THANKS to his victory on Minella Rocco at Cheltenham on Tuesday, the multiple The Irish Field riders’ champion, Derek O’Connor, will receive a special presentation at the Duhallow Foxhounds’ meeting in Liscarroll tomorrow.

Others who recorded successes at the National Hunt Festival and were subsequently honoured at this fixture in recent years include Rodger and Colman Sweeney, Richard Harding, Damian Murphy, Jim Culloty, Richard McLernon and Charles Byrnes.