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 […]

The Midlands Point-to-point season kicks off on Saturday 21st January at Revesby Races with a six-race card which starts at midday. The course at Revesby is easy to find, just off the A155 past the village of Revesby. The What3Words address is diplomats.comet.resettle. Visitors can expect a range of food and drink options as well […]

[Photos of the meeting point-to-point-racing/2022/fitzwilliam-dingley-28may22" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">can be found here] Visitors to the Dingley racecourse for the Fitzwilliam meeting on Saturday were treated to some excellent racing and brilliant individual performances. The recent run of dry weather and the late stage in the point-to-point racing season might have made it difficult to attract runners, […]

Fine weather brought a bumper Bank Holiday weekend crowd to Garthorpe for the Quorn's fixture, which saw a double for trainer David Kemp among the results of six races. The ground at Garthorpe was officially good and praised by jockeys throughout the fixture, a testament to the hard work put in by Clerk of the […]

A bumper Dingley crowd enjoyed the Pytchley with Woodland's traditional Easter Saturday meeting at Dingley, where they enjoyed warm weather and seven races which included a four-timer for Dale Peters on the day. The first race of the day, the Hunt Members, saw the Judy Wilson's seasoned campaigner Volnay de Thaix start as odds-on favourite […]

Photos of the meeting can be found here: point-to-point-racing/2021/meynell-south-staffs-garthorpe" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Meynell & South Staffs at Garthorpe The Midlands point--to-point season came to its scheduled end with the running of the Meynell & South Staffs meeting at Garthorpe on Saturday 5th June. This unusual season saw six meetings rather than the usual fourteen but we […]

The Midlands Area point-to-point season traditionally ends with the Meynell and South Staffordshire meeting, held this year on Saturday 5th June at Garthorpe, in Leicestershire. Buy Tickets This year the area awards will be made after racing, so we hope all those involved will be in attendance to receive the plaudits you richly deserve. Current […]

Spectators were back at Garthorpe for the penultimate meeting of the year, the Melton Hunt Club meeting.

[Photographs of the day's racing are available on point-to-point-racing/2021/garthorpe-race-3" target="_blank" aria-label="Nico Morgan Media (opens in a new tab)" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="rank-math-link">Nico Morgan Media] The second of this season's Midlands area point-to-point fixtures took us to Garthorpe, where Brian Crawford and his hard-working team had prepared an excellent racing surface, complimented by jockeys, trainers and owners […]

By Emma Forman Photos from the meeting: point-to-point-racing/2019/quorn-garthorpe-28apr19" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="The Quorn at Garthorpe (opens in a new tab)">The Quorn at Garthorpe. Racegoers attending the Quorn Point to Point races at Garthorpe on Sunday enjoyed a bumper 8 race card as well as a good range of trade stands, food outlets and Nick Pomfret […]

The Fernie point-to-point race meeting is on Sunday 5th May at Dingley racecourse on the A427, East of Market Harborough. The team at Dingley have pulled out all the stops to make the ground as good as possible for this weekend's meeting, with the ground being aerated and watered thoroughly during the week leading up […]