LADIES Day at Portmarnock tries hard to address the imbalance at a venue where around 95% of drivers are male.

The organisers arranged a pace and a trot, both in sulkies, for female drivers only. In previous years, the ‘ladies’ have contested competitive mounted races for both gaits and it would be nice if the saddles got an airing before the end of the season, which is now entering its final third.