Coordinating point-to-point horse racing in the East Midlands at Brocklesby Park, Dingley, Garthorpe, Guilsborough and Revesby Park.
The Dingley track has been rolled, topped and filled. There is plenty of grass (after watering for the previous meeting). The track will have the shakerator on it at the weekend and watering will start next week. There is plenty of water available and expect to get Good ground by Sunday 3rd.
Thursday 23rd 12pm
Jim Culloty from Garthorpe: Ground is currently Good, Good to Soft in places. We will water the ground three more times, once tonight and twice tomorrow. On Saturday the ground will either be Good, Good to Soft in Places, or Good to Soft, Good in places. At the moment it is perfect.
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…
Amateur horse racing returns to Garthorpe, near Melton Mowbray (LE14 2RS), on Saturday 21st March for the Belvoir meeting. Gates open at 10.30am and you can purchase tickets on the Midlands Pointing website or on the gate on the day. Children under 16 are admitted free of charge. At the time of writing, Wednesday 18th, the going is Good, Good…
The Pytchley with Woodland point-to-point at Guilsborough, Northampton, on 8th March was one of many meetings around the country over the weekend which held a minute's silence before racing, in memory of amateur jockey Sam Lee. Sam was one of the real characters in point-to-point racing and was very popular in and out of the weighing room. He will be…
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