AMONG those at Toomebridge on Saturday were Sam Ewing and Dylan Browne McMonagle, leading lights on the pony racing scene.

Sam, son of Templepatrick point-to-point handler Warren, partnered 31 winners this season which saw him finish fourth on The Irish Field national championship table. His 31st success came up in the concluding race of the campaign, a mile maiden at Athea on September 30th, which he won on David Granville’s Dingle Harbour.