Free horse racing tips for Fairyhouse and Listowel on Monday

Racing continues in Ireland on Monday with day two of the Listowel Festival plus an eight-race card at Fairyhouse where Saffie Osborne has a ride in the apprentice handicap.

It’s been more than three years since Snugsborough Benny got his head in front and, at 12, I’d imagine plenty will quickly pass him over in this maximum field of 18.

However, it was only a couple of years ago that he was running well in the Galway Plate off a mark of 145 and he’s well worth a second look here running off a rating of 112 over the smaller obstacles.

He looked sure to win at Sligo last time only to seemingly lose a bit of concentration under his 7lb conditional. That confirmed him in good heart and it’s a tip in itself that Denis O’Regan, who has won on him four times, is belatedly reunited with him for the first time since that Galway Plate run.

Several of these arrive on the up but Coralillo is the clear form choice and she herself is open to more improvement.

Her debut here promised much and then, after a bit of a blip on tacky ground at Naas, she ran a cracker to be a close third in the Group Three Round Tower Stakes at The Curragh last time. She looked like winning half a furlong out only for Treasure Trove and Ocean Quest, who raced closer to the rail, to cut her down in the final strides.

That form looks solid with Treasure Trove having previously won in Listed company at York, and Ocean Quest having previously gone close in a 24-runner Listed contest at Naas.

Ocean Jewel may be the one to give her most to do. She is a half-sister to Mother Earth, the 1000 Guineas winner, and made short work of the opposition in a maiden at Down Royal last time.

This is not as competitive as the numbers suggest with plenty of these either out of form or seemingly going through the motions.

Andromedas Kingdom is returning from an absence of 110 days but she ran well on her reappearance this year after eight months off and the booking of title-chasing Billy Lee suggests she will not be short of peak fitness.

Her latest effort in first-time blinkers, when a keeping-on fourth in a 30-runner handicap at The Curragh, suggests a race of this nature is within her compass. The headgear is retained and she’s 1lb lower.

There's already been market support, too, with the early 7-1 on offer quickly shrinking to 9-2.