IT was most disappointing to see a walkover and a two-horse race at Tyrella on Saturday but, on the plus side, there were four locally-trained ‘winners’ at this East Down fixture which you can read all about on page 39.

A day later, and away from the Corbett family’s seaside estate, the Liam Cosgrave-owned and bred Ballela Blaze made a 22-length winning debut under Johnny Barry in the five-year-old geldings’ maiden at Ballycahane in Co Limerick.