BALL D’Arc, who won the Grade A Bar One Racing Dan Moore Memorial Handicap Chase at Fairyhouse last Sunday, is just one of the latest horses to progress from winning their maiden at the Co Clare Harriers’ point-to-point in Bellharbour to racecourse success.

Yes, the ‘double l’ has been confirmed by the local organisers who, this season, are celebrating 200 years of racing at the seaside track. The meeting didn’t always take place exactly where it does now but that won’t stop the February 5th fixture being heralded as a double-century birthday.