WELL done to Cork Racecourse for pulling out all the stops to raise funds for the local Down Syndrome Centre at last Saturday’s meeting.

Not only did the track donate all the general admission proceeds, they also dedicated a race to the charity and jockeys were accompanied to the parade ring by children with additional needs.

Healy Racing put together a special prize for auction, a collage of Lossiemouth, Il Etait Temps and Gaelic Warrior, signed by Willie Mullins and Paul Townend. It raised €2,200.

The day was the brainchild of Cork Racecourse employee Dan Duane and also very involved was local trainer Con McSweeney and his wife Niamh. Danny Duane and Kate McSweeney are among the children who avail of the services provided by the Cork Down Syndrome Centre, which receives no government funding.