HAVING partnered two second-placed horses, both for Liam Lennon, at Toomebridge on Saturday, Noel McParlan had a similar start the following afternoon at Castletown-Geoghegan where he filled the runner-up spot in the five- and six-year-old mares’ maiden on Drumlees Pet.

That Golden Lariat grey, a newcomer who was beaten by just half a length, is owned and trained by McParlan’s father Sean who subsequently gave his son the leg-up on Out Of Exile, the three-length winner, on his fourth start, of the Tattersalls Ireland five- and six-year-old geldings’ maiden.