POINT-TO-POINT RACING 
Just been watching another 'P2P.ie' video about the promotion of racing older mares, which I think is a wonderful concept. But this is the clip that got me interested in this type of event, presented by the delightful Maria Dagg, whose family is shown throughout the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch. My good friend, Alex, who has been like a father to me, is a Dublin man, and his love of the jumps - and Cheltenham, in particular - is now much easier to understand. I would very much like to see more of this grassroots level of sport in Japan...