DEREK O'CONNOR and Jamie Codd, two of the biggest names in amateur racing, have been named in the Ireland team for the Bicester Office Park Anglo-Irish Point-to-Point Challenge at Kingston Blount in Oxfordshire on Friday, May 26.

Eleven-time champion O'Connor is the sport's winning-most jockey in Ireland with more than 1,100 winners.

He has also struck three times at the Cheltenham Festival, most recently on Minella Rocco in the 2016 National Hunt Chase.

Codd, the reigning champion, has clocked up more than 820 point-to-point victories in his homeland.

He is a seven-time winner at the Festival, including a double this year aboard Cause Of Causes – on whom he went on to finish second in the Randox Health Grand National — and Fayonagh.

They join Barry O'Neill, this season's leading rider in Ireland, and Noel McParlan in the men's team.

McParlan also impressed at Cheltenham, finishing second on Missed Approach in the National Hunt Chase last month.

The four-mile race was won by Lisa O'Neill on Tiger Roll, and she features in Ireland's ladies' team.

The line-up is completed by Shauna Larkin, Liz Lalor and Maxine O'Sullivan.

Larkin leads the way in the lady riders' table, while Lalor is a five-time ladies' champion and O'Sullivan has captured the title twice.

The Great Britain team to face this formidable challenge from Ireland is due to be named early next month, with the top three men and ladies in the national standings earning selection plus one wildcard for each gender.

After the Easter meetings, Will Biddick is clear at the top of the men's table with 29 winners followed by Evan David (20), Alex Edwards (19), John Dawson (18), Jack Andrews (17) and Darren Edwards (16).

Gina Andrews is the leading lady on 16 winners, with Bryony Frost (9), Claire Hardwick (8), Leanda Tickle (7) and Tabitha Worsley (6) heading the chasing pack.