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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Itshard turns over hotpot Listen

Sun 9th Aug 2015, 15:08

Itshard To No comes up the stands side to scoreItshard To No comes up the stands side to score
© Photo Healy Racing

Father and son team, Sean and Noel McParlan, struck as Itshard To No turned over hot-pot Listen Dear in the opening maiden hurdle at Downpatrick this afternoon.

Listen Dear was sent off a 1/3 shot for the 2m2f contest after the race cut up to five runners from an original eight.

Paul Townend made the running on the jolly but was hard pressed coming to the last.

Itshard To No looked to have thrown it away by hanging to the stands rail after the final flight but battled back gamely in the closing stages to grab a length-and-a-quarter victory.

The 7/2 winner finished runner-up on his last visit to the course and had also been second in a bumper at the track.

"He's a consistent wee boy. He had a problem with ulcers when he started racing," said Sean McParlan.

"He needs to be dropped in and come with a run. He hangs left a bit. He'd be some certainty on a left-handed track!

"He's for sale in Fairyhouse on Tuesday. If somebody gives enough they will get him. Our job is point-to-pointing."

(Quotes by Michael Graham)

About Gary Carson
Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.