More than 100 people were present at Corrin Mart, Fermoy, yesterday to witness the €1.975m sale of a residential farm near Blarney, Co Cork.

Steady viewing and welcoming vendors have been the order of the day for the substantial, 176-acre Applebe farm at Dawstown, Blarney, which is probably best known as a one-time point-to-point racing location.

Formerly home to Dawstown Point to Point horse races, this exceptional farm just outside Blarney, Co Cork, is going to be one of the sales of the year for the team at estate agents CCM.

Yesterday’s United Hunt Club’s point-to-point fixture at Bartlemy brought new meaning to the phrase marathon for there were no less than 11 races with proceedings concluding at 6.15pm, following a 1pm start.

Just one of three planned point-to-point fixtures survived the elements yesterday and that was the Island Foxhounds meeting that took place at Ballydarragh in north Co Wexford.

Eugene O’Sullivan’s The Blarney Rose lit up yesterday’s extremely wet Boulta point-to-point fixture by destroying the opposition in the open lightweight.

The Raymond Hurley-trained 2006 Cheltenham Foxhunter winner Whyso Mayo went down fighting on what was his final career race at yesterday’s Carbery Foxhounds Clonakilty point-to-point meeting on the picturesque Inchydoney Island when beaten two and a half lengths into second spot by Kaitlin’s Fancy in a vintage renewal of the open lightweight.

The Robert Tyner-trained Embracing Change is virtually unbeatable at Dromahane and the seven-year-old recorded his fifth victory at the popular north Cork venue at yesterday’s Kanturk – Duhallow meeting by destroying the opposition in a vintage renewal of the open.

THE Gigginstown House Stud success story continued at Limerick yesterday when Gift Of Dgab made an excellent debut over fences in the Askeaton Beginners Chase.

DEREK O’Connor is in virtually unstoppable form at present and the Galwegian, well on course to win an eighth consecutive point-to-point riders championship, partnering a sparkling four-timer at yesterday’s well-attended Bartlemy fixture.

A TRADITIONAL, two-storey house, on a half-acre site, within minutes of Blarney, will tick a lot of boxes for buyers looking to move into this restricted area.

ESPERADO, owned by Miss Grace Dorgan, and trained by Donal Dorgan in Kilworth, Co. Cork who was successful at Dawstown last Monday, chalked up another success when winning the Open Lighweight Race at the United Hunt Point To Point at Ballindenisk yesterday .