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 in the Restricted […]

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 […]

Last weekend an awards luncheon was held at The Safari Bar at Van Oppen Polo in Corby. With many thanks to Area Vice-Chair James Morgan, here are a few photos of the award winners.

Midlands Pointing are delighted to two new appointments within the Midlands Area. Kelly Morgan has kindly agreed to represent the Midlands Area at PPORA meetings. Kelly is a popular face within the area as a winning jockey who has since trained under rules and between the flags. James Morgan has been appointed to a new […]

[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, […]

[point-to-point-racing/2022/melton-hunt-club-at-garthorpe" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Photos of this meeting] Garthorpe Clerk of the Course Brian Crawford chose his favourite meeting, The Melton Hunt Club, to retire after 29 seasons and some 122 race meetings. Brian has kept the course at Garthorpe among the very best in the country and will be sorely missed. We do hope he […]

Watering is under way at Garthorpe ahead of the Melton Hunt Club's annual fixture there on Sunday 22nd May. The course has been moved inwards by ten metres to provide new racing ground and we will water to achieve good ground for Sunday. We will update the going tomorrow night, Wednesday 18th May. The Melton […]

The Fernie will host their annual Point Point fixture on Sunday, the 8th of May, at Dingley Racecourse, on the A427 just outside Market Harborough in Leicestershire. As usual there will be a plethora of trade stands and amusements of all sorts, caterers, a licensed bar and bookmakers. This meeting hosts six races including the […]

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 […]

The next fixture on the Midlands Area calendar is the Quorn meeting at Garthorpe, this Saturday, 30th April, with the first race starting at 2pm. Garthorpe is a few miles East of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, on the B676. The satnav postcode is LE14 2RS and What 3 Words is slings.elect.panics. For this meeting all […]

How would you like to be part of Point to Pointing in the Midlands, and enjoy being an owner and watching your horse run? Being part of a syndicate or racing club is great fun and a less expensive way of getting involved.Enjoy the camaraderie of preparing and making plans for your day at the […]

The South Notts completed the Midlands Area Easter festivities by hosting their meeting on Easter Monday at Thorpe Lodge, Newark, in front of a very large crowd. The six-race card produced a treble, not only for trainer Kelly Morgan but also for her owner John Chatfeild-Roberts. The first of these was in the very first […]

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 […]

The Midlands Area Easter Monday fixture is hosted by the South Notss at Thorpe Lodge, just outside Newark, where the left-handed racecourse offers good viewing from the raised car parking area. The South Notts have opted out of e-ticketing for this year’s fixture so all access will be by payment on the gate. Adult entry […]