CIAN O’Connor ended his two-week visit to Sentower Park in Belgium on a positive note last Sunday when winning the Ashford Farm-sponsored 1.45m two-star Grand Prix.

Riding Ronocco Jump Ltd’s 10-year-old gelding Lazzaro delle Schiave, who joined his Karlswood team from Italy’s Massimo Grossato in November, he was among 16 clears from a start list of 69.