26 RACECOURSE CHALLENGE – Number 22

HATS off to the people of Sligo who turned up in massive numbers at their local racecourse on Sunday to greet the return of racing for 2017. Having missed out on the first three meetings due to problems with the work done on the track, there was a palpable hunger for racing and the fact that so many eschewed the alternative of a day at the seaside on a gloriously sunny afternoon was evidence of that fact.