Coordinating point-to-point horse racing in the East Midlands at Brocklesby Park, Dingley, Garthorpe, Guilsborough and Revesby Park. Next season starts with the Cottesmore meeting at Garthorpe on 23rd November 2025.
Thursday 20th at 9am: Jim Culloty has updated the ground to GOOD TO SOFT.
The four Point To Points at Garthorpe are sponsoring a Top Horse Competition over the coming 2025/26 season. They are putting up £2,000 which will be divided up giving the most successful horse £1000, the second, £650 and the third £350.
Tristan Durrell’s standout victory in the Coral Gold Cup Handicap Chase at Newbury on Panic Attack last weekend marked an early career highlight for the young jockey who began his riding career in the Pytchley Pony Club. The impressive victory, just two weeks after the horse won the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham (under Harry Skelton) prompted trainer Dan…
Photos of the meeting are available here: Nico Morgan Media The first Midlands Area fixture of the season delivered in so many ways. The Cottesmore meeting at Garthorpe attracted a record crowd as well as a double for Gina Andrews, an impressive Open victory, and a rare dead heat. The substantial rainfall throughout November may have concerned a few, but…
Point-to-Point racing returns to the Midlands Area for the Cottesmore meeting at Garthorpe on Sunday the 23rd of November. Garthorpe (slings.elects.panics) is on the B676 a few miles East of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire and is easy to get to from every direction. Full details can be found on the Garthorpe page on our website. There will be six races,…
Fairman Knight and Sons have sponsored a new initiative to cover the four Point-to-Points at Garthorpe Races this season. Garthorpe is the point-to-point course in the East Midlands some 6 miles east of market town of Melton Mowbray ‘the Rural Capital of Food’, and just off the A1 between Grantham and Stamford. There are four Point-to-Points at Garthorpe, the Cottesmore on…
The final meeting of the Midlands area season took place this weekend at Dingley and with the weather gods conspiring to bring us the driest April and May the entries were understandably sparse. The Fitzwilliam fixture was the sole meeting in England on Saturday and once again the ground staff had worked around the clock to produce a safe racing…
The Midlands area Point-to-point season finale will be the Fitzwilliam meeting at Dingley racecourse on Saturday 24th of May, where we will have a six-race card with something for everybody, including two open races, two maidens, a restricted and a conditions race. Dingley racecourse is on the Harborough Road, just East of Market Harborough in Leicestershire (LE16 8PJ), and offers…
New race definitions and penalties for 2025-26 season. Novice Rider allowances If a jockey starts the season as a novice rider with under 10 wins, they are eligible for the Novice rider’s championship with all the winners gained counting towards the championship. As soon as a jockey hits ten wins they can no longer ride in novice rider races. Races…
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