DOWN Royal racecourse is once again sponsoring a series of racehorse to riding horse classes this year, starting tomorrow at the pre-Balmoral Coleraine RDA show in the Causeway Coast Arena. The other shows to host a qualifier are Armagh, Enniskillen, Lurgan, Newry and Saintfield.

There’s racing at Down Royal on Monday next, May 1st, when the feature is the €20,000 Daily Mirror Handicap Chase won last year by the Arthur Moore-trained Mitebeall Forluck. Tilly Conway’s home-bred El Grande won that afternoon’s hunters’ chase, giving rider Mark McCrory his first win on the track.