sentences:  Tartan Lane supplied Stephen with his first winner when taking the County Wexford Publicans Apprentice Maiden at Wexford on July 26, 1996.Stephen joined Eric Wheeler's yard near Reading in England in the summer of 1997 and was successful on his first ride for the yard when scoring on Dark Menace at Brighton.He quickly struck up a successful partnership with stable star Dancing Mystery and partnered the gelding to 21 successes.