First steeplechase to be re-enacted 260 years on
The Doneraile Development Association and Doneraile Point to Point Committee will host the 260th anniversary chase re-enactment of the first recorded steeplechase match, from Buttevant Church to St Mary’s Church, Doneraile.
The race, from steeple to steeple, gave birth to steeplechasing — now known in the UK and Ireland as national hunt racing, and also popular in Canada, the US, Australia and France.