By Dan Walsh
Two point-to-point meetings today (Sunday) at Bartlemy, Co. Cork and Loughrea, Co. Galway, and six Wexford handlers and three Wexford riders were amongst the winners. Barry Stone rode a double.
Stone was in action at Loughrea where he won the four-year-old mares’ maiden race by five lengths on Crystal Du Berlais for Robert Tector’s Rathnure stables, who also saddled a winner at Necarne on Friday.
Half an hour later and Stone was in the winners’ enclosure again having steered Embrace The Day in the colours of the Gaynestown Stud partnership and handled by Jonathan Fogarty to a two lengths victory in division one of the maiden race for four-year-old geldings.
Bertie Finn from Oulart rode his 35th career winner and took division two on board Colin Bowe’s newcomer Daylatedollarshort who got the verdict by a neck. Also successful in the west was Donnchadh Doyle. The Ballindaggin handler saddled newcomer Supreme Sea (Alan Harney up) in the maiden race for five-year-old plus geldings and gained a five lengths victory.
There were three Wexford winners at the Cork venue this afternoon. Michael Murphy from Redbridge Stables, Duncormick, was successful with Recite A Poem ridden by Darragh Higgins who came home with five lengths to spare.
Ellen Doyle from Coolgarrow, Enniscorthy, sent out newcomer Pointofdifference (Brian Dunleavy up) in division one of the maiden race for four-year-old geldings and enjoyed a four and a half lengths victory.
Sean Doyle also saddled a winner. Old Comrades in the Monbeg Partnership colours ridden by Jamie Scallan by two and a half lengths in the maiden race for five-year-old geldings.
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