O'Brien enjoying his hurdling outings

Carriganog forged on from the second last and came home clear in Wexford’s two mile novice hurdle with Robbie Power donning the JP McManus silks.

The 8/11 favourite tracked Theatre Mill and assumed the lead upon touching down after the second last. From there the contest was quickly over as he quickened away and flew the last in recording a facile 16-lengths success. The Cookie Jar got up for second at 7/1, from 16/1 this morning, to the delight of his each way backers. He relegated Theatre Mill into third by a neck.

JP McManus’s racing manager Frank Berry said: "He did it grand. He handled the ground and you couldn’t ask for any more. He will probably go for another novice in a few weeks time, but we will see what Aidan wants to do. He looks a big chaser in the making. He made those hurdles look small."

Robbie Power reported: "He was better today than he was at Clonmel. He was sharper in his jumping and he is a nice horse."

Carriganog was the horse that gave champion flat trainer Aidan O’Brien his first hurdles victory in 11 years when scoring in Clonmel at the start of October.

Additional reporting by Donal Murphy