THERE are many special days on the sporting calendar, be it Aga Khan day at the RDS or Munster final day in Thurles, but last Saturday’s meet of the Tipperary Foxhounds at the foot of the Rock of Cashel promised to be all of the above and more besides.

In addition, it was going to be their hunt ball night, the first ever to be held in newly refurbished five-star Cashel Palace. The ball was a sell-out with all 220 tickets sold and several on the reserves hoping they might get balloted in before they went to post.