THE 11-year-old Welsh rider Ed Vaughan, son of jumps trainer Tim, has been a regular visitor to the Irish horse and pony racing circuit over the last two seasons where he has amassed a regular haul of winners in the pony classes.

At the recent Omey Beach meeting he looked to have registered his first winner in the horse class on Ciderman only to lose the race in the stewards’ room. However, last Sunday he put this behind him and went on to get the breakthrough winner in the most famous race on the circuit, the Dingle Derby, as he partnered Ciderman to victory and in doing so became the youngest ever winning rider, an honour previously held by Dylan Browne-McMonagle.