His three birdies were cancelled out by two bogeys on the back nine.
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The Hallamshire golfer was putting in a solid shift coming into the back nine, having picked up a birdie in the par five fourth and an eagle on the par five sixth.
“I didn’t have a clue that I was seven clear”, Horsey said.
“The magic number crept into my head going down the fourth – my 13th – and I wouldn’t say it affected me too much but I three-putted, then made a mess of the next hole”.
Tour rookie Farr recovered to shoot 64 after bogeying the 10th, his first.
“I got off to a great start so I was obviously very pleased with that. Luckily I got a good score but there are three more days to go”.
Two bogies on the last three holes saw Parry (67) finish at 9-under 133.
Hoey is now 80th in the Race to Dubai standings but has produced better form in recent events having reaching the quarter-finals at the Paul Lawrie Match Play and also shared seventh at the BMW worldwide Open in Germany. Then, with his home country crowd cheering him on, Harto waved down his girlfriend and, after a few seconds of cajoling, brought her inside the ropes.
However, Fitzpatrick suffered a set back on the ninth when he hit a double bogey six.
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Hoey, who fired four birdies and four bogeys, finished on the cut mark of level par.
