O'Connor & de Bromhead double-up with Easy

Coming Up Easy completed a double for Henry de Bromhead and Mike O'Connor, as he made all in the Coolmore NH Sires Luxembourg Handicap Chase.

An easy winner at Limerick last month, the Anthony Head-owned seven-year-old was as short as 15/8 in early shows for this feature contest, drifting out to a starting price of 10/3.

Jumping well throughout, he was ridden and pressed from the second last and while briefly joined from the final fence, he pulled out more in the closing stages, going on to score by a length and a half.

Returned the well-backed 6/4 favourite (9/4 early), Jay Pee M tried hard but couldn't get by the winner and ultimately had to settle for second under John Shinnick for Terence O'Brien.

"He was very good today, jumped impeccably and travelled lovely. I gave him a squeeze turning in and to be fair to him, he put his head down and galloped," O'Connor, who earlier took the opener on Good N' Kind commented.

"We didn't have to make the running but it was just the way the race panned out and it worked in my favour. I was confident the whole way, the jump at the last helped me and I landed running.

"You'd hope there is more to come from him."

The young rider then added: "These meetings are giving me a good leg up and Henry has been brilliant to me. He has kept his word and given me plenty chances so I'm trying to pay him back."

STEWARDS REPORTS

R. Deegan, rider of Kings Halo trained by James Daniel Dullea, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount pulled up lame.