CHARITY’S APPEAL RAISES THOUSANDS

MORE than £53,000 was raised for Racing Welfare through an online auction as part of the charity’s appeal to bridge its £500,000 deficit owing to the pandemic.

The top lot at the Great Racing Welfare Auction was a tour of Coolmore Stud and Ballydoyle for four people, which went for £5,250.

The total was £53,195, which pushes the appeal total to just over £343,000.