DUNGANNON native Barry McHugh added to his list of sales races successes when landing the £300,000 Goffs UK Premier Yearling Stakes at York last Thursday week for his boss Richard Fahey.

Getting the leg-up for the first time on the Kyllachy filly Red Balloons, a 33/1 chance, McHugh produced the bay to challenge over a furlong down and kept on to beat the 16/1 shots Alfie Solomons and Gallovie by three lengths and a neck.

This was a 22nd victory of the season for McHugh who partnered a total of 25 winners last term. We’d like to see him have a lot more success but hopefully he won’t be celebrating tomorrow when his beloved Tyrone face Dublin in the all-Ireland football final at Croke Park.

Other Northern-born jockeys who rode winners in Britain recently include Paddy Mathers, who closed right in on his seasonal best score of 31 when guiding the Declan Carroll-trained Bee Machine to win at Southwell on Monday, and, on the National Hunt scene, Brian Hughes who, at time of writing was just short of his 50th win of the campaign.