ON the weekend that Derek O’Connor called time on his record-breaking career in the saddle, a number of point-to-pointing’s younger riders came to the fore.

Alex O’Keeffe led the way by recording the first double of his career at Quakerstown on Saturday. The 18-year-old partnered four- and five-year-old maiden winners for Jonathan Fogarty, whose team have placed considerable faith in the Timolin native.