“IT’S been 60 years since there was an Irish Draught stallion in the parish,” said Ballyvourney owner Sean Scannell, whose Irish Draught stallion Derrynasagurt Silver was awarded Class 1 at the recent Horse Sport Ireland inspections at Cavan.

The three-year-old Fast Silver horse, bred by Michael Healy, was produced for him by his longstanding friend and Mayo horseman, Anthony Gordon from Kincon, near Ballina.