1,000th winner for trainer Ger Lyons

Trainer Ger Lyons enjoyed his 1,000th winner when champion jockey Colin Keane steered Offiah first past the post in a Roscommon handicap at 6.16pm this evening.

It has been a long journey since the first winner was achieved in Navan in October 1994 when Johnny Murtagh partnered Maelalong to victory.

Since that first success a consistent number of winners have come through his Kiltale base and he also was the first man to recognise the talent of a young apprentice from Trim - the now champion jockey Colin Keane.

Keane set his own record at Navan on Saturday with the quickest 100 winners on the flat - the 100th winner was trained by Ger Lyons.

Keane completed a treble at the Connacht track tonight when also partnering winners for Dermot Weld and Noel Meade.