THE last few months have been very difficult. Nobody sets out to disappoint people but I feel we have disappointed some of our members and local racegoers.” Refreshingly honest, Sligo manager Kathryn Foley talks about the loss of a number of racedays in 2017.

She went on: “Over the last 10 years Sligo has lost a number of fixtures and, in the last two years, one on each of the seasons due to surface water. As a consequence, the board was determined to do everything possible to avoid a recurrence and so we embarked on a large drainage programme.