ALREADY we are half-way through the autumn programme and the dates for the post-Christmas session are published and so we look even further ahead.

Having patted myself on the back after making my first visit to Portrush, thereby meaning that I have been to every track on which a point-to-point was run that still holds racing, I now find that that claim is likely not to stand long as two new tracks are scheduled to hold their first meetings on the same day in January.