Ocovango's first jumps runner Langer Dan continues to impress

Langer Dan, the first runner in Britain and Ireland for Ocovango, continued to impress when taking his record to two from two in a Listed juvenile hurdle at Wetherby on Friday.

Ridden by Harry Skelton, the three-year-old gelding stayed on well to fend off the challenge of Battle Of Marengo filly Maria Magdalena and Jukebox Jury gelding Nordano.

The Dan Skelton-trained Langer Dan looks an exciting prospect for Ocovango, a Group 2-winning son of Monsun who was fifth in the Derby won by Ruler Of The World.

Langer Dan is bred by Hugh O'Connor - also the breeder of recent Cheltenham bumper winner Time Flies By - and is the first foal out of the unraced Milan mare What A Fashion, a half-sister to three Graded performers, namely Klepht, Welsh Shadow and Whatzdjazz.

Offered by the Premier Consignment, Langer Dan sold for €12,000 to Ballinaroon Stud at the 2016 Tattersalls Ireland November Sale, and races in the colours of owner Colm Donlon.

Trained by Andre Fabre, Ocovango landed the Group 2 Prix Greffulhe at Saint-Cloud before his Epsom fifth and was a close third to Flintshire in the Grand Prix de Paris as well as a three-year-old.

Ocovango - who has also supplied a first-crop Flat winner with La Shaba successful in a mile maiden at Kincsem Park in Hungary - stood his first five seasons at the Beeches Stud at a €3,500 fee.

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