THE Robin des Champs gelding Finawn Bawn justified 6/4 favouritism when winning the near two and a half mile novices’ hurdle at Bangor on Saturday on his second start over hurdles.

Trained by Olly Murphy and ridden by 5lb claimer Fergus Gregory, the five-year-old had been partnered by Aidan Coleman when landing a bumper at Ayr in May on his only other public outing. Finawn Bawn was bred in Co Antrim by Peter Boyd out of the unraced Old Vic mare Kayanti, a full-sister to Bellflower Boy who won 11 times over hurdles, twice over fences and four times on the point-to-point circuit.