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By Dan Walsh at Ballycrystal Barry O’Neill was performing on his home territory at Ballycrystal today and he put on a mighty show for the large crowd booting home four winners – two of them for local handler Colin Bowe. Both champions are top of the leader board tonight with nine winners each since theContinue reading “Four for Barry O’Neill on home turf”

By Dan Walsh The popular point-to-point track at Ballycrystal, near Kiltealy, has a fine covering of grass and has been described as “good to yielding” ahead of tomorrow’s (Sunday) races run under the auspices of Island Hunt. There are 84 entries, the first race is at 2pm, and the forecast is for “a mainly dryContinue reading “Ballycrystal races on Sunday”

By Dan Walsh at Fairwood Park, Tinahely Handler Denis Murphy from the Ballyboy Stables, The Ballagh, and Mayglass rider Jack Hendrick were the stars of the point-to-point at Fairwood, Tinahely, today (Sunday) when they teamed up for a double success. Magneticattraction did the business for them in the maiden race for five-year-old mares, albeit, byContinue reading “Murphy and Hendrick double at Tinahely”

By Dan Walsh The Shillelagh & District Hunt has received 82 entries for the first point-to-point of the new season in the South-East which takes place tomorrow (Sunday) at Fairwood Park, Tinahely, and the first race off at 2pm. The latest news from the track is that ground conditions are officially “yielding, yielding to softContinue reading “82 entries for Tinahely on Sunday”

By Dan Walsh First timer Ridin Solo took the five-year-old geldings maiden race at Loughrea, Co. Galway today (Sunday) giving current and nine times champion handler Colin Bowe from Kiltealy his 500th point-to-point winner and a second success leaves him on the 501-winner mark tonight. Ridin Solo in the Milestone Bloodstock Ltd colours won byContinue reading “500th winner for Colin Bowe”

By Dan Walsh Five of the runners in the opening mare’s maiden race for four-year-olds at Toomebridge, Co. Antrim, today (Saturday) were from Wexford stables and victory went to Peggy’s Rock from Michael Goff’s Clondaw, Ferns, stables defeating Colin Bowe’s Kiltealy Park in a short head verdict. In the Milestone Bloodstock Ltd colours Kiltealy ParkContinue reading “Michael Goff trains his 75th winner”

By Dan Walsh The 2023-’24 point-to-point racing season kicked off at Castletown-Geoghegan under the auspices of the Westmeath Foxhounds yesterday (Sunday) and the reigning champions handler Colin Bowe and rider Barry O’Neill made their mark with a double on day one. Emily’s Choice in the colours of Brendan Murphy prevailed by a neck in theContinue reading “Winning start for Bowe and O’Neill”

By Dan Walsh Rated as one of the world’s greatest horse trainers, Wexford-born Aidan O’Brien, from Donard, Poulpeasty, near Clonroche, today (Sunday) recorded his 4,000th success as a trainer when Henry Longfellow (10/11 fav) ridden by Ryan Moore won the Goffs Vincent O’Brien National Stakes at the Curragh. Named in honour of O’Brien’s unrelated predecessorContinue reading “4,000th winner for Wexford’s Aidan O’Brien”

By Dan Walsh at Wexford Races Local trainers kept the punters happy at Bettyville Park on Friday evening with three local winners shared between Seamus Neville of Brideswell, Paul Nolan of Toberona Stables, Davidstown, and champion point-to-point handler Colin Bowe from Kiltealy. Seamus Neville saddled Brideswell Lad, (11/4) fav, running in the colours of hisContinue reading “Wexford wins for Neville, Nolan and Bowe”