Clear-cut success for progressive Quartino

JESSICA Harrington’s Quartino followed his narrow win in a novice race at Bellewstown, with a more clear-cut success in the featured Guinness Handicap Hurdle at Listowel yesterday.

He may have only had a length and a quarter in hand of Sanglote at the line, but was value for a little more than that.

Barry Geraghty took him to the front over the second last and Quartino was clear before the final flight. Geraghty didn’t ask for much after the last, before administering one smack on the run in to keep Quartino up to his job.