The Easter weekend is a busy time for everybody in the world of point-to-point racing, and the Midlands Area is no exception. The Pytchley with Woodland fixture at Dingley is on Easter Saturday and the South Notts fixture is at Thorpe Lodge on Easter Monday. Dingley racecourse is on the A427 towards Corby, just East […]

point-to-point-racing/2023/belvoir-garthorpe-26mar23" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Photos of the Belvoir meeting at Garthorpe. A four-timer for Jack Andrews and trainer Tom Ellis at Garthorpe on Sunday completed another remarkable feat for the unstoppable G&T Racing team, as they finished the weekend with ten winners from ten runners across four different meetings. The first of the team's wins came […]

After the disappointing cancellation of the Pytchley meeting at Guilsborough on 12th March, Midlands Point-to-point racing returns to Garthorpe this Sunday for the Belvoir meeting. The clocks will have gone forward early on Sunday morning so the first race is at 2pm. All traffic heading for Garthorpe should be aware that on Sunday 26th there […]

Guilsborough will host the next Midlands area point-to-point fixture, the Pytchley with Woodland meeting this Sunday, 12th March. The left-handed Guilsborough course is just off the A5199, between Creaton and Thornby in Northamptonshire (NN6 8SR), and the going is currently reported to be good, with rain forecast this week. The afternoon’s entertainment begins at midday […]

Thetford trainer David Kemp proved again that Garthorpe is a happy hunting ground for him as he scored a treble in consecutive races on Sunday. There were also doubles for trainer Tom Ellis and jockey Dale Peters. Genuinely good ground resulted in 42 runners at a time of year when lack of rain has made […]

The Cottesmore host the next Midlands Area point-to-point meeting at Garthorpe on Sunday the 26th February. There is a six-race card which starts at 12pm and the going on the East Midlands course has been reported by Clerk of the Course Jim Culloty as "beautiful good ground with plenty of moisture". There was 5mm of […]

Impressive Garthorpe winner Bond Broker is among initial entries for the Tattersalls Cheltenham February sale. The Tom Weston trained son of Doyen who hails from the family of leading national hunt sire Champs Elysees won the Tattersalls Cheltenham four and five years old maiden race over two and a half miles at the Melton Hunt […]

The second Midlands Area meeting of the 2023 season was the first of four fixtures this season at Garthorpe, as the Melton Hunt Club took up an earlier position in the calendar on Sunday 5th February. Unusually calm and sunny weather brought a good crowd to the Leicestershire track where they were treated to competitive […]

Jim Culloty is a big name in racing, of that there can be little doubt. Not many people have not only won the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Grand National but done it in the same season. And now the former leading jockey has taken up an administrative role in point-to-pointing, as Clerk of the […]

The Melton Hunt Club meeting, traditionally held in May, has moved this year to accommodate an earlier finish to the point-to-point season, and now takes place at Garthorpe racecourse, on the B676 five miles East of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, this Sunday 5th February. Gold Cup and Grand National winning jockey Jim Culloty has taken […]

After a week's postponement, the Midlands Area's point-to-point season got off and running at Revesby Races on Sunday 29th January. The Revesby micro-climate did its job and banished the stubborn frost from the Lincolnshire turf, resulting in good ground around the track and lots of happy punters. The racing spoils were divided around, with Philip […]

We are very grateful to our National point-to-point sponsors for the 2022-23 season. TATTERSALLS CHELTENHAM 4-AND 5-YEAR-OLD MAIDEN SERIES Young horses racing between the flags are the future stars of National Hunt racing and 14 maidensconfined to four and five-year-olds (plus one for 4yo only) will take place in 2022-2023. Tattersalls Cheltenham will both be […]

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) […]

After many seasons Brian Crawford has retired as Garthorpe’s Clerk. As a result ‘Team Garthorpe’ is looking for a suitable individual to fulfil the (mainly voluntary) role of Clerk of Course. The role is responsible for managing the preparation and delivery of the race days – four scheduled in 2023 – in compliance with BHA Regulations.  There […]