Clonakilty point to point races

22/04/2026

Unfortunately, no Inchydoney point-to-point this year

14/11/2025

Two familiar faces in this preview of a current Irish Field article

08/11/2025

📆 Dates for the diary...

A total of 7️⃣2️⃣ fixtures have been scheduled for the Spring 2026 running all the way to Ballingarry and Inchydoney on May 24th.

15/09/2025

Nice tribute to our former committee member. Rest in peace, John.

A dairy and tillage farmer, John Sexton from Courtmacsherry in west Cork, attended his first ploughing championships as a young spectator in 1950

30/05/2025

Well done to the connections of the winners of our two four-year-old races for quickly capitalising on their successes.
Fiyero and Shinealight were both sold at the Tattersalls Ireland May Point-to-Point and Horses in Training Sale, just four days after winning at Inchydoney.
Both consigned by Monbeg Stables, Co Wexford, they sold for a total of €80,000.
The catalogue said Fiyero shaped like a nice gelding as he opened his account in good style at Inchydoney. "He has previously finished sixth on his debut earlier this month, and that initial experience was evident as he was dominant when breaking his maiden tag. He is a graduate of the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale, his dam being a four-time winner, and is a half-sister to five individual winners. He hails from a well-respected nursery and he ticks a lot of the right boxes as a future prospect".
He sold for €50,000 to Bobby O'Ryan and Sandy Thomson.
Shinealight, also trained by Sean Doyle, was described on the catalogue as a mare taking recent winning form to the sale, after opening her account at Inchydoney. "A graduate of the Tattersalls Ireland July Store Sale, her dam is a half-sister to seven-time winner Boothill. She was fifth on her debut earlier this month and built on that when taking a four-year-old mares maiden. She has the potential to develop into a nice staying type in the future".
Shinealight won our Sean O'Donoghue Agri Ltd & Derry O'Donovan Engineering 4yo Mares Maiden, for the Dr Colm Quirke Cup.
Fiyero won our Chris McCarthy Greenbuild Contractors & Tattersalls Ireland P2P & HIT May Sale 4yo Geldings Maiden, for the Jim L O'Sullivan Cup.
The runner-up to Fiyero, Boy of Montego Bay was also sent to the sale by Moate Stables (Mick Goff), bidding went to €24,000, but the gelding was unsold.
His catalogue note said, "His profile is moving in the right direction, and he should be winning races".

26/05/2025

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The locals had plenty of cause for celebration in the closing six-year-old and upwards geldings’ maiden as Ray Hurley’s Ask Jeruflo returned to the ...

26/05/2025

Coverage of the races in the Irish Examiner today

24/05/2025

The 25th Anniversary Clonakilty Point-to-Point Races go ahead at Inchydoney, Sunday, May 25, at 1pm (Eircode P85 X466).
The races got the go-ahead from the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board Saturday evening, after an inspection report that the ground is officially rated good, good to yielding in places, following watering and rain.
Well done to clerk of the course Consie Keohane and his team who watered and spiked the course to get it in perfect condition for the horses, despite the long dry period.
That's the end of the rain for a while, with a dry, mostly sunny forecast for Sunday, and 14 to 15 degrees of heat.
If you are a hurling fan, you can watch Sunday's Senior Championship matches on TV at the course, while enjoying the races.
The races are:
1.00 pm Seán O’Donoghue Agr Ltd & Derry O’Donovan Engineering maiden race for 4yo mares for the Dr Colm Quirke Cup
1.30 Chris McCarthy Greenbuild Construction Co & Tattersalls Ireland maiden race for 4yo geldings for the Jim L O'Sullivan Cup
2.00 Clonakilty Food Company maiden race for 5yo geldings for the Joe Walsh Perpetual Cup
2.30 Clogheen Homes Developments Ltd & Clona winners of two race for the Tim O'Neill Memorial Perpetual Cup
3.00 Dunmore House Hotel maiden race for 5yo mares and upwards for the John Drake Cup
3.30 Springmount Stud maiden race for 6yo and upwards geldings for the John Kingston Memorial Cup

Last year's races pictured by Dave Sheehan.

22/05/2025

The Doyles and Bowes of Wexford will be welcomed to West Cork on Sunday.
Between them, they are responsible for the majority of the 90 horses entered for the Carbery Foxhounds Clonakilty Point to Point races (first race 1pm).
The domination of the Model County in point to points marches on, with Colin Bowe and his Milestone Stables clear of the field of handlers again this year, with 41 winners coming into this week.
Sam Curling put up a fight, reaching 34 winners, but has made no entries for this weekend’s three fixtures.
So Bowe will pick up a 13th handler title, whivch he has won over ten consecutive years, underlining the major shift in the balance of power in training ranks from Co Cork to Co Wexford.
When the handler title prize was introduced in 2008, Cork-based trainers Eugene O’Sullivan and Robert Tyner won it in four of the first seven years, but then along came Bowe.
According to this week's Racing Post, his influence has been key in fostering the Wexford point to point powerhouse. For example, Sean and Donnchadh Doyle were introduced to point-to-pointing by working for Bowe, while Mick Goff had horses in training at Bowe’s yard before setting up himself. This year, Sean is at third in the handler table with 25 wins, and Donnchadh is fifth with 24 wins. Goff is 15th witn nine winners.
More than a third of the 2,931 horses who received a hunter certificate this year did so via a Wexford hunt. Four of the county’s hunts (Island, Ballinagore, Killinick and Bree) issue the largest number of certificates nationwide.
Some 101 races four-year-old maiden races have been run in the 2025 spring season, with a staggering two-thirds won by Wexford-trained horses. More will be added on Sunday, entries for the two four-year-old races at Inchydoney are completely dominated by Wexford trainers.
Entries have been well divided between this weekend's meetings, with 87 for Ballingarry on Saturday and 91 on Sunday, and 90 at Inchydoney.
Picture: watering the track for Sunday's Carbery Foxhounds Clonakilty Point to Point races at Inchydoney, where 90 horses have been entered to compete.

19/05/2025

Look out for top riders at Inchydoney on Sunday, where results on the final weekend will decide 2025 titles such as southern region, under-21, and lady champion jockey.
After last weekend's racing at Ballindenisk and Tattersalls, Barry O'Neill and Jamie Scallan were on 14 winners each in the race for the southern region title. Not too far behind were Darragh Allen with 10 winners, Alan O'Sullivan (9), and Brian Dunleavy, Rob James, and Michael Kenneally with eight winners each in the southern region.
With only Inchydoney and the Saturday and Sunday meetings at Ballingarry in North Tipperary to go, it's also close at the top in the title race to be the top under-21 rider of the year. The main contenders and their winning totals are David Doyle (12), and Kevin Healy and Bertie Finn with eight each.
Longhouse Star's win at Tattersalls under Toni Quail put her four winners clear in the Lady Rider title race heading into the final weekend. Pandora Briselden with five winners (a 38% strike rate from 13 runners) and Maxine O'Sullivan with four are second and third.
Toni Quail (pictured), from Downpatrick, with nine winners from 29 rides (31%), is the 16th best jockey overall this year. With a background in eventing, she had her first point-to-point winner in 2020. She also has four racetrack winners.
At the top of the overall point-to-point jockey table is Barry O'Neill with 55 winners, with the 2025 title in the bag even with three meetings to go. Second is rider-trainer Rob James with 41 wins, third is Jamie Scallan with 34.
Twelve months ago, Rob James and Barry O’Neill were tied with 39 winners each, but decided to sit out the final weekend of the season, and share the championship.
Percentage-wise, the evergreen Derek O'Connor in fifth place deserves a mention with a 33% strike rate (26 out of 79) this year.
The 2025 Point-to-Point awards organised by the Qualified Riders Association and sponsored by Gain Equine Nutrition will take place at the Newpark Hotel in Kilkenny on June 7.