AS just one lady rider, Cathy O’Leary, has entered the members and subscribers race over fences at the upcoming Ward Union point-to-point at The Folly outside Oldtown, the hunt has decided to run a flat race confined to lady riders at their February 11th meeting.

As with the jumps race, the flat contest is open to paid-up lady members and subscribers of the Fingal Harriers as well as the host hunt. The race will be over a mile and a half and confined to half-bred horses who will carry catch weights. Each entry costs €100, there will be a safety limit of 20 and, as in the jumps’ race, competitors will start off behind a pacemaker.