Dermot Weld reached a remarkable milestone at Galway on Friday night when saddling his 3000th winner in Ireland courtesy of Clearing The Water.
Stable jockey Pat Smullen also moved to 50 for the season when the Moyglare Stud-owned son of Sadler's Wells claimed the 1759 EBF Maiden by a length and a half from Son Of Mary.
'It's nice to have it for Moyglare Stud as they have been wonderful loyal supporters of mine for the last 25 years,' said Weld of the achievement.
'It was a workmanlike performance (from the winner). He was a bit keen early and that made it harder to come up the hill. We'll look for a winners of one now for him.'
There were wild celebrations in the winners enclosure following the victory of High Reef in the featured Guinness Premier Handicap.
Local owner Aidan Connolly was clearly delighted after Fran Berry had produced the mare to lead inside the final furlong and get the better of Noend by a head.
'She ran disappointing the last day and that might have been down to having three very quick runs,' said winning trainer Charlie Swan.
'Fran gave her some ride. She's in a Listed race at Cork on Monday and we'll see how she comes out of this. She also has a nice mark over hurdles.'
Noel Meade recorded his second double in two days when Pepperwood and Always struck for the champion jumps trainer.
Fran Berry initiated a brace for himself when giving Pepperwood a beautifully judged ride to claim the St James's Gate Race.
The gelding arrived to challenge 25/1 shot Baffert inside the final furlong and Berry only had to nudge him out to gain a comfortable neck victory.
Barry Geraghty had to work a bit harder on Always in the Tony O'Malley Memorial Handicap Chase and Meade was full of praise for the ride.
Always left behind recent form when jumping to the fore three out and staying on well in the straight to see off the challenge of Jupiter Hollow by four lengths.
'Barry was brilliant on him. He made his mind up at every fence and got half a length every time. I thought his best days were behind him,' said Meade.
Amateur John King produced the ride of the day when Newtown Dancer made all in the opening Guinness (QR) Handicap Hurdle while Willie Slattery produced Senator's Alibi with a storming late run to claim the Arthur Guinness Handicap.
