THE Grendon Memorial Weekend looks like it will be a welcome addition to the burgeoning IHRA calendar. The weekend’s meeting was on a larger scale than the family’s promotion in 2016. In fact, two €8,000 to the winner handicaps (one for pacers, one for trotters) were also the richest harness racing handicaps ever run in this country.

Full marks to the Grendon family, the Gilligans, Mary Kane Gilligan, the many sponsors and of course the stewards and compares who put on a great show.