Three Donegal jockeys record wins on Saturday

Three Donegal jackets were celebrating wins on Saturday.

At Naas, there were wins for Luke McAteer and Dylan Browne-McMonagle while Oisin Orr was victorious at Thirsk.

Orr is the stable jockey for Richard Fahey now and he took victory in the Vickers.Bet Coronation Trophy Handicap.

On the 2/1 favourite Great State, Orr had a length-and-a-half of a winning matron from the 12/1 Vespasian 12/1, ridden Harry Burns.

Letterkenny Rovers and Bonagee United join forces for Darkness into Light

Letterkenny Rovers’ clubman Kieran McGrath and Liam Haughey of Bonagee United were remembered with an impeccably observed minute’s silence before the 4.15am kick-off at Leckview this morning

McAteer won the ALTO EQUINE Building Solutions Rated Race at Naas on the Jim Bolger-trained New Variant, sent off at 9/4.

New Variant was a whopping ten lengths clear of Roman Hands (17/2).

Browne-McMonagle, who landed a 28/1 winner at Cork on Friday evening, saddled a winner for Joseph O’Brien.

On the 11/2 chance Caroline Street, the Letterkenny man won the Al Shira'aa Racing Irish EBF Blue Wind Stakes by half-a-length.