Listowel Preview:The Listowel festival's second day feature is the €55,000 Supporters Club Latigue Hurdle in which Apt To Run can score for the jump season's leading rider Davy Russell.
A typically competitive field of 18 line up with Piltown topping the weights on 11st 10lb. It hardly hurts Apt To Run's chances then that he beat Piltown at Limerick in the spring and now gets a stone from the topweight.
Since then, Apt To Runhas finished behind the ultra-smart Field Commander at Killarney but on the balance of his form he looks reasonably treated here.
A big danger could be Eugene O'Sullivan's runner Head Waiter who easily scored on heavy ground at Tralee on his last start. The trainer doesn't believe a 9lb penalty for that is a big problem for his horse. "I think he could still be handicapped okay this time - next time we'll be in trouble," O'Sullivan said yesterday. "
However, it will be very different ground conditions now and this tight flat course might not be ideal for Head Waiter.
The other valuable pot on offer today is the €50,000 Goffs Autumn Bonus which has attracted three runners from Britain. However, if The Quiet Enforcercan translate his 93 rating from a heavy ground success at Roscommon he will be a hard nut to crack.
Eugene O'Sullivan could be out of luck with Head Waiter but On You Go could win for the Cork trainer in the handicap chase now that the six-year-old is back on quick ground.
