115 entries for Sunday Lingstown

By Dan Walsh

There is a large entry -115 – for the six-race point-to-point card run under the auspices of the Killinick Harriers at Lingstown, Tomhaggard, tomorrow (Sunday). The first race is off at 12.30pm.

The field racing over ‘the banks course’ at Lingstown. (File Pic; WexfordLocal.com)

The up-to-date report on the ground conditions is “yielding, soft in places” while the forecast is expected to be “windy and cloudy” and afternoon temperatures of 12 degrees Celsius.

The biggest field on the day is the maiden race for four-year-old geldings with 44 entries while the Open Race run over the famous Lingstown ‘Banks Course’ may have up to 14 facing the starter.

Racing took place today (Saturday) at Boulta in west Waterford where Rob James  rode newcomer Rosa Diaz to victory for Tipperary handler Pat Doyle by a neck in the maiden race for four year old mares’.

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