Noel Kelly lands a touch at Downpatrick Invincible Oscar got up close home to land a few bets in the second split of Downpatrick’s MB McGrady And Co Chartered Accountants Handicap Hurdle, over two and a quarter miles. Having touched 10s on the show, the daughter of Getaway was returned at 4/1. The five-year-old had shown a hint of promise on her first start of the year when sixth to earlier winner Calm Flight Ahead at Sligo last month. She moved into contention on the approach to the last and Simon Torrens drove her to the front in the final strides for a half-length victory over Centaq. Winning trainer Noel Kelly said: "He (Torrens) left it sharp for us! "She is what she is, she's a low-grade horse. She did the job in a low-graded race. "Probably the Sligo race, she came there to finish third or fourth, blew up a wee bit in the last furlong or so. "She gives a lot of problems at home, but we sorted out all her problems. "That was a poor race, to be fair, but you still have to win poor races. It is hard to win a race in Ireland. "We half-fancied her after the last day. "She's still a young mare and there's still a bit of a future in the whole show. Hopefully, she will go on and try and get another wee win or two." Additional reporting by Michael Graham
