Flier makes it three for the year The Tom McCourt-trained Local Flier scooted clear to take the Johnny Marr Handicap at Leopardstown in impressive fashion. Sean Corby hit the front turning for home on the Byron filly and she kicked clear over a furlong out to post a cosy four-and-a-quarter length success. The winner, wearing a visor for the first time, was dropping back in trip having scored previously over seven furlongs and a mile this season. “I've been threatening to put the blinds on her for a while. She's honest enough but does a lot of looking around,” revealed McCourt. “I thought a couple of times over seven at Fairyhouse she had them well stuffed but she tied up a bit. I thought the stiff six here would suit but didn't expect her to do it like that. “We could look at one of the better sprints towards the end of the year.”
