O'Connor and O'Keeffe drive treble for de Bromhead at Clonmel

O’Keeffe only had to wait an hour or so to complete his double and de Bromhead’s treble, which he did aboard Belle The Tigress in the Clonmel Racecourse Supporters’ Club Mares’ Maiden Hurdle.

BRACE: Trasna Na Pairce and Darragh O'Keeffe win the Aisling Kennedy Memorial (C & G) Maiden Hurdle. Pic: Healy Racing Photo

In the week in which stable jockey Rachael Blackmore called time on her illustrious career in the saddle, chief benefactors Darragh O’Keeffe and Mike O’Connor stepped up to help Henry de Bromhead continue his fine run of form with a treble last evening in Clonmel.

O’Keeffe, who is seen as a natural successor, contributed two of the three, but O’Connor also did his part and, in doing so, denied O’Keeffe a personal treble.