THERE were a couple of extremely close finishes at Sunday’s bitterly-cold Ballindenisk meeting, hosted by the United Hunt Club, none more so than in the four-year-old maiden as Declan Queally’s mount Desert Ian narrowly got the better of Dangerous Touch.

The well-supported Desert Ian (evens - 4/5 favourite), trained by Queally’s father and namesake for Rathcormac-based owner/breeder Harry Gettings, certainly brought the best form to the table in this 13-runner contest considering that he was only just touched off on his sole previous start at Comea back in February.