AS hunt committees look to enhance their race meetings, one of the additions that have proven popular in recent years have been the many extra novelty races that have held a number of guises from event to event, ranging from the initial Mad Hatter races, to races for hunt members, ex-riders, handlers, and pony club members.

Earlier this month, the Pat Smullen Charity Race for former riders at Bellharbour was the perfect example of the boost that these races can give to the profile of a fixture, and tomorrow it will be the turn of the stable staff to take centre stage, with the Borris Bumpers.