Midlands Area Point-to-Point Association

The Cottesmore meeting on Sunday 27th February is the traditional Garthorpe curtain-raiser every season but returns this year after a two-year break having become one of the victims  of the COVID lockdown in 2021.  Tickets are available online for £15 (under-16s are free) but will be £20 on the gate on the day. Dogs are very welcome […]

There will be another of our popular Midlands Region PRA/PC Pony Racing Training Days on 13th February 2022. It will be held at North Lodge, Barrowby, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, NG32 1DH by kind permission of the Bealby family. The children will take part in a number of different sessions including both riding and non-riding exercises, […]

On the 5th March 2022, the Brocklesby point-to-point will take place, marking 200 years of horse racing on the estate. Prior to the 19th century several unofficial matches took place, but the earliest recorded race took place on 27th March 1821. The course was over ten miles and seventy fences, and the race was won […]

The Revesby meeting may have kicked off the Midlands 2021-2022 point-to-point season unusually early this weekend, but the public came in droves and enjoyed some excellent racing in the autumn sunshine. Many thanks to Clerk of the Course Adrian Dant who produced an excellent track which provided good racing ground throughout the day's racing and […]

The Midlands Area 2021-2022 Point-to-Point season starts much earlier than usual next weekend with the Revesby Races meeting - Revesby Park, Revesby, Boston, Lincs, PE22 7NB – what3words address ///diplomats.comet.resettle. The event will be live streamed again and will be free to view with We Stream Events via YouTube. The presenters will be Ben Atkins, Johnny […]

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 interactive racecard for the Meynell & South Staffs race meeting at Garthorpe on 5th June is available below..

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.

Melton Hunt Club Racecard and Entries now online. The penultimate race meeting of the Midlands season brings the return of spectators to Garthorpe, where the going is described as on the easy side of good for the Melton Hunt Club meeting. Public entry for this meeting is by ticket only, in order to comply with […]

Frequently Asked Questions The following is a summary of FAQs relating to the return of spectators from 17th May 2021 in England. For further information, please contact your local Point to Point directly. Details of fixtures close to you can be found here Fixtures, Weatherbys Point- to-Point (pointtopoint.co.uk) When can I go point to point […]

The interactive racecard for the Melton Hunt Club race meeting at Garthorpe on 23rd May is available below from 21st May. You can view the entries for this meeting here:

Point-to-point racing returned to its historical roots on Sunday 2nd May when the Feature Race for the Midlands Area, the Fernie Four-Miler, provided a maiden win for Agriculture student Billy Chatterton on the family's own Minella Friend. "I feel like he's taught me everything," Billy said of trainer Philip Rowley. "When I started at Harper […]

Sunday’s Fernie with Fitzwilliam (Milton) point-to-point at Dingley will, sadly, be taking place behind closed doors this year without spectators ….. BUT there is no need to miss out on any of the action, as it will all be live streamed as the afternoon progresses. The day begins with two Pony Races (at 1pm), and will be […]