Listowel, 16:05 - Back Sharkeyboy @ 15/28.50
Sharkeyboy should be able to continue Willie Mullins' bright start to the Harvest festival by going very close in this mile and a half handicap.
The slight ease in the ground will be no issue for the son of Zarak, who just got collared late on at the Galway Festival. He finished mid division in an ultra competitive 3 year old handicap at the York Ebor meeting on his next start, but I am more than willing to forgive a slightly below par run as York can be quite a specialist course.
It looked like Billy Lee had timed it to perfection at Galway hitting the fron with 100 yards to go before Madbananddangerous came over the top to nab him on the line. The third that day Vantage Code has come out and won very easily since. This looks a slightly weaker contest than the one he contested in Galway and off just a 2lb higher mark I think he should go very close here for a trainer no stranger to success in Listowel
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18:27, Fairyhouse - Back Pink Venom @ 2/13.00
Nurseries at this time of the year are always tricky and this is no different. But Johnny Murtagh's filly Pink Venom looks very attractively rated here off a mark of just 67. Her third in Fairyhouse behind Alwaysanangel and the now 90 rated Crayons In The Sky reads like very good form and even the 6th that day Cyclone Code is now rated 80.
While beaten nine lengths in Naas last time out, the winner Timeless Tale looks a very smart filly and it is highly unlikely she will have anything of her or Alwaysanangels calibre in here. I would be very surprised if a mark of 67 doesn't seriously underestimate her ability in the fullness of time, and I think she should be more than capable of taking advantage of this mark today.
Back Pink Venom in the 18:27 at Fontwell