The Midlands Area season drew to a close with a rearranged evening meeting hosted by the Woodland Pytchley at Dingley. There was all to play for at the top of the Midlands Area Championships, especially in the Gentleman Jockey section where Dale Peters had several rides with which to overtake Philip Armson in the overall […]

An excellent Meynell & South Staffs meeting brought the Garthorpe Point-to-Point season to a close on Saturday, with 53 runners contesting the seven races on a lovely sunny afternoon. Once again the Garthorpe team led by Clerk of Course Brian Crawford had done an excellent job, producing good fresh ground with plenty of grass cover. […]

An enthusiastic crowd enjoyed a good day's racing at Dingley as the Fitzwilliam hosted the second of three fixtures at the Market Harborough course. The first race on the card was the Hunt Members and was won by in-form local jockey and trainer Dale Peters and favourite Bi Quini Tiep, who finished alone. A second […]

The inclement weather in the run up to the Quorn meeting meant that Brian and his team had to work even harder to  provide us with some sport. We owe them an enormous debt of gratitude for preparing a track which jockey, trainers and owners alike agree was exactly as advertised. That said, declarations were […]

By Emma Forman The South Wold Point-to-Point committee successfully re-arranged their meeting at Revesby Park on Saturday and were rewarded with glorious spring sunshine, a large crowd and some exciting racing action. Following all the bad weather, the Midlands area hosted their first meeting in 8 weeks on ground officially described as “good”. The highlights […]

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 Midlands Pointing season continued with a very successful meeting at Brocklesby Park on Saturday. The weather was kind, there were a good many spectators and the 58 runners provided some excellent racing, including a double (and two second places) for local favourite Tom Strawson. The Brocklesby Members, Subscribers and Farmers race (kindly sponsored by […]

The Midlands Area 2018 season kicked off on a beautiful day at Thorpe Lodge as the Midlands Area Club hosted their annual fixture at the Nottinghamshire course. A good crowd were treated to doubles for owner Joan Tice and jockey Jack Andrews. There was some good competitive racing - and also some extraordinary results - […]

Meynell and South Staffordshire Point- to- Point Review – Garthorpe – Saturday 3rd June The curtain came down on the 2017 point- to- point season in both the Midlands and North Western areas on Saturday when the Meynell and South Staffordshire hunt held their meeting at Garthorpe. There was a unique situation where points scored […]

Fair weather and good ground were the order of the day for the Melton Hunt Club's meeting at Garthorpe on Sunday 21st May. The card started with three pony races, the first of which was for novices. This produced a fabulous finish between Good Luck Rosie (Georgie Clayton) and Gulliver (Benoit de la Sayette), the […]

[A full set of images from this Point-to-Point are available here: point-to-point-racing/2017/south-notts-thorpe-lodge" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">South Notts Point-To-Point] The South Notts held their traditional Easter Monday Point-to-Point meeting at Thorpe Lodge on Monday 17th April and were well supported by a good crowd and dry weather. The first race on the card was the Midlands Area […]

A very large crowd enjoyed some remarkable racing at the Woodland Pytchley's Point-to-Point meeting at Dingley on 15th April. The six-race card got underway with a joint Fernie and Woodland Pytchley Members race which brought all five entered horses forward to the post. Golden Milan (Lucy Wheeler) had started as odds-on favourite and was happy […]

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 sun shone down on most of the country this weekend and the Belvoir's meeting at Garthorpe on Saturday was no exception. The crowds enjoyed the weather and watched some good finishes throughout this seven-race card. Pauline Harkin's yard enjoyed a double and a promising young jockey opened their account in style. Despite 10mm of […]