MANY congratulations to former Waterford Pony Club member Conor Cusack who rode his first winner on the track last Saturday at Limerick, where the Henry de Bromhead-trained Stepdance justified favouritism by half a length in the apprentice handicap.

None of the 17-year-old’s immediate family were at the meeting as they were on holiday in Spain, as was he until Wednesday evening when he flew back to Cork.