Easy Vega lived up to its name with an extremely easy first victory in the bumper at Leopardstown on Sunday.

The four-year-old son of scorching stallion Walk In The Park and champion mare Quevega put on a performance reminiscent of his dam in her splendor to emerge a convincing six-length winner in the hands of Patrick Mullins, who was very taken in the manner of the success of Facile Vega.

The jockey said: “He was very good, he relaxed brilliantly, covered huge ground and was a faster horse than I expected. He’s his mother’s son. I was always doing a half. speed on him and I was worried I was going too slow but obviously not. “

Bred by the Hammer and Trowel Syndicate, in whose colors Quevega won six successive Mares’ Hurdles at the Cheltenham Festival, he is coached by Willie Mullins, who orchestrated Quevega’s brilliant career.

Easy Vega is the second runner and winner of the 16-time winner, whose triumphs also included four Grade 1 Ladbrokes World Series Hurdles at Punchestown.

Robin Des Champs’s daughter is the mother of Princess Vega by Beat Hollow. She won an obstacle at the age of four in the Red and Blue Hammer and Trowel and was put up for sale full of Order Of St George during the Tattersalls November National Hunt last month, where she was redeemed for € 30,000.

Quevega is the dam of a three year old sister of Facile Vega and has a two year old Camelot filly and a one year old daughter by Australia. She returned to Walk In The Park to be picked up in 2021.

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FIRST POSTED 17:33, 26 DEC 2021