A SELLOUT crowd for the annual Irish Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Western Region Breeding and Racing Awards saw Galway couple Annette and Pearse Mee honoured with the Contribution to the Industry Award, while Niamh Flynn Spiller was a hugely popular winner of the Personality Award.

Other awards were won by Gerard and Sephine Kerin from Co Clare, breeders of Ikerrin Road, Co Mayo’s Eileen and James Comer for Ardlethen, Co Roscommon’s Thomas Mulhern for Vinndication, and Co Mayo’s Robert Hennelly for breeding Moyhenna. James Coen from Galway won the Small Breeder Award.