LAST weekend was a busy one on the British point-to-point scene with seven meetings in total, just one of which, the re-scheduled Brocklesby fixture, was held on Saturday.

It was fortunate for Irish breeders that the meeting went ahead with six of the seven winners having been foaled in this country. The half-dozen included the 11-year-old Royal Applause gelding Monsieur Jourdain who kept up the good recent run of rider Will Easterby, who also trains the bay for his mother Sarah, when landing the mixed open. The lightly-raced eight-year-old Definite Article bay Demood got off the mark in the mares’ maiden under Tom McClorey while Sam Davies-Thomas partnered the five-year-old Mahler gelding Welsh’s Castle to land the open maiden where just two of the four starters finished on ground that had become sticky as the day progressed.