A week of drying weather in the run up to the Pytchley with Woodland fixture at Guilsborough ended with heavy overnight rain across the area on Saturday night and social media was awash with cancellations of equestrian sport on the morning of 10th March. It is a great testament to the team at Guilsborough that […]

After a frustrating few weeks for the sport of pointing, The Pytchley with Woodland point-to-point will take place on Sunday 10th of March with the gates opening at 10am and the first race at 1pm. At the time of writing, the latest going report describes the course as soft, heavy in places, but the forecast […]

On Sunday the 13th March Midlands Pointing returns to Guilsborough for the Pytchley meeting after sadly losing the fixture to COVID in 2021. The racecourse is on the A5199 between Creaton and Thornby. E-tickets are still available from the Point-to-Point website where adult admission is £13 (under 16s free). Please feel free to bring your […]

The PPA is delighted to announce a new national sponsor for the 2020/2021 point-to-point season, in the form of Print Concern, an Oxford-based digital printing, data and marketing company founded by well-known owner-trainer-rider Tim Underwood. The Print Concern Restricted Series consists of 20 qualifying races – with at least one in each of the 14 […]

After the unfortunate loss of the Cottesmore meeting last weekend, the Midlands Area season continues with a Pytchley meeting at Guilsborough which is earlier in the year than usual on Sunday 8th March. Tickets are available online from our website, midlandspointing.com/shop (under-16s are free) or on the gate on arrival. The Guilsborough course can be […]

The Pytchley's meeting at Guilsborough completed a Midlands Area double-header over the weekend, following the South Wold's Revesby Races on Saturday. After a dreadful month for postponements and abandoned meetings the dry and sunny weather was a relief for all concerned. The team at Guilsborough had excelled themselves to produce a good to soft track […]

The Pytchley Point-to-Point at Guilsborough has been rearranged to Sunday 22nd April. Entries stand for both the Pony Racing and the Point-to-Point Races.

After a difficult few weeks for Point-to-Point racing, with many meetings abandoned or, at best, postponed, we are hopeful that the Midlands season will be able to continue on Sunday at Guilsborough. The ground was reported as soft, heavy in places, on 3.30pm Sunday 8th. The Pytchley meeting is always a popular one with spectators, […]

A large crowd enjoyed fabulous weather for the Pytchley's Point-to-Point at Guilsborough on Sunday with two pony races and six horse races on the card. Proceedings got under way with a race for novice pony riders on 138cm and 148cm ponies which was won, on her racing debut, by ten-year-old Molly Turcan on her pony […]

The Pytchley's Point-to-Point meeting at Guilsborough is on Sunday, 9th April with the first of six horse races scheduled for 2pm. The going at the course is currently Good and the hedge between the car park and the course has been trimmed to improve viewing. E-tickets may be purchased in advance and include a FREE […]

Tom McClorey celebrated a maiden career treble at the Pytchley meeting at Guilsborough on Sunday 10th April with wins on Gunmoney, Grumblers Holt and Teeton Kato. The Head Lad and Assistant Trainer at Gerald and Caroline Bailey's Holdenby yard only achieved his first double at Thorpe Lodge in February, and also had a second and […]

"The going is soft with good/soft in places. Another update to follow at weekend."

The Pytchley meeting is at Guilsborough on Sunday 10th April 2016 and features a seven-race card including a split Maiden to end the day. There will be three pony races before the first race on the card. The Hunt Members Race is the first race on the card, starting at 2pm. Two of the eleven entered horses […]