THE international fixture at Barbury was well-covered in the issue of December 24th but two other point-to-points were staged on that Sunday, December 16th, which are reviewed here.

Five of the seven winners at the Atherstones’ Clifton-On-Dunsmore meeting, which got under way at 10.15am, were bred in Ireland including two favourites saddled by Cork-born Joe O’Shea.