THE Ward Union Hunt’s Antler Challenge was held last Sunday at Primrose Park where, in front of a large crowd, Johnny Drake, one of the day’s organisers, won the feature race for the second year running on the Irish Sport Horse gelding Portphilip Quality.

Following the tactics he had successfully employed 12 months previously, Drake was up front throughout on his 13-year-old OBOS Quality 004 gelding, but things didn’t go entirely to the 2024 plan. “I kicked on early and was about a fence ahead, when I got unseated at the 27th of the 36 fences,” reported Drake.