielding ground should suit. She has the profile of a improving, unexposed mare dropped to a fair mark, with the strongest jockey booking in the race. Preferred to the bigger, more exposed types up in weight who both have questions to answer on their latest starts.