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 […]

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 […]

INEOS Automotive are to sponsor the INEOS Grenadier Mixed Open, the feature race at The Belvoir Hunt Point to Point to be held at Garthorpe on Sunday 20th March.  The £1,000 race is part of a national series and will be hotly contended by some of the top horses in the area to earn a […]

The Pytchley’s meeting at Guilsborough on Sunday 13th March opened with the first pony racing of the Midlands season before a six-race jumps card which produced a double for jockey Dale Peters. The first pony race was a novice race for 148cms ponies which was won by Thomas Stanley on Dunlewey Pomegranate, with Sofia Finney and Trefriw […]

The popular Brocklesby Point-to-Point races take place on Saturday at Brocklesby Park by kind permission of the Earl and Countess of Yarborough. This will be a special meeting as it marks the 200th anniversary of racing at Brocklesby. A souvenir race card and exhibition will chart the history of Brocklesby races since the first recorded race in 1821.  Strong entries have been taken for the 7-race card, the first race […]

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 […]

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 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 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 […]

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 […]

The joint meeting of the Fernie and Fitzwilliam (Milton) takes place this Sunday, 2nd May. Watering of the course has commenced and will continue as necessary to produce a good and safe racing surface. The course has been filled and rolled since the last meeting. Our generous land owner has requested that nobody walks the […]