THE less said about the two juvenile starts made by Ceuta (Henrythenavigator) the better, but for Charles O’Reilly they will be long forgotten after the mare’s five-year-old son Man O Work (Workforce), runner-up previously in the Grade 2 Lartigue Hurdle at Listowel, returned to the Kingdom to win the Grade 2, €59,000 to the winner, Ladbrokes Island Handicap Hurdle last week. This was his third success over timber.

Paul Fahey trains Man O Work, and he also handles the gelding’s year younger sibling, Rocket Spirit (Gale Force Ten), who was placed a couple of times over hurdles this year when running in the colours of Charlie’s sister, Mary Dempsey. Having had these two foals, Charlie sold Ceuta for only €4,000, and she went to Italy, where her subsequent foal, Zeniosu (Dragon Pulse) has been placed a few times this year at three.