ANAGLOGS Daughter was among many good winners to carry the colours of Bill Durkan during her racing career, and memories of such victories came flooding back at the weekend when Bill was listed as the trainer, with son Neil heavily involved, of Screaming Colours, a comprehensive winner of the Listed Midlands Grand National at Uttoxeter.

The 10-year-old winner, bred by John Studd, carries the Durkan colours and races in the name of Bill’s daughter Margaret. Racing folk will be well aware of the Durkan influence on the sport, including that of the late John, and what a pity that RTE and some presenters on the racing programmes could only call out the trainer as William, with no knowledge obviously of his racing history.