BIG DAY OUT FOR EMILY KEHOE

Apprentice jockey Emily Kehoe was all smiles after landed her first double at a TAB meeting at the Ballina on Tuesday.

Her wins came via a well-judged effort aboard the Gary Nielson trained Trick On Track and a strong front-running display on Orpen Love for her boss Stephen Lee, who was also completing a double after the stable had struck earlier in the day with Jewel Of Ephraim.

“I have landed a double on a couple of occasions before, but they were at non TAB meetings,” explained Kehoe. “I nearly rode three winners in the one day, but I was just touched off in the finish. It was ahh ... oh so close,” winced Kehoe, reliving the emotion of the near miss.

“But, yes this is my first TAB double and I’m very pleased with both that result and the way things are going generally.

“Last year was really a non-event for me,” continued Kehoe.

“I had a fall in a trial. The horse actually won the trial and I came off after the post and was out for a while so that was a setback.

“Then we had floods at the place where I was based so that didn’t help matters and then, of course, there was the whole EI situation ... so, yeah, like I say, last year was practically a non-event, which obviously makes this current success all the more enjoyable.”

Kehoe shared the days riding honours with Neil Paine who brought home You Said and Gairloch. These two winners were both saddled by Kevin Nipperness.