Ballyvodock

TRACK GUIDE

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Point-to-Point racing was first held at Ballvodock in 2015, but there is a long history of racing between the flags in the Carrigtwohill area, with the Pigeon Hill and Carrigtwohill committee having hosted race meetings since 1968.

Beginning along the back straight, there is a reasonably short run to fence one, before climbing slightly to fence two at the end of the back straight. Quickly turning left-handed, the runners begin the run for home around a long gently curving bend into the home straight proper, with a slight rise to fence three, the first of two fences in the home straight.

Fence four, which is also the final fence, brings the runners up to the winning post, and once making their way over the road crossing, they face a short stiff climb to the highest point on the course and the bend that brings them out of the home straight. Fence five awaits them on a short straight, before they turn once again into the back straight and make their way downhill to their starting point and the completion of a circuit of Ballyvodock.

Jessbers Dream, the horse who won the first race at that opening 2015 fixture, has gone on to win the Grade 2 Jane Seymour Hurdle for trainer Paul Nicholls.