IT was truly a day to cherish for trainer Eamonn Sheehy who brought up a double at this meeting which came hot on the heels of his son Mikey riding the first winner of his career at Navan.

Sheehy, who has run just six horses this season, brought up his brace with Rudi Catrail in the Dan Byrne Memorial Handicap Chase where the 8/1 chance gave Wicklow-born amateur Shane Fenelon his first racecourse triumph. A 17-race maiden coming into this extended three-mile contest, Rudi Catrail blazed a trail from the outset and came home with 17 lengths to spare over Glacial Shadow. Sheehy’s charge is owned by the Well Horse Syndicate and the eight-year-old provided his rider with his initial point-to-point success at Stradbally in May.