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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 goodContinue reading “Ballycrystal treble for Donnchadh Doyle”

By Dan Walsh The Ballinagore Harriers point-to-point takes place at Ballycrystal, near Kiltealy, on Sunday. The first race is at 12.30pm and 65 entries have been received for the six-race card. The going for Sunday is described as “yielding to soft, soft in places.” The weather forecast is for 7-8mm of rain from tonight (Friday)Continue reading “Ballycrystal races on Sunday”

By Dan Walsh Champion point-to-point rider Barry O’Neill enjoyed a double success today at Clonmel riding his 15th winner of the season and his 880th career winner on the point-to-point scene. O’Neill teamed up with Jonathan Fogarty who trained his 45th career winner as a handler with a six lengths success with Ivana D’Alco inContinue reading “Two for Barry O’Neill on Sunday”

By Dan Walsh at Fairwood Park, Tinahely Rathnure handler Robert Tector enjoyed a day to remember when he saddled a double this afternoon and narrowly missed out on a three timer. Tector was in Tinahely today and saddled Doubleosue to win the opening race – a maiden for five-year-old mares – while Phantom of DelightContinue reading “Distance double for Robert Tector”

By Dan Walsh LATEST NEWS; Racing goes ahead following a precautionary inspection at 7.30am on Saturday morning at Tinahely ahead of the rescheduled fixture that is due to take place later that day. The Shillelagh & District point-to-point races at Fairwood Park, Tinahely, have been rescheduled to Saturday. The first race is at 12.30pm, withContinue reading “Racing goes ahead at Tinahely”

By Dan Walsh There will be no point-to-point action at Fairwood Park, Tinahely, tomorrow (Sunday). The popular Tinahely track was found to be unfit for racing on this (Saturday) afternoon, and with an unfavourable weather forecast for Saturday night and Sunday morning, with a status yellow Low Temperature / Ice warning from Met Éireann, theContinue reading “Cancelled; Point-to-point races at Tinahely”

By Dan Walsh It isn’t every day that an amateur jockey commands the racing headlines but Rob James from Killanne had a most enjoyable day at Limerick races today (Monday) where he recorded a double success. James got off to a flying success aboard No Cure (5/1) for Kiltealy owner and trainer Gearoid O’Loughlin inContinue reading “James and Gainford in winning form”

By Dan Walsh at Ballycrystal Heavy rain made conditions difficult at the Ballinagore Harriers point-to-point at Ballycrystal, Kiltealy, this afternoon, but the fixture went off safely with seven races completed. Brian Lawless from Delgany, Co. Wicklow, is used to booting home winners, but he saddled his first successful runner Lola De Magny in the maidenContinue reading “Difficult conditions at Ballycrystal”

By Dan Walsh The final point-to-point fixture of 2025 takes place tomorrow (Sunday) with the Ballinagore Harriers at Ballycrystal, Kiltealy, where the track is in safe order but the going will be ‘yielding, soft in places’. First race is at 12 noon. 4-5mms of rain fell on the track on Friday and another 4-5mms isContinue reading “Soft going at Ballycrystal on Sunday”