LISTOWEL stages a one day meeting today as a prelude to their first two day fixture scheduled for April 24th-25th. The fare is pedestrian, but this should not deter a good crowd from attending.
Tarajan, third in the Ulster Derby last year when trained by John Oxx and now with Paddy Prendergast, can make a winning debut over timber in the opening Kingdom Maiden Hurdle.
The Mickey Flynn trained Perspex Gale was a very easy winner of a beginners' chase at Navan a month ago and might well follow up in the Spring Handicap Chase.
For Kevin, a distant second behind Go Go Gallant at Clonmel, would be a popular winner of the Kerry Handicap Hurdle, but preference is for the Tommy Carmody trained The Salty Frog, a respectable second behind Knockavilla in a handicap hurdle at Clonmel.
Runner up to Make An Effort at Navan and two lengths ahead of Doone Braes, Florida Star can go one better. In the Tarbert Handicap Hurdle and I like Timbucktoo, fourth behind Percy Brennan at Punchestown, for the Ballybunion Beginners Chase.
Hatta Breeze became a late addition to David Nicholson's Cheltenham Festival team when making an impressive debut over hurdles at Newbury yesterday. The filly, trained on the Flat by Michael Jarvis, earned a crack at either the Triumph Hurdle or Supreme Novices' Hurdle with a five length victory in the Highclere Juvenile Novices' Hurdle.
