Coordinating point-to-point horse racing in the East Midlands at Brocklesby Park, Dingley, Garthorpe, Guilsborough and Revesby Park.
Wednesday: Dingley has been watered for 3 days so far. The spiking has meant that there has been very little run off and the track is taking it well. With 4 days to the meeting there is plenty of water available and we are on schedule to get the ground right. The wind is due to die down which will help. Landlord asks as usual no course walks until Saturday.
The penultimate fixture for the Midlands Season 2025-6 is hosted by The Fernie at Dingley on Sunday 3rd May. 63 horses are entered. The course has been watered since Sunday 26th April using water from both the Dingley pond and Dingley Park opposite the racecourse. Course management has been planned carefully and we ask that connections do not attempt to…
[Official photos of this meeting are available from here: The Quorn at Garthorpe 2026] This season the number of point-to-point horses in training has dropped significantly, so for 78% of the 49 individual horses entered for the Quorn point-to-point at Garthorpe on Saturday to have declared and run is a fabulous result. Without doubt they came for the ground, and…
This season's Quorn Hunt Point-to-Point will take place at Garthorpe on Saturday the 25th of April, with a six-race card starting with a young horse maiden at 2pm. Garthorpe racecourse is on the B676 East of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. The postcode is LE14 2RS (W3W: slings.elects.panics). Gates will open at 11am. To emphasise the wonders of grassroots sport, we…
The 2026 renewal of the Pytchley with Woodland Easter Saturday meeting produced yet another treble for Champion Jockey Gina Andrews, watched by an enormous crowd on the hill at Dingley. Charles Millington and Charlie Reynolds deserve huge praise for producing excellent good to soft ground through sheer hard work in the week leading up to the Easter weekend. The meeting…
The Pytchley with Woodland meeting at Dingley will take place on Easter Saturday, 4th of April. Tickets are still available online on the Midlands Pointing website, they are priced with a small discount online. They will be £20 to include a racecard at the gate on the day. The Dingley Racecourse is on Harborough Road, just East of Market Harborough…
Area Chair Brian Crawford made a presentation to Anna Saunders at the Belvoir meeting at Garthorpe in recognition of her many years of service as Area Secretary. Anna retired as Area Secretary last season after a tenure which saw her work under four different area chairs, three of whom were present at the presentation. We are very grateful to Anna…
With eight meetings over one weekend and a warm week ensuring that ground was raceable everywhere, there is plenty of jeopardy in being a fixture secretary and their committee at this time of year. The ground at Garthorpe for the Belvoir meeting was perfect. The ex-professional jockey and trainer Clerk of course said so, and the jockeys agreed. So why…
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