Clerk of the Course Charles Millington and his team at Dingley are hard at work during another week week of beautiful dry weather, preparing a great racing track for the Fernie meeting, on Sunday 4th of May. The hard work they put in for the Pytchley with Woodland meeting paid off with good entry numbers […]
Dates for your diary

If you have access to a new Planner then you will have this information already but here is a list of next season’s Midlands Area fixtures and their dates.
Fixture | Date |
Revesby Races | Saturday 21st Jan (Revesby) |
Melton Hunt Club | Sunday 5th Feb (Garthorpe) |
Brocklesby | Saturday 11th Feb (Brocklesby) |
Cottesmore | Sunday 26th Feb (Garthorpe) |
Pytchley with Woodland | Sunday 12th March (Guilsborough) |
Belvoir | Sunday 26th March (Garthorpe) |
Pytchley with Woodland | Easter Sat 8th April (Dingley) |
South Notts | Easter Mon 10th April (Thorpe Lodge) |
Quorn | Saturday 22nd April (Garthorpe) |
Fernie | Sunday 30th April (Dingley) |
Fitzwilliam | Saturday 13th May (Dingley) |
Meynell | No fixture |
Please note a few significant changes, aimed at bringing fixtures earlier in the year where possible.
Revesby Races will now be held on 21st January, around the time of the traditional Midlands Area Club fixture.
The Melton Hunt Club fixture moves to 5th February and becomes the opening meeting at Garthorpe.
There will be no Meynell and South Staffs fixture this season.
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