HAVING disappointed somewhat on her racecourse debut in December, finishing fifth in a maiden hurdle at Navan, the five-year-old Echoing Silence made amends when Henry de Bromhead sent her to Down Royal to contest and win a 12-runner mares’ bumper for Kenny Alexander.

The ease of her victory would suggest that there is more to come from this daughter of Doyen (Sadler’s Wells), and she has made a first payback for her tasty sale price last year.