In the 1960’s, enterprising Corkman Dermot O’Regan had a nice little earner going as he travelled the region selling crates salvaged from the Ford factory.

THE King of Ballybrit, Dermot Weld, struck for a third time in the Hewlett-Packard sponsored Galway Plate yesterday when Ansar battled gamely to beat top weight Risk Accessor to take the €103,725 first prize.