Wednesday, October 8, 2025
WEEKLY
BROUGHT TO YOU BY NH SIRES
WALKIN STARTS THE SEASON WITH A STROLL
Walkinthemournes and Declan Lavery get the new term under way with a comfortable success at Toomebridge
Reports, pages 4-5
DEREK O’CONNOR
IN FOCUS BRENDA ROSS
‘We’re a shop window for horses destined for the track but we need to ensure there’s an incentive to treat point-to-pointing in the old-fashioned way, for the love of the sport’ Page 2
‘Jack High gave me the journey of a lifetime’ The Mid Antrim stalwart talks about the joy that racing has brought her Page 3
KISSMEHONEYHONEY, from his second crop, made a winning debut at Leicester on 22 September for William Haggas and owner/breeders Dash Grange Stud
UPDATE: CRYSTAL SPRING won a maiden hurdle at Huntingdon yesterday
crop 4YOs include Listed-winning hurdler at Auteuil SAINT CRYSTAL • First Tattersalls Cheltenham Festival Sale topper CRISTAL D’ESTRUVAL • £400,000 Tattersalls Cheltenham April Sale topper CRYSTAL ISLAND • £205,000 top-priced filly at the Goffs UK Aintree Sale SHE’S A FAIR MAID • £200,000 along with a host of other point-to-point and bumper winners
GRANGE STUD 025-33006 THE BEECHES STUD 058-56254 CASTLEHYDE STUD 025-31966