OWNER Jim Monaghan and trainer Colin McBratney have taken the decision to retire Carsonstown Boy who very nearly landed the Foxhunter Chase at Cheltenham for them in 2014.

Brilliantly ridden that day by Noel McParlan, the 2004 Golden Tornado gelding made most of the running but was collared close home by the ill-fated Tammys Hill who got up to score by three and a quarter lengths under James Smyth. On The Fringe was a further one and three-quarters of a length back in third.