THIS meeting for point-to-point horses was a welcome addition to the fixture list and it turned out to be a day of firsts, with no less than four trainers making the breakthrough on the racecourse proper.

Shane O’Brien has established himself on the point-to-point scene in recent times, and the 28-year-old Co Waterford native struck with newcomer Henry Box Brown in the opening Lingstown Point-To-Point INH Flat Race.