The penultimate race meeting of the Midlands area Point-to-Point season is hosted by the Meynell and South Staffs at Garthorpe on Saturday 2nd June, with the first race starting at 2.00pm. Since the last meeting at Garthorpe all the fences have been moved to fresh ground on the inside of the track. All bends and […]

The Quorn Point-to-Point race meeting will be held at Garthorpe, on the B676, 5m East of Melton Mowbray, on Sunday 29th April. There will be a large selection of trade stands, caterers, bookmakers, a bar, music and lots of entertainment for the whole family. On the course there will be eight races, including the Dodson & […]

Britain’s national champion riders, trainers and owners were at The Belfry Hotel on Saturday night to celebrate their triumphs from the 2016/17 season. At an event compèred by Luke Harvey thoughts were also of the new season, which starts on Sunday with a meeting at Bishops Court, near Ottery St May in Devon. Fuller’s six-times […]

The Melton Hunt Club meeting at Garthorpe takes place on Sunday 21st May, with a series of pony races starting at 1pm and a seven-race Point-to-Point card beginning at 2pm. There are 24 horses entered for the Melton Hunt Club Members Conditions race at 2pm, nearly half of which have multiple entries at the same […]

The second Garthorpe meeting of the season will be hosted by the Belvoir, this Saturday, 25th March. The going at the course, five miles East of Melton Mowbray on the B676, is currently soft. The weather for the weekend is forecast to be clear and crisp and we have over one hundred entries for the […]

The Midlands Area season has got off to a flying start with two cracking meetings at Thorpe and Brocklesby, both of which have attracted rave reviews from happy visitors. This weekend sees the first of our Garthorpe fixtures, The Cottesmore meeting, on Sunday 26th February, with the first race starting at midday. The meeting has […]

There was a great finale for the North West season where the Meynell and South Staffordshire at Garthorpe had an excellent turnout of 82 runners from an original entry of 131, which resulted in some competitive racing.  Full praise is due to Clerk of the Course Brian Crawford and his team who once again did a […]

There is an excellent entry of 131 runners for the seven races at the Meynell and South Staffordshire meeting at Garthorpe this Saturday commencing at 2.30.  Additionally, there are 47 entries for seven pony races starting at 12.15 so a long and excellent day is in prospect for the North West Area finale for 2016. […]

The Melton Hunt Club Point-to-Point meeting is at Garthorpe racecourse, outside Melton Mowbray, on Sunday 8th May. The seven-race card includes the prestigious Dodson & Horrell PPORA Club Members Novice Riders Championship Final which will start at 3.45pm. There are a total of 138 horses entered for the seven races. There will also be three […]

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The second of Garthorpe's fixtures is the Belvoir meeting, this Saturday 19th March, with the first race starting at 12.30pm. There are 120 horses entered so visitors are promised a good day's racing from what is likely to be a seven-race card. All the bends have been moved to fresh ground, and the fences where applicable. The […]

George is Awesome at Garthorpe A thousand-strong crowd endured a chilly day at Garthorpe and were rewarded with some excellent racing. There were doubles for trainers Gerald Bailey and Tommie Morgan and wins for leading jockeys Gina Andrews and Claire Hart. Sam Davies-Thomas enjoyed a double on Tulsa and Agent For Chaos after he stepped in […]

Sunday 28th February looks like it be a fabulous day's racing at Garthorpe, with the Cottesmore Hunt's meeting attracting 180 entries for a eight, possibly nine-race card which includes the latest round of the AGA Ladies Open. Racing starts at 12 noon with the Garthorpe Hunts Club Members Race which has attracted a dozen entries. Kelly […]

Leicestershire-based Point-to-Point trainer and rider Lizzie Harris won the inaugural charity side saddle race at Wincanton racecourse yesterday with her own Lough Inch. The race, run in aid of the Southern Spinal Injuries Trist (SSIT), saw 11 immaculately dressed ladies from Britain and Ireland racing over a flat course of a mile and a quarter. Harris, […]