Point-to-point scene to the fore at Downpatrick this evening The point-to-point community takes centre stage at Downpatrick this evening with the Albert Bartlett Hunters Chase the feature on a seven-race card beginning at 5.20. The Sonny Carey-trained Cause For Comment looks set to go off a short-priced favourite with Patrick Mullins in the saddle and Fortune Lad may provide the chief threat among his seven rivals. West Of Idaho has won three times between the flags this year and David Christie’s charge is an obvious contender in the Down Royal Corporation Of Horsebreeders Maiden Hunters Chase. Theemeraldempress has proved popular in the betting market this morning for the concluding Caherty Stables Racing Syndicate Point-To-Point INH Flat Race. The Walk In The Park filly was just denied at Loughanmore last month and has since joined Gavin Cromwell from Sean Doyle after changing hands for 70,000 pounds at Aintree. The going at the northern venue is good to yielding following 4mm of rain since declarations and the forecast is for a dry day.
