ABBEYFEALE Races is always one of the best meetings on the southern circuit and last Sunday was no exception as an excellent day’s racing was held on a well-presented track. Darragh Moriarty and Tom Kelly both recorded their first ever wins, while Ed Vaughan gained his first win on Irish soil, although he has had numerous winners on the UK pony racing circuit.

Darragh Moriarty achieved his breakthrough when the 12-year-old from Caragh Lake, near Glenbeigh in Kerry partnered his own Obe One Knobi to a shock but thoroughly deserved win in the 14hh race.