EOIN Staples has looked one of the conditional finds of the early National Hunt season and he recorded the second double of his career when travelling to Downpatrick for three rides on Friday.

Having shared the INHSC novice rider series title last season in point-to-points, the Co Wexford native made a big impression when landing an €80,000 handicap hurdle at this year’s Galway Festival on Come On The Lads just a month on from his first rides as a conditional. His exploits on Friday left him in a share of second in the conditional jockeys’ standings on 11 winners, behind the red-hot Alex Harvey on 17.