LOVE was certainly in the air, for the goodwill that was shown to Westmeath’s finest trainer, Dot Love and her articulate assistant Ciaran Murphy as over 100 people attended their Charlestown Racing stables last Saturday for the HRI trainer open morning. Walking into the yard, you could smell the breakfast cooked for her able team to ensure they were on their toes for the two-hour session that lay ahead. The team were all turned out to perfection just like the 40 horses that were shown on the day.

Dot and Ciaran welcomed everybody and they paraded some of the bumper horses and gave them an assessment.