BALLINGARRY has long since been synonymous with point-to-pointing and the first day of the two-day Ormond Foxhounds meeting took place on Saturday at the Southpark venue, where racing was first staged in 1976.

Liam Gilligan has experienced a tremendous run of late and the Craughwell native moved alongside Michael O’Sullivan and Sean Staples at the top of the leader board in the under-21 riders’ championship on six winners by partnering a double.