THE 12th annual Vincent Delaney Memorial Festival at Tir Prince Raceway, North Wales was an unqualified success last week. There were wins for English, Welsh and Scottish-owned horses. Ireland fared well, sending out eight winners over the 21 races throughout Saturday and Sunday.

Happily, there were so many impressive Irish winners that it’s hard to pick the headline performance. The accolade goes to Bobby Barry’s Ayr Corleone who won the £19,000 Oakwood Stud Three-Year-Old Colts race in a time of 1.59.6.