Philip Carberry, who rode a winner at Cork on Saturday and another at Gowran Park on Sunday, went one better at Kilbeggan last evening where he landed a double.
The rising star of the National Hunt game, Carberry scored an easy success on O So Blue in the Bloomfield House Handicap Chase. Although a drifter in the betting market, the 14 to 1 chance always looked in control and won by two and a half lengths for trainer Tom Taaffe.
Carberry had earlier partnered Val O'Brien's Ray Lord to success in the D&E McHugh New Holland Handicap Hurdle.
The Christy Roche-trained Aerleon Pete, who landed quite a gamble when a winner here late last month, was again well backed when taking the Bank Of Ireland Handicap Hurdle under Charlie Swan.
Winning owner JP McManus recorded a second success when his Fier Goumier battled well under Conor O'Dwyer to win the JA Shaw Beginners Chase.
His Assegai, the odds-on favourite, could only finish fourth in the T & V Maiden Hurdle. Victory here went to 8 to 1 chance Sail Away Sailor, ridden for Tim Doyle by Garrett Cotter.
Dr Torus survived a mistake at the last to win the William Glynn Memorial Maiden Hurdle for Philip Rothwell and Joey Casey.
