GAIN Equine Nutrition is once again sponsoring its popular series of mares’ races this season with the first of 20 legs due to take place at the Tipperary Foxhounds’ meeting in Lisronagh next Saturday, October 28th, while the final will be staged at Ballynoe on Saturday, March 17th, St Patrick’s Day.

The series, which has been running for almost three decades, was launched recently at the Kiltealy yard of the 2016/17 champion handler Colin Bowe, who has already sent out two winners this term. The Co Wexford trainer has made a total of 14 entries for seven horses this weekend including one for the mare In Arrears.