FRESH from a successful opening meeting of the year last night, Paddy Dunican is hoping to build further on a great year at Kilbeggan in 2016.

“Last year was an outstanding year for us,” he told me this week. “We have pursued a very vigorous marketing campaign and aim to increase our online presence this year to grow our business. As a result we have experienced a significant number of new people coming to Kilbeggan for the first time. Our biggest growth in attendance is coming from group bookings from local social clubs, and businesses bringing their customers for a day out. We are looking forward to a great season of racing with seven more race meetings planned from now until September.”