Gordon Elliott has recorded a six-timer on Troytown Chase day at Navan, in a tremendous achievement for the local trainer.
Elliott went into the day with 108 winners for the season so far, and had a strong hand with an impressive 25 horses going to post across the seven-race card.
11 of those were in the feature Troytown Handicap Chase, where Empire of Dirt - a recent arrival at Cullentra after former trainer Colm Murphy retired - obliged under Gigginstown House Stud's retained jockey Bryan Cooper.
Elliott's day began with what was an unexpected boost as Brelade overturned the well-fancied Battleford in the opening I.N.H. Stallion Owners European Breeders Fund Maiden Hurdle.
Battleford was second in the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham earlier this season and was sent off a 1-3 favourite.
However, the Graham Wylie-owned five-year-old faded and Jack Kennedy did well on Brelade to secure the win.
Cooper then steered 11-10 favourite Death Duty to a comfortable win in the Grade Three "Monksfield" Novice Hurdle.
Winner of a bumper over the course last December, the five-year-old rarely looked troubled as he recorded a second win over hurdles.
Such was Elliott's dominance the third race was decided by a photo between two of his charges, Bull Ride and Dawerann, after the pair finished neck-and-neck in the Davis Civil Engineering Handicap Hurdle.
Bull Rider (7-1), with Cooper in the plate, had looked the more likely winner clearing the last but Kennedy got to work on Dawerann to claw back the advantage on the straight.
After a brief wait, the judge called it in favourite of Bull Ride by a nose.
The Elliott procession was interrupted briefly as Willie Mullin's stable star Min made a very impressive debut over fences, before Cooper completed his own personal treble on Empire of Dirt.
Normal service then resumed as 17-year-old Kennedy, who had recorded his first winner since a long period on the sidelines with injury on Brelade, doubled up as 5-1 joint-favourite Jury Duty won the Proudstown Handicap Hurdle.
The €50,000 contest looked tough to call on paper, but the five-year-old travelled well under Kennedy and pulled comfortably clear of Scoir Mear at the finish, with The Crafty Butcher impressive in third.
Elliott then saddled Three Swallowsnick for the final race of the day, with the Gigginstown-owned five year old enjoying plenty of support on course as punters took a chance on the six-timer.
Te dual point-to-point winner was backed in to 13-8, and leading amateur Jamie Codd produced a fine ride to deliver her late to win the mares bumper from favourite Glens Harmony, a sister to Cheltenham Festival winner Glens Melody.
Speaking to the media afterwards, the Co Meath trainer said: "It was one of those days I thought we had plenty of chances but six winners is unbelievable.
"Everything is going so well you hope things will work out, but it is the team that keeps things going - I get to pick up the trophies but they are the ones at the back and without them I couldn't do it."
"It is brilliant and I will enjoy it."
The result moves Elliott to a 114 winners for the season, well clear of his nearest rival for the trainers title, Mullins, on 75.
More impressively, Elliott is only nine winners shy of his total number of winners for the previous season.
Paddy Power has reacted by cutting Elliott to 6-4 from 2-1 to be crowned champion trainer for the first time, easing Mullins to 1-2 from 1-3.
