Back In Front back in business with fluent success

THURLES may be right at the bottom of the Racing Post’s list of what a racecourse should be, understandably, but is top of the hit-parade as far as racegoers are concerned.

This remarkable track hasn’t the best facilities in the world, and that’s an understatement, but there is a lot more to the game than shiny new stands and whatever you’re having yourself.

It is simply blessed with the best soil in the country and God only knows what would happen to the National Hunt game in the south if it was ever lost to racing.