MORE than 200 guests attended the AIRO annual awards dinner last Saturday night where the guests of honour included the Ceann Comhairle Sean O Fearghail TD, local representative Martin Heydon TD and Horse Racing Ireland chief executive Brian Kavanagh.

The evening opened with an address from Brian Polly, chairman of the Association of Irish Racehorse Owners, and he thanked the many industry and other sponsors of the 19 awards.