Cairnhill clears the second last under Sean O'Keeffe© Photo Healy Racing
Cairnhill ran out a very easy winner of the Kehoe Farming Opportunity Handicap Hurdle, scoring under Sean O'Keeffe for Liz Doyle.
Available at 13/2 in early shows (before five of his rivals were taken out), the son of Doyen eventually went off the 11/4 favourite in the colours of owner Frank O'Donnell.
Sent straight to the front by O'Keeffe, the chestnut five-year-old asserted before the second last, and was ridden out on the run-in to score by sixteen lengths. Just A Normal Day (3/1) fared best of the rest in second under Conor Orr for Dot Love, while Patsio (22/1) was three parts of a length back in third.
Doyle said afterwards: "I won a bumper on her mother around here (Seepeeoh in October of 2006). She was cracked and ran away with me. Doyen has calmed down the genes a bit.
"He has won by sixteen lengths but I don't think he is that good because he is well-exposed in bumpers and maiden hurdles. It just worked out today.
"He enjoyed the ground and he enjoyed the drop back in trip today as well. His mother wasn't a stayer.
"Unfortunately I don't have him entered on Friday, that's my only regret.
"I'm very pleased. We made the running the last twice with him and it seems to be helping.
"He'll go for another two mile handicap somewhere now."
