LAST Tuesday week (November 8th) I looked forward - with no great confidence - to checking the entries for the following weekend’s four point-to-point meetings.

I like to attend the meeting that is closest to me, one where I have built up a small piece of goodwill over the last 40 years. Thus, it was the Westmeath-Longford Harriers fixture for me at Corbeagh House, just outside Edgeworthstown. This was the third year for this venue to stage racing.