IRISH RACING

Karl Hedley on a busy time at Irish Festivals

Owners of the locallytrained Le Figaro Faoudel had plenty to cheer about at Listowel Festival when defied his odds of 125/1 to record a first career success for Eoin McCarthy.
The five-year-old was having only his third run over hurdles and by winning this he has more than paid his way by recouping all of the €3,000 that he cost at the National Hunt Sale back in 2018. Prior to this effort, he had looked fairly laboured in his runs at Galway and Limerick.
He was always in the mid-division throughout the race, but ...