A Night at the Races in the Mirabelle Bar in Downpatrick has helped raise funds for the Southern Area Hospice in Newry. Organisers Bernie Blaney and Marie McConvey were the main race steward son the night whose idea it was to run the race. [caption id="attachment_27616" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="At the Mirabelle Bar in Downpatrick there were plenty of roars and cheers as the Night of the Races in support of the Southern Area Hospice got under starters orders. Pictured are Elizabeth Smyth, Elaine Morgan, Bernie Blaney, Darren Kearney, Marie McConvey with Mirabelle Bar proprietor Anne Blackwood."][/caption] ]]>