Third time's a charm for The Scallionator in Listowel The Scallionator (15/8f) was a tough winner of the Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden for trainer Michael Mulvany and jockey Wesley Joyce. The Ciaran Murphy-trained Ischgl (6/1) set the pace and Joyce was always happy to sit behind the leader and, in the last 150 yards, after a sustained battle, edged his head in front to win out by a total distance of 3 lengths. The son of Calyx had two good runs under his belt, with a promising second in Navan on the 16th of May. Speaking after the race, "Like all of ours, he is improving with each run and the owners want to go to the Norfolk (at Royal Ascot) now, so he'll go straight there. "He had loads of gears, he put it up to Barrow Boy at Navan the last day and while I thought we had him over a furlong out, he is still learning on the job. He came here with all the experience, he is a good little horse and hopefully it is onwards and upwards now. "He carries the Dublin colours and is owned by the Cleary family, who are from Ballinteer and are born and reared Dubs." (Quotes from Tom Weekes)
