IT can be hard to know just what to expect from beaten Cheltenham Festival runners turning out again the same spring, but Gordon Elliott overcame that challenge without issue in pulling off a Grade 2 double at Fairyhouse with Maxxum and Found A Fifty.

The rapid-fire brace was kicked off with a win for the most admirable Maxxum in the Rathbarry & Glenview Studs Hurdle, adding the Fairyhouse Easter Festival as his latest marquee meeting to succeed at (previously a winner at Leopardstown Christmas, Dublin Racing and Punchestown Festivals).