Listowel Racing Picks

Listowel is a dual-purpose racetrack based in County Kerry, Ireland, and hosts around nine race meetings a year.

Highlights: The Harvest Festival meeting usually held in early September features flat and national hunt racing including Listowel's highlight of the year the Kerry National.

* All statistics below are based on the previous five years at Listowel

Listowel Outright Favorite Statistics

• Flat Handicaps: 19-67 (28%) +8.49
• Flat Non-Handicaps: 17-45 (38%) -6.07
• Handicap Chases: 1-20 (5%) -17.00
• Handicap Hurdles: 12-58 (21%) -4.04
• Non-Handicap Chases: 13-31 (42%) -7.09
• Non-Handicap Hurdles: 25-57 (44%) -10.11

Flat: Left-handed, a 1-mile oval circuit with a 2 furlong run in.

National Hunt: Left-handed, the hurdles circuit consists of six hurdles with two on the run-in. The chase circuit also has six fences, one of which is an open ditch and two fences on the run-in.

Listowel Racetrack Address: Listowel Racecourse, Tralee Road, Listowel, Co. Kerry

Listowel Racetrack Telephone: +353 68 21144

When there is a fixture at Listowel you will find all the races listed above.

With each race, the most tipped runner will be highlighted along with odds and number of picks.

If you want a more detailed look then you can click on the race selection which will take you to the race page.

On the race page, you will see all of the runners in the race as well as which ones have received picks.

You can also see the most predicted runner and the best tipsters pick in that race plus any comments left by our racing tipsters and their profit performance statistics.

Finally, if there is no current fixture then why not visit our 'Best Horse Racing Tipsters' page?

The stall with the worst loss at Listowel in the win market when breaking it down to race trips is stall 3 over a trip of 1m, backing all runners in this stall over that trip over the past five years would have returned a loss of -39.00.

Here we have the draw bias for Listowel taken into consideration races with ten or more runners, we will break down the figures by race distance, draws can be much more important over the shorter trips in which runners do not have time to find their position during the race meaning the draw is probably more important than the races over longer distances.

• Sprints (5f to 7½f)
• Mile (1m to 1m1½f)

The following table shows a breakdown over a group of trips and shows how each position of the draw does, for example in a twelve-runner race would be Low (Stalls 1-4), Mid (Stalls 5-8) and High (Stalls 9-12), the positions will always be lowest stall number to highest.

Who are the best flat jockeys and trainers to bet on at Listowel?

Joseph Patrick O'Brien is the leading trainer here at Listowel with fourteen winners but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their runners whilst following Mrs John Harrington would have returned the most winners (ten) from a profitable trainer. When looking at trainers and looking for some eachway value at Listowel the trainer who shows the best eachway profit is Adrian McGuinness, whose LSP is +60.74 which has been accumulated by a total of thirteen placings which includes five winners. A total of one winner from forty-four runners at Listowel has Andrew Slattery at the wrong end of the trainers' list with their 2% strike rate and worst LSP of -34.00.

Whilst G F Carroll is the most successful jockey at Listowel with a total of thirteen winners, if you backed all of their rides you would be showing a loss. W M Lordan is the most successful jockey at Listowel for those who show a profit if backing all their rides thanks to a total of eight winners and an LSP of +0.95. If you are looking for a jockey to follow in the eachway market then it is R P Whelan who leads the way at Listowel, they have had a total of fifteen placings which includes three winners over the previous five for an eachway LSP of +33.24. Shane Foley does not have a great record at Listowel, their LSP of -60.50 has them stone dead bottom of the jockeys' list, which has come from five winners from eighty-six rides which is a 6% strike rate.

Listowel Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Listowel based on the number of winners:

• 7 Wins: Joseph G Murphy & G F Carroll
• 5 Wins: Joseph Patrick O'Brien & S M Crosse

Listowel Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Listowel Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Who are the best national hunt jockeys and trainers to bet on at Listowel?

Backing all of the W P Mullins runners would have produced backing the most winners for a trainer here at Listowel with thirty-five but you would have returned a loss by doing so, Joseph Patrick O'Brien leads the way for profitable trainers with an LSP of +5.56 from their ten winners. With an eachway LSP of +14.48 at Listowel, Eoin Christopher McCarthy leads the trainers in profit for backing eachway which has been helped by their twenty-two placings which include a total of three winners. The trainer with the worst record at Listowel based on LSP is John Patrick Ryan who has only a 5% strike rate with five winners from ninety-two runners who have returned an LSP of -52.50.

P Townend has produced a total of twenty-six winners at Listowel racecourse and with an LSP of +0.08, they top the winner's list for jockeys who also show a profit. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which jockey is best to follow at Listowel and that would be Mr K J Brouder who shows the best eachway LSP which is +73.73 thanks to their thirteen placings (four winners). A total of one winner from fifty-eight rides at Listowel has D E Mullins at the wrong end of the jockeys' list with their 2% strike rate and worst LSP of -51.00.

Listowel Picks & Hints

Here are some factors at Listowel for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:

• 5-9 (56%) +21.06 - Backing Joseph Patrick O'Brien runners when in a Maiden Hurdle race
• 5-7 (71%) +20.15 - Backing D N Russell rides when on horses aged 5yo

Listowel Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Listowel based on the number of winners:

• 26 Wins: W P Mullins & P Townend
• 9 Wins: Henry De Bromhead & Rachael Blackmore
• 7 Wins: W P Mullins & Mr P W Mullins
• 6 Wins: Gordon Elliott & J W Kennedy
• 6 Wins: Gordon Elliott & D N Russell

Listowel Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Listowel Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

With a huge combined experience of horse racing between them, this content has been created and is maintained by Darren Brett, James Banting and Andy Powell. All of the data for Listowel Racecourse which includes the favourite statistics, draw bias and the trainer and jockey statistics have been created using results from HorseRaceBase.

Darren Brett

Tipster competition manager

Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.

James Banting

Tipster competition assistant

James Banting, a passionate horse racing enthusiast and aficionado, brings a wealth of experience to OLBG, having attended numerous race meetings over the years. His background working with the Jockey Club provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.

Andy Powell

Content editor

Andy is a seasoned professional with more than 15 years of experience in the field of horse racing. He has a thorough understanding of the sport, from analyzing complex statistical data to being part of a winning syndicate at the Cheltenham Festival. Andy is responsible for managing the horse racing trend blogs on OLBG.