THERE were only two boys on this year’s Irish Pony Club jockey skills training course at the Racing Academy and Centre of Education (RACE) in Kildare but both were prize-winners last Sunday at Naas racecourse where the Killinick Branch performed their ‘March of the Toy Soldiers’ musical ride.

From Drangan, the Tipperary Branch’s Tom Hayden was the recipient of the Curragh Cup having been adjudged the member who did best on the training course where riding ability (based on control, balance and safety) had to be matched by attitude, fitness, conduct and a willingness to learn.