FOR the first time in his career, Joey Dunne was celebrating a hat-trick, which he secured by teaming up with handlers that he had never previously ridden a winner for.

That included the in-form Blackhall Stables team of Paul and Andy Pierce, who fielded two of the Dunboyne native’s winners on the card, including Colegram (5/4 joint-favourite) in the five-year-old and upwards mares’ maiden.