Saint Mary's G.A.A Club held their  'RACE NIGHT' on Sunday Night October 26th in the Shebeen Bar, Cahersiveen. A Great night was had by all with a total of 130 horses running. Tote betting was provided for all 13 races. The feature race, the final race, which was the 13th  race of the night, the Forever Blue Auction Race worth €300 to the winner was won by the 'Marina Lad' , Owned by Sammy O'Sullivan, trained by Riverview  and ridden  by Donal Casur. In second place came Put Ball Field, Owned by the the Put Ball Field Syndicate and in third came the Super Striker, Owned by the Super Striker Syndicate. Saint Mary's G.A.A Club wish to express their thanks to former St. Mary's stalwart Michael (Miley) O'Connell who sold lines in New York - U.S.A and also to Paul O'Connell who sold lines in London. We would also like to thank local sellers Ml. Daly, Christy O'Connell, Ger Horgan, Johnny Walsh, Austin Constable, Mark O'Shea, John Golden, Thomas Keane, Sean Sheehan, Padraig Donovan, the Sponsors of the Races, the Owners who bought horses, other Sellers who sold the horses and all others who helped to make the night a tremendous success. The Club would also like to thank Philip and Maureen O'Sullivan of the Shebeen Bar for use of the premises on the night. Finally, we express many thanks to Mossie Coffey for organising the event and to his Race Committee Tony McCarthy, John Sugrue, Tony Horgan, Connie O'Connor, Batt Moriarty.

Race No. 12 Sponsored By: Quirke Builders Providers Dellis, Cahersiveen	WINNER Horse: Coming Soon Owner: Bernard Donovan Trainer: Pat McCarthy Jockey: John Dovovan
Race No. 13 Sponsored By: Saint Mary's G.A.A. Club	AUCTION RACE 1st Marina Lad Owners:  Sammy (Seamus) O'Sullivan Trainer: Riverview, Jockey: Donal Casur 2nd Put Ball First Owners: Put Ball First Syndicate Johnny Walsh, Tom O'Connor ,Johnny Connell, Tom O'Connor Trainer: New Street, Jockey: PJ Fitz 3rd Super Striker Owners: Super Striker Syndicate T.J O'Connor, Brian O'Shea, Conor Daly, Gearoid O'Sullivan Trainer: East End, Jockey: Adam Quirke
The winner of the feature race and also second and third placed Syndicate teams Back Row L-R: Gearoid O'Sullivan, Conor Daly, Brian O'Shea, Sammy O'Sullivan (Owner of Marina Lad), Tony McCarthy (Club Chairman) Front Row L-R: T.J O'Connor, Mossie Coffey (Race Organiser), Johnny Connell, Tom O'Connor, Johnny Walsh, Tom O'Connor
The Saint Mary's Hard men. From left to right: Darren Corcoran (he doesn't know that he's in this photo but one of the lads might tell him!!) Brian Sheehan, Declan O'Sullivan, Gary O'Connor, Fergal O'Connell and Paudie O'Shea	I thought the gang beside this was hard until I meet these. From L-R: Pan Curran, Haulie Clifford, Austin Constable and councillor P.J Donovan
Haulie Clifford with a few punters from England, Lisa Kerfoot from Surrey and Fiona Quinn from London	John Sugrue and his father John Sugrue with Bennie Casey having a look at the form.
Mossie Coffey is making sure everthing is running smoothly. From L-R: Connie O'Connor, Stephen McCarthy, Catriona Fitzgerald, Monika Coffey and a camera shy Shelia Coffey	Race Organiser Mossie Coffey with Tom O'Connor  Marian Place
The lovely couples Ger and ber Horgan, Tim and Netty Quirke	Senior Trainer Gerdie O'Sullivan with his wife Catrine.
Such a sweet couple. Dodie Constable and Michelle. Where's the other half, Liam Corcoran and Siobhan	Barry and Mary B O'Shea enjoying the night
The excitement on their faces tells it all. Darren still doesn't know that we are taking photos of him	Well done Ray. You told Darren. Paudie and Fergal are having a good laugh. Doesn't look good Connie but we're having a great night anyway Connie

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