IT was very much a day of firsts at last Sunday’s well-attended Golden Vale Foxhounds fixture at Turtulla with riders Robbie Clancy and Alan Harney both registering their initial successes in the saddle on the six-race card.

Sixmilebridge, Co Clare-native Clancy will hold particularly fond memories of the five-year-old and upwards mares’ maiden as Leading Babe (3/1 - 5/1), who for good measure he also trains and owns, also provided him with his initial victory as a handler.