A SPECIAL day is how Declan Queally described last Sunday at Ballynoe following the win of his charge, Thegirlfrommilan, in the featured Gain Horse Feeds Mares Final. “I had my hand shook more for training that winner than I ever did for riding one!” said the 27-year-old.

“It meant a lot to me to be congratulated by owners for whom I’d ridden winners and, of course, I was thrilled for my own owners, Eileen and Neil O’Mahony, who are die-hard point-to-point people and are at a meeting every Sunday. For them, winning the Gain Final was like winning a Gold Cup!”