By Dan Walsh at Ballycrystal races
Local handler Donnchadh Doyle’s stables were the one to follow at the Ballinagore Harriers point-to-point today where he saddled three of the six winners. There were also doubles for riders Rob James and Brian Lawless.
The Monbeg Syndicate treble began with Cosmic Connection coming home three lengths to the good in the maiden race for five-year-old geldings and L’Aurige was never headed in the maiden race for five-year-olds and upwards where only two of the five runners completed the course. Both winners were ridden by Rob James.
Donnchadh Doyle’s treble was completed when Got The Memo scored by two and a half lengths in the maiden race for six-year-olds and upwards geldings completing a double for Wicklow rider Brian Lawless.
Lawless, who is new to the training ranks, earlier won the maiden race for six-year-olds and upwards mares on Johnny’s Bell as a rider and trainer by five and a half lengths.
The maiden race for five-year-old mares was won by the champion Colin Bowe/Barry O’Neill team with Jukebox Bess taking the winners’ purse with four lengths to spare.
The remaining race on the card – the Winners of Two – was a close affair with last week’s Tinahely winner Lord Desart winning by a neck for the Tipperary team of Sam Curling and Daniel Hyde with Denis Murphy’s Empire Soldier (Shane Walsh Kehoe) coming second.
It was a fine day’s racing after the fog disappeared.
43 of the 67 entries turned up, which is a good percentage. The track was in great condition, and the crowd was one of the largest seen at a point-to-point for some time.
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