Kieran O'Neill rode his fourth winner of the campaign when getting Connyella up in the closing stages of the Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap to outpoint Dusty Trail by half a length.

Winning trainer, Pat Flynn was obviously delighted by the success as the six-year-old daughter of Val Royal was shedding her maiden tag at the fifteenth attempt.

Flynn said: "She was down in the danger zone (minimum rating 47) for a while, so she's out of there now which is good. I thought she won easy in the finish, she just took off for him."