DOWN Royal Racecourse continues to set the benchmark for hospitality. The northern track’s summer racing brochure popped through our letterbox this week and it is a very impressive presentation.

As well as promoting the various racegoer options for the Galway Plate Trial and Magners Derby on Friday and Saturday, June 23rd-24th, the smart booklet also has details of a special accommodation package in the Europa Hotel. A weekend in Belfast before the border comes back, anyone?