Listowel Stakes tips have been refreshed for Tuesday 22 September, with Listowel confirmed on good going. The feature race, the Edmund & Josie Whelan Memorial Listowel Stakes, is off at 3:32, and Jagged Edge sits on top of the betting as the highest-rated runner in a twelve-horse field.
Stephen Thorne’s Jagged Edge won last time out, and the formbook favours him heading into a competitive renewal. Denis Gerard Hogan’s filly Meriden is the main threat, rated just a pound behind him on official figures.
The meeting opens with maiden races
Tuesday’s card at Listowel opens with maiden races before building into handicaps and then the Listed feature. The going is good. That should suit a strongly run Listowel Stakes later in the day.
The feature race at 3:32
The Edmund & Josie Whelan Memorial Listowel Stakes is a Listed race for horses rated between 87 and 105, and twelve runners go to post at 3:32. Jagged Edge arrives as the one to beat, the only runner rated at the top of that band on 105, with a performance rating of 109 to match.
Stephen Thorne trains Jagged Edge, with Jack Kearney on board. The horse won last time out at 11/4 and returns from a 32-day break, taking stall seven under 109 lb.
Meriden, Denis Gerard Hogan’s three-year-old filly, is the principal danger on 104 official and 105 performance. She has won three of her last six starts and returns on a quick ten-day turnaround, taking stall four under 129 lb.
Five of the twelve runners have had significant recent absences from racing. Qualixia has been off the track for 304 days, though she won last time out before that gap and had three wins in her last five starts beforehand. Cristal Clere returns after 95 days, having shown a second five starts back and won three starts back. Iowa City, off for 122 days, is trained by P. Twomey, who has saddled his last three runners at the track.
Who tops the Listowel Stakes tips?
Jagged Edge tops the Listowel Stakes tips on both official and performance ratings. He is the clear pick on the figures. Meriden is the main danger, rated just a pound below him and with the stronger recent form figures of the two.
The gap between the pair and the rest of the field is notable. Three of their main absentee rivals, Qualixia, Cristal Clere and Iowa City, have all missed significant time, leaving Jagged Edge and Meriden as the two with the most reliable recent evidence behind them.
What happens next
Readers following the meeting can find the full breakdown in the original preview, published ahead of Tuesday’s card. For tips across the rest of the week, our tips cheat sheet and the lucky 15 picks cover the wider racing schedule, while our each-way tips focus on each-way opportunities elsewhere on the card. A similar search refresh was recently carried out on the Mill Reef preview, another feature race getting the same treatment this month.
