LIFETIME racing fan and memorabilia king Nick O’Toole is the organiser behind the recent presentations to retiring popular presenters from RTÉ racing coverage, Tracy Piggott at Gowran Park and Robert Hall at Punchestown.

Nick wants to give special thanks to clerk of the course Paddy Graffin at Gowran Park, who not only made a brave call to let racing go ahead last Saturday morning but also got the jockeys out early before the big race so they had time to pose with Tracy, which meant a lot.