Saturday wasn't a great start to the weekend for my picks,at Navan Apple Crumble was 6th. The 4/1 chance chased the leaders but sat 6th 3 out. She tried to make some headway before the last but kept on at the same pace on the run-in allowing the 16/5 favourite Rock On Seamie to win by 1/2 a length. In the big contest at Gowran Park Zawara was a non runner, the race was won by the 11/2 shot Astadash.
The Listowel Harvest festival begins on Sunday with 8 races and the highlight of day one comes at 4.30 when just 3 line-up for the Kerry Group Chase. All in the field are high-class chasers but Ballyoisin just gets the nod,he looked like he hadn't lost any of his form when crusing home by 4 1/4 lengths at Ballinrobe at the end of August. That was his first run in 600 days and he will definitely go well again here. Easy Game picked up his latest win at Fairyhouse in April and was a very good second in a handicap chase at Galway when last seen 53 days ago making him just the main challenger. The other in the field is The Storyteller. He last picked up a win in a chase at Down Royal in October last year,and after finishing 5th in the Stayers Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival his last run was a 7th in a Grade one hurdle at Punchestown in April. He needs to recapture some of his 2020 form when he picked up 4 wins but don't rule him out.
Big race prediction: 3: Ballyoisin.
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