Today, March 10

Heavy overnight rainfall ensured that ground conditions were extremely demanding at yesterday’s Kildorrery point-to-point meeting, run under the auspices of the Duhallow Foxhounds on the Vaughan family’s lands at Rockmills Stud.

On an afternoon that saw Jamie Codd crowned point-to-point champion for the first time, Mikey O’Connor dominated yesterday’s second stage of the two-day Ormond Foxhounds fixture at Ballingarry in north Co Tipperary by partnering two winners.

Fethard-based veterinary surgeon John Halley had an afternoon to remember at Saturday’s Tipperary Foxhounds point-to-point at Lisronagh, sending out two winners.

Veteran trainer Bill Harney can enjoy a turn with Bonzo Bing in the Lisronagh Maiden Hurdle at Clonmel this afternoon.

The Eugene O’Sullivan-trained Pocket Reader showed that tenacity is his definite strong suit by winning the open lightweight at yesterday’s United Foxhounds point-to-point fixture at Ballindenisk.

The Tipperary Foxhounds point-to-point meeting at Lisronagh on Saturday afternoon brought new meaning to the phrase ‘marathon’ for the fixture saw some 175 horses participating on a 12-race card with proceedings drawing to a close at 7.45pm following a 2.30pm start.

The Enda Bolger-trained newcomer Marlbrook lit up yesterday’s North Tipperary Foxhounds point-to-point fixture at Nenagh by destroying the opposition in the opening five-year-old geldings’ maiden.

There was just one race meeting in this country yesterday and that was the Ballinaboola point-to-point fixture which took place under the auspices of the Wexford Foxhounds.

Willie Mullins’ Tempo Du Camp looks the most interesting horse on show in the Racecourse Annual Membership Maiden Hurdle at Limerick this afternoon.

The Sean Aherne-trained Kaitlin’s Fancy lit up Saturday’s 10-race Tipperary Foxhoundspoint-to-point meeting at Lisronagh by recording a battling success in the featured four-mile open lightweight.

We are not giving up until you pay up — that was the defiant message from the Vita Cortex workers to their former employer last night after taking their protest to the gates of his home.

PAUL CARBERRY celebrated the New Year in style when recording a fine double on Dont Back Down and Osirixamix at Fairyhouse yesterday.

THE Christmas festival at Leopardstown was launched on Tuesday and it really is an event you look forward to.

THE ‘Shark’ Hanlon-trained Viking Splash served notice he’s a possible candidate for top honours in the hunters chase division by destroying the opposition in a vintage renewal of the open lightweight at yesterday’s United Hunt Club point-to-point fixture at Ballindenisk.

CIARAN Fennessy seems well assured of victory in this season’s novice riders point-to-point championship and the Fermoy amateur brought his tally for the campaign to an impressive 15 by giving the Tom Keating-trained Shuilegoric a well-judged front-running ride to win the five-year-old geldings’ maiden at the well-attended Carbery Hunt meeting on Inchydoney Island yesterday.

THE 2010/11 point-to-point season came well and truly alive at yesterday’s well-attended Lisgoold meeting, which was staged on a new left-handed course at Leadington.

LONG odds-on Apt Approach had to dig deep to beat Taradoun in the Lisronagh Beginners Chase at Clonmel yesterday.

NOTED breeders Peter and Marion O’Connell won their eighth Simmental championship of 2006 at Clonmel Show — an outstanding achievement for their Raceview herd at Knoppogue, Mallow, which has also won seven interbreed championships.

A man in his 70s died last night when the car he was driving hit another vehicle head-on in Co Tipperary.

A FAMILY-OF-FOUR last evening escaped a head-on crash which killed a pensioner in Co Tipperary.

A 91-year-old man who survived six days and five nights lying in a field was last night sitting up in his hospital bed, enjoying tea, toast and a boiled egg.

Gardaí in Co Tipperary have appealed for help in tracing the whereabouts of a 91-year-old man who disappeared last Friday.