Midlands Area Point-to-Point Association

Advanced Going for Revesby. Sally Bateson has give the going as SOFT

Classy mare Popaway, ridden by Immy Robinson, upset the form books by winning the Ladies Open race at the Cottesmore meeting at Garthorpe yesterday. Beaten favourite Palypso De Creek struggled to compete on this occasion, despite having eight straight wins prior to this. The twelve-year-old winner, trained by Pauline Harkin, had nearly pulled out of […]

Preview of the new South Wold Point-to-Point Course at Revesby by Emma Forman Today I was lucky enough to have a preview of the new Point-to-Point course the South Wold have laid out at Revesby Park. As I set off from my Kirmington residence, I am intrigued and rather excited to see what the new […]

As the result of  a groundbreaking new agreement all the official images from the Cottesmore meeting at Garthorpe this Sunday will be available as free downloads for personal and social media use. The images will not be of a suitable size for printing and cannot be used for commercial gain, but they will be optimised for […]

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The Midlands Area season has got off to a flying start with two cracking meetings at Thorpe and Brocklesby, both of which have attracted rave reviews from happy visitors. This weekend sees the first of our Garthorpe fixtures, The Cottesmore meeting, on Sunday 26th February, with the first race starting at midday. The meeting has […]

Brocklesby Point- to- Point Report – Saturday 18th February - By Emma Forman The Brocklesby Point- to- Point, postponed from last Sunday due to the wet weather, was held at Brocklesby Park on Saturday. The organisers’ hard work paid off with a good crowd enjoying some thrilling racing action in fine, mild weather. The course […]

All set for a great day's racing at Brocklesby Park. The sun is starting to come out. Harry Thorpe, Clerk of Course has given the going at 7.30am as Good to Soft, Soft in Places.

Harry reports, Walked the course half five, tonight. Good to soft, soft in places. But drying all the time. Had two lovely days (was 14° and sunny at 4pm today) The only soft is at Pamela's paddock corner round the bend before the ditch but then improves again as you get near the ditch and […]

Sadly after overnight rain the meeting is off. Further information regarding rescheduling will follow.

Brian Crawford, inspected the course this afternoon, and said that there is no problems. The going is currently Soft. There will be a precautionary inspection at 7am tomorrow in the event of heavy overnight rain.

There will be an Official Inspection at Brocklesby, 4pm today, ahead of racing tomorrow

PRA logocid:image002.png@01D27E33.A7EDD820 PONY RACING TRAINING DAY SUNDAY MARCH 5TH 2017 AT: FOX COVERT FARM NARROW LANE WYMESWOLD LOUGHBOROUGH LE12 6SD By kind invitation of Mr and Mrs G. Smith Book online: www.ponyracingauthority.co.uk Information from: Clarissa Daly – 01584-823783 clarissa@ponyracingauthority.co.uk Anna Saunders – 0777-9145512 secretary@midlandspointing.com This is a great chance for children to get a taste […]

Rory Bevin from Oakham, Leicestershire, aged just 21, took the vote for January Howdens Jockey of the Month Award, the second this season. Rory was nominated by Gillon Crow, Tik Saunders and Darren Edwards from the PPORA Committee, after riding a Double at Friars Haugh on 22nd January, beating last seasons number of winners already […]