IT WAS a busy week for Cavan Equestrian as they hosted the Cavan November Winter Festival, which traditionally has seen a packed house over the course of the week.

On Friday, the Welcome Stakes - 1.30m Table A Speed (1.25m-1.30m), which was sponsored by Francis Derwin Bloodstock, saw resident junior Jamie Clarke leading the victory lap when he partnered Victoria Clarke’s Marblearch to a clear in a time of 52.18 seconds. This 12-year-old gelding is by Lougherne Cappuchino and is out of the Dancing Boy- sired dam, Tiffcrum Majesty. He is also campaigned by Camryn Clarke with much success in the young rider ranks.