Howard Johnson was quickly on the phone to Paul Carberry when his stable jockey Denis O'Regan broke a collarbone at Leopardstown on Sunday and having persuaded him to go to Newcastle, provided him with a treble.
Carberry opened his scoring with a confident ride on Stormy Weather and followed up on Door Boy and Blacks Bridge.
Owner Graham Wylie said: "When Denis got injured, Howard had to move quickly to find a jockey for our runners. We wanted an experienced jockey for Door Boy and of course we could not ask Paul to come over just for one ride."
He added: "We like Brian Hughes and Ryan Mania, so hopefully they will ride for us, but we will be having runners down south too, so we will get the best jockeys available."
Stormy Weather (5-2) beat the odds-on Bocamix by two and a quarter lengths in the S. V. Rutter Builders Juvenile Novices' Hurdle and Wylie said: "We wanted to get a win into him as we would like to run him in the handicap (Fred Winter) at Cheltenham."
Carberry picked up a one-day suspension for using his whip in the incorrect place
Door Boy (4-9 NAP) jumped well, heading long-time leader Fabalu at the fourth-last and going on to win the Rely On Rutter Builders Novices' Chase by an eased-down one and a quarter lengths.
Johnson said: "I think his best trip will be two miles five furlongs and I want to run him in the Jewson at the Festival. I might run him at Doncaster a week on Saturday as it will give him a better chance of getting in."
Carberry made it three for the Johnson stable when Blacks Bridge (11-4), who is also owned by the trainer, took the S.V Rutter Developments Novices' Handicap Chase after Ockey De Neulliac (my selection...doh!) fell at the final fence.
Team Johnson were expected to strike again in the svrutter.co.uk Novices' Hurdle, but 1-2 favourite Washington Irving was beaten fair and square by Karen McLintock's Bygones Of Brid (3-1) in the hands of Graham Lee.
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