Listowel Arms Hotel Handicap

Victory Tip shaped well when second two starts back and rates highly here, with experience over today's trip and going in his favour; the 96-day absence is the one query, but he carries top weight from stall 8 as the one to beat.

Two consecutive defeats follow back-to-back wins three and four starts back, and a struggling trainer without a winner in 27 attempts over the past fortnight makes Eddie G very hard to fancy, despite him having run over today's trip and going and returning quickly enough from stall one.

Ranked eighth of nine on our figures, Goal Exceeded looks hard to fancy despite winning last time out and a fourth two starts back; his trainer's dire 0/27 run over the past 14 days is a significant concern, though he arrives fit at 22 days and has distance and going experience in his favour.

Galileo Noir won two starts back and shaped with promise when third three starts back, giving him some recent encouragement, but 136 days off the track is a concern and he has not recaptured that form on his latest outing.

Winless in his last six starts, Glyndwr does show a third three runs back and a fourth two runs back to suggest he is finding a level, though a sixth last time out and 130 lb to shoulder are the stiffening factors here; he has run over today's trip and going, and returns fit on a 12-day turnaround.