THE normally pristine beach in Ballyferriter produced a challenge for the local committee last week as recent deposits of stone made it hard to produce an acceptable routing for the track. After valiant work they succeeded in realising a presentable course and Daniel King was certainly thankful of that as he rode a magnificent seven-timer.

With Conor Walsh unavailable due to a family bereavement, Danny deputised on Another Tiger in the 12.2hh and Hello Thunder in the 13.2hh races and both of these obliged under front-running rides. Tell The Story then took the 14hh race for Bob Sexton but it wasn’t before a hard battle with the Andy Burke-Ott-ridden Little Zeb. Andy’s brother Luke rode Oopsy Daisy for Danny’s father Richard in the 14.2hh race but they went down to Richard’s other pony Rosa Parks who made it four-up for Danny.