FOLLOWING Mayo’s penalty shootout loss to Tyrone last weekend, it came as no surprise when a horse named Mayo For Sam was beaten in a photo-finish at Ballinrobe on Monday.

The pain never ends for Mayo and, to rub salt in the wounds, a Roscommon woman won the best dressed competition!

The winner, Bernie Donnelly, was arguably taking a drop in class having previously represented Roscommon in the Rose of Tralee. Bernie was paying her first trip to Ballinrobe this week and walked away with a stay at The Lodge at Ashford Castle plus €1,000 in cash.

Derby ticket winners

THANKS to all who entered last week’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby competition. The correct answer was Joseph and Donnacha O’Brien. The five winners of a pair of Derby day tickets are Adrian Purcell (Thurles), Laura Reardon (Knocklong), Marjie Gannon (Ballyragget), Seamus O’Sullivan (Kilmacthomas) and Celine O’Keeffe (Leixlip).