The Midlands area Point-to-point season finale will be the Fitzwilliam meeting at Dingley racecourse on Saturday 24th of May, where we will have a six-race card with something for everybody, including two open races, two maidens, a restricted and a conditions race. Dingley racecourse is on the Harborough Road, just East of Market Harborough in […]

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 […]

Garthorpe Racecourse is on the B676, East of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire (LE14 2RS), and there are 67 horses entered for the six-race Quorn Point-to-point at Garthorpe on Saturday 26th April 2025. Some horses will be entered at other meetings over the same weekend, so the usual caveat that not all these horses will run […]

The traditional Midlands Area meeting on Easter Saturday is at Dingley racecourse (LE16 8PJ), just East of Market Harborough in Leicestershire, and hosted by the Pytchley with Woodland. Dingley is a right-handed track with 18 fences on the three-mile course. This month has been very hard for all racecourses around the country, with many professional […]

The Midlands Area point-to-point season continues this weekend as the Pytchley with Woodland host their point-to-point at Guilsborough Racecourse (A5199, 10m NW of Northampton - NN6 8SR). More details about the course at Guilsborough are available here. There are 77 entries for the six horse races on the card, which are proceeded by pony races […]

The Cottesmore Point-to-point is on Sunday 23rd February, at Garthorpe racecourse, just east of Melton Mowbray (LE14 2RS). There are six races scheduled for this fixture, the first of which starts at 12.30pm. The going at the time of writing is soft, good to soft in places. Garthorpe is a great day out for all. […]

by Emma Forman One of the spring highlights of the Lincolnshire sporting and social calendar is due to take place on Saturday when the annual Brocklesby races will be held at Brocklesby Park by kind permission of the Earl and Countess of Yarborough. 92 entries have been taken for the 7-race card starting at 12 […]

The Melton Hunt Club meeting will take place at Garthorpe in Leicestershire on Sunday 2nd February, where there will be six races including two maidens , ladies and mens opens. The first race is at noon. The old turf of Garthorpe has taken the recent rains well and the going at the start of the […]

The Midlands Point-to-point season comes under orders this weekend as the South Wold welcomes us to Revesby Park in Lincolnshire (PE22 7NB) for a six-race meeting which includes a point-to-point flat race. 71 horses are entered for this meeting. As we emerge from the cold we must thank the team at Revesby for their incredible […]

Just like that the British point-to-point season is almost over and we are preparing for the Midlands Area's final fixture for this year, the Fitzwilliam meeting at Dingley on Saturday 25th of May, where we have a six race card for which 86 horses have entered. Racing starts at 2pm. At the time of writing […]

The Fernie point-to-point racing meeting is scheduled for Sunday 5th May at Dingley racecourse, just East of Market Harborough in Leicestershire. Tickets are available online and are selling well for this meeting which now starts at 1.25pm as a result of the rescheduled Members race from the Pytchley with Woodland meeting which makes it a […]

Saturday April 20th sees the MIdlands Area return to Garthorpe for the Quorn meeting, where there will be pony racing from 1pm and then, from 2pm, six horse races over fences and one on the flat. There are 34 entries for the point-to-point flat race at the end of the day, so this will almost […]

Due to the unfortunate abandonment of the Woodland Pytchley meeting on Easter Saturday the Midlands area now focusses on the South Notts meeting on Easter Monday at Thorpe Lodge, Newark. Thorpe Lodge is best approached using the postcode NG23 5PY or What3Words police.keen.shun. There are six scheduled races including a new Maiden race for four […]

After a frustrating few weeks for the sport of pointing, The Pytchley with Woodland point-to-point will take place on Sunday 10th of March with the gates opening at 10am and the first race at 1pm. At the time of writing, the latest going report describes the course as soft, heavy in places, but the forecast […]