Grann's Boy puts 'Nap' back on the map Grann’s Boy (11/1) left behind last month’s Galway disappointment with success at Listowel’s festival today, landing the M.J. Carroll ARRO Handicap Hurdle today, for trainer Harry Rogers, jockey Darragh O’Keeffe and the Nap Racing Syndicate. The five-year-old had scored at the Fairyhouse Easter festival in April prior to his Galway run, and today resumed winning ways when improving to lead at the last, to beat Sysko by two lengths. Rogers reported “his Galway run was over two miles where his owners wanted a runner, and things went wrong having made mistakes. He just wasn’t right after the race so we gave him time and he is back to himself. “There’s no doubt the further he goes, the better he is and while he also was in the three-mile hurdle earlier this week, I felt he had too much weight for a young horse. He’ll stay three miles and is a big horse who will also jump a fence. He is a nice horse to have.” The win was jockeys’ championship-leader O’Keeffe’s 39th success this season, and his third at Listowel this week.
