SUNDAY last was Ladies Day at Portmarnock and a hardworking sub committee was rewarded with a decent crowd, some exciting racing and the added bonus of five races for ponies in sulkies.

Bernard and Gail Nicholson who hail from Cootehill, Co Cavan scored a rare husband and wife double when Gail took the ladies’ sulky pace and Bernard won a hot-looking C to E trot with the chesnut Varus Du Cormon.