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 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 […]

The results from the annual awards party survey are in. We were asked to leave the survey open for as long as possible but as people are now asking about the results and how we are going to act upon them we decided it is time to share the results. It is not a massive […]

[photos are online here: point-to-point-racing/2016/quorn-at-garthorpe" target="_blank">Quorn at Garthorpe] There was a treble for Gina Andrews at the Quorn meeting at Garthorpe on Saturday, while the feature race of the day, the Mens Open (Quorn Gold Cup) was won by Tom McClorey and Thetalkinghorse for Mrs Moody and trainer, Gerald Bailey. The champion lady jockey opened […]

The highlight of the Atherstone's Point-to-Point meeting at Clifton-upon-Dunsmore was a popular double for owner/trainer Serena Tyler, who notched up wins in the Confined Hunts race with Mac Halen and the Maiden with Rudolph. These victories, along with a second in the Ladies Open, mean Serena now leads the Midlands Area Lady Rider Championship by ten […]

Race 1 - Brocklesby Hunt Members, Subscribers and Farmers Race Somethingwonderful (Tom Strawson) No Alterations Galant Nuit Mohi Rahrere Race 2 - Midlands Area Club Members Race  Mr Madeit (George Greenock) Grandturgeon Things Change Our Mick Race 3 - Mixed Open Monsieur Jourdain (William Easterby) Empire Builder His Excellency Chac Du Cadran Race 4 - […]