THE seven-day Listowel Festival starts on Sunday. Total prize money for the week is €1.34 million. The highlight of the week is Wednesday’s €200,000 Guinness Kerry National Handicap Chase and the weights for this three-mile contest were published earlier this week (see page 60).

Shantou Village is all set for a second tilt at the race. Neil Mulholland’s charge has eight career victories to his credit – including wins over hurdles and fences at Cheltenham.