Trainers Leroy Fearon (doused in left picture) and Bill Deenah (far right) are being congratulated after saddling their first career wins at Caymanas Park last Saturday. - Ian Allen/Staff Photographer

NEW trainers, Bill Deenah and Leroy Fearon wasted no time on Saturday, saddling winners with their first runners after graduating from the Jamaica Racing Commission's (JRC) trainers' programme last Tuesday.

Deenah got off the mark in the fifth event for four-year-old and upward maidens when his DEVILISH ISHA made all the running under apprentice Oral Bennett at 1500 metres, coming off a six-month lay-up.

A smiling Deenah, who also owns and bred DEVILISH ISHA, was doused by fellow trainers, who crowded the winners' enclosure.

The gang did not have to wait long before making a second trip as Fearon's SEA CRACKERS brushed aside rivals from the start to romp the 1200-metre sixth race with apprentice Jason Simpson.

Fearon also owns the four-year-old gelding, who had shown vast improvement in his previous race.

The triumphant trainer did not escape the celebratory dousing as he was introduced to the racing public with a victory.

Deenah and Fearon were among a group of 23 trainers, who successfully completed the trainers' programme, co-coordinated by Dr. St. Aubyn Bartlett, the JRC's chief veterinarian.

Graduates of the Jamaica Racing Commission-run trainers' programme. Back row (from left): Robert Pearson, Leroy Fearon, Denrick Chambers, Donavon McCaw, Devon Vanriel, Delroy Spencer, Alphanso Lindo, Frederick Watson and Fitzgerald Richards. Second row (from left): Spencer Chung, Alden Francis, Ray Phillips, Desmond Barrett, Henry Harrison Jr.,Winston Morris, Dalton Sirjue, GregoryForsythe, Gary Griffiths, Winston Charles, Owen Sharpe, Anthony Ferguson, Dale Murphy and Bill Deenah. FRONT ROW: (seated from left): Jamaica Racing Commission veterinarian, Dr. St. Aubyn Bartlett; course coordinator and lecturer, Dr. Sophia Ramlal, along with chairman Rudolph Muir; general manager Ruth-Ann Smith-Sutherland and Howard Mitchell, guest speaker at the graduation ceremony. - Contributed