THE first fixture of the winter season at Dundalk yielded a double for Ger Lyons but the main talking point of the day was the level of activity from the stewards’ room which resulted in a show-stopping seven individual whip suspensions being meted out, including five in one race alone.

The suspensions began in the apprentice handicap where Adam Farragher was hit with six days for using his whip with excessive frequency on the second-placed Spelga.