Like The Da provided Galway trainer David Kelly with his second winner in 24 hours when landing the odds in the Daily Mirror Handicap Hurdle at Down Royal.

The 8-year-old was sent off the 5/4 favourite in the hands of Paul Carberry and backers hadn't a moments worry as the pair made all the running for a very easy victory.

Kelly commented afterwards: "The four and a half hour trip here was worth it. This fellow was very unlucky last time at Ballinrobe. My horses are coming into form, we had a winner at Sligo yesterday and that is now five of the six horses we have in training that have won."