NOT for the first time this season, the entries were limited at Ballindenisk last weekend and those who were lucky enough to make the cut were met with straightforward tracks over near-perfect conditions.

Staging their fourth fixture of the current campaign, Peter Fell and his team had put in great efforts to ease the sting in the ground, both by watering and aggravating the tracks. “I was actually quite surprised how firm the ground was on Friday,” admitted Fell. “So we aggravated on Saturday and watered both on Saturday night and Sunday. If you can do it - you do it right.”