MIKE Todd, manager of Down Royal Racecourse, has been nominated for Platinum Manager of the Year in the Belfast Telegraph Sports Awards, the full results of which will be made known in the Waterfront Hall on Monday, January 29th.

Mike has given over 21 years’ service to his local track and at the Horse Racing Ireland awards’ lunch in Leopardstown early last month, was presented with the Racecourse of the Year award for 2017. Todd was at the south Co Dublin venue that afternoon to accept the award in company with Down Royal chairman, Jim Nicholson.