By Dan Walsh
The Wexford Hunt point-to-point races takes place at Ballinaboola tomorrow (Sunday) with an impressive 103 entries for six races, the first is off at 1pm.
The latest news from the track is that it will be a dry day, temperatures 7-9 degrees and the going is officially described as ‘good’.
The card kicks off with the first four-year-old maiden of 2023 with 32 entries including many from the local stables of Colin Bowe, Ellen Doyle, Harley Dunne, Rob James, Cormac Doyle, Matthew Flynn-O’Connor, Mark Scallan, Liam Kenny, Cormac Farrell, Sean Doyle and Michael Goff.
Ballinaboola is highly rated as a track that brings out the quality since it became a new location for the point-to-point scene in 2011.
On the first day one of the winners was Seabass, ridden by Katie Walsh (now of RTÉ interviewing fame at the television races) who went on to finish third in the 2012 Aintree Grand National behind the winner Neptune Colleges (Daryl Jacob).
The four-year-old maiden at the spring fixture has been run over 2m4f, with the start located at the end of the back straight and this is a race won by Envoi Allen, (Colin Bowe/Barry O’Neill) the most joint most expensive four-year-old point-to-pointer during the 2017/18 season.
Enjoy your day at Balinaboola tomorrow. Wexford Hunt welcomes everyone to a good day out for all the family.
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