Horses charge past at the Dawstown Point-to-Point in 2018, County Cork.

A horse flies through the air following another horse at the Dawstown Point to Point earlier this year.

A few of the photos I took today at the Dawstown Point to Point. We’ve been very lucky in the last few years that the weather has been good when these races were held!

The bookies will have a proper electronic board, not an inflexible board that looks like it was made for a child, when you know the tariffs odds will change.

Raw speed in a still image as jockeys rode past on their mounts at the Dawstown Point to Point in 2023.

A horse and rider at Dawstown Point to Point in 2022.

After the race, the horses slowed down to a trot. Dawstown, this year.

Horses and jockeys race to the finish line at the Dawstown Point to Point a few days ago.

After the horses parade, the jockeys mount their horses for the coming race. Ice cream is always popular, even on a cold hilltop on race day. 🙂

I attended the point to point horse racing this afternoon at Dawstown, Co. Cork, with others from Blarney Photography Club. We were lucky with the weather, even if it did become cold later on. There was a good crowd there, and I recognised some faces from last year. If the shouting from the crowd is…

I’ve only been to a few point to point or other horse races, but you can rely on there being bookies present to take your money.

A Jack Russell lying in the shade at the recent Dawstown Point-to-Point horse racing. It was warm, and the sun was bright, so he made a beeline for the shade afforded by his human dad standing nearby.