THERE were 13 races over the two days of the East Antrims’ Easter meeting at Loughanmore where breeders would have been pleased to see that 12 of the winners carried an IRE suffix. Of these, four were trained by the Crawford brothers.

Ross was first to strike when winning division one of the opening Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale 4yo Mares’ Maiden on the Saturday with the Thomas Kileff-ridden newcomer Crazy Alice.