IRISH import Echo Gunner has been hitting the target at Pelaw Grange.

The ex-Mullingar runner, now in the care of Whitehaven handler John Walker, made the perfect start at Drum Road at the beginning of the year when he won an A5 comfortably in 26.46 for the 435 metres and he handled the promotion to A4 very well on Friday night when he made it two out of two with another clear-cut success, this time in 26.07 (+20).