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 […]

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Last weekend saw a successful Point-to-Point meeting at Brocklesby Park, with good crowds enjoying racing which, despite new requirements for equine flu vaccinations, still provided runners across the card. This week the Midlands Area horse racing season continues with the Cottesmore meeting, on Sunday 24th February. This is traditionally the first of five meetings at […]

A hardy crowd of Midlands Pointing enthusiasts braved a very chilly Garthorpe on Sunday for the Cottesmore meeting, and what a day of racing they were treated to. 76 runners fairly evenly spread across the eight-race card and some races which would not have looked out of place on a professional stage. Gerald Bailey's training […]

The third meeting in the Midlands Pointing area is the first to be held at Garthorpe. Brian reports that the course has wintered well and that there is a good covering of grass. There has been some maintenance to the course, including improvements to the disabled viewing stand and some changes to where spectators may […]

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 […]

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 […]

George is Awesome at Garthorpe A thousand-strong crowd endured a chilly day at Garthorpe and were rewarded with some excellent racing. There were doubles for trainers Gerald Bailey and Tommie Morgan and wins for leading jockeys Gina Andrews and Claire Hart. Sam Davies-Thomas enjoyed a double on Tulsa and Agent For Chaos after he stepped in […]