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A young fan dressed up as his favourite jockey at the Galway Races and had the best reaction when he won

And he even got to meet his hero after.

WEDNESDAY WAS A good day for Cork jockey Davy Russell, who took home the prestigious Galway Plate on Balko Des Flos at the Galway Races.

Davy Russell celebrates with his trainer Henry de Bromhead after he won with Balko Des Flos James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO

But it was even better day for a young fan in the crowd… who came dressed as Davy, in the same colour silks, and was there to witness the glorious moment.

The Sky ‘At The Races’ cameras, who have picking up so many good moments in Galway all week, caught the young lad’s reaction to the win on camera

And the lovely moment has gone viral on Facebook

You can see him make eye contact with the jockey

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It almost looks like Russell points at him while riding past too.

The jockey even went down to meet his biggest fan after the victory

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PA named him as “young racegoer Alan Jordan” and he looked like he had some day out

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There’s just something a bit special about the Galway Races each year <3

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Written by David Elkin and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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    Mar 11th 2017, 8:27 AM

    All these title belts…seriously!

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    Mute Brian
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    Mar 11th 2017, 9:09 AM

    There are too many organisations and therefore too many world titles in each division. However, you need lower tier titles such as this too to give the younger/less proven fighters a stepping stone. This and the domestic/continental titles are along the lines of an MMA fighter winning a cage warriors title on their way to hopefully winning a UFC world title.

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    Mar 11th 2017, 8:34 AM

    Thanks for the report and upload. Enjoyable watch.

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    Mar 11th 2017, 8:47 AM

    Fair play, what’s the difference between an international and world title?

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    Mar 11th 2017, 12:15 PM

    @Kie Ran: That belt effectively means absolutely nothing however may simply get him a higher ranking with the WBC. They have their world champion as the WBC holder, then comes the WBC silver belt, then the WBC international belt and then comes this one, the WBC international silver belt. Each is merely for ranking points really. Its just bad journalism that the 42 are saying that there is any real relevance to this belt. They even said he was a super featherweight, he is a super flyweight.

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    Mar 11th 2017, 12:01 PM

    Face looks like that after fighting a guy with a 22 fights and 10 losses and only 6 kos. Didnt see the fight but usually such a close points win for the home fighter is dodgy scoring, sspecially as he was knocked out as well.

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