THE picturesque yard at Skehanagh Stables outside Cashel, home to points’ handler Sam Curling and his wife Zoe, was opened to visitors last Saturday morning ahead of the new campaign.

Ted Walsh Jr and Nina Carberry, Jamie Codd, Derek O’Connor and Davy Russell, current and prospective owners, locals and point-to-point enthusiasts, all gathered at the home to Curling’s training operation since 2010.