FOUR of the six winners at the sole fixture in Britain last weekend, Sunday’s Point-to-Point Owners & Riders Club meeting at Barbury Castle, were Irish-bred with the conditions race for seven-year-olds and upwards being won by pointing newcomer Princely Player.

The King’s Theatre gelding was ridden by Co Waterford’s Sean Houlihan, who was recording his 13th success between the flags, all of which have been in England. The 21-year-old won a hunters’ chase at Newton Abbott in April 2015 and he also has a Punchestown bumper victory to his credit having ridden Petuna to score for his uncle, trainer Maurice Phelan, in October last year.