Roderic O'Connor's dam, Secret Garden won twice, including a listed race.

Roderic O'Connor finished third on his racecourse debut when starting at 20/1 for a seven-furlong maiden at Leopardstown.

He then won a maiden race at the Curragh, beating Master of Hounds by 2½ lengths.

He was ridden prominently during the early stages of the race and then quickened clear in the finishing straight.

In the closing stages he drifted first left and then right, but he ran on again to win by 1½ lengths from Salto.

Ridden by Ryan Moore, Roderic O'Connor was near the front of the chasing group, but faded with three furlongs still to run.

Dubawi Gold closed in the final stages of the race, but could not catch him and Roderic O'Connor went on to win by ¾ length.