IT was a red-letter day for jockeys Paddy Cleary and Tom Halford, who partnered their first racecourse winners in Down Royal.

Cleary was seen to good effect aboard debutant Timeless Treaty (14/1 - 15/2) for Gordon Elliott in Division 2 of the Ballygowan Maiden Hurdle. The five-year-old gelding won a run-in tussle with 4/6 favourite Fairbanks to get up in the closing stages by three-quarters of a length for owners Sierra Pacific, Pioneer and Ruairi Digby.