Coordinating point-to-point horse racing in the East Midlands at Brocklesby Park, Dingley, Garthorpe, Guilsborough and Revesby Park.
Wednesday 25th March. Dingley is GOOD, GOOD TO SOFT IN PLACES. Very good grass cover. Course rolled and level. Watering in place for early next week if necessary to maintain going.
Landlord requests no walking of course until Friday 3rd please. Updates to follow regularly.
The Midlands Area Club meeting marks the start of the Point-to-Point season in the Midlands Area and will take place at Thorpe Lodge (4m SW of Newark, off A46 – NG23 5PY) on Sunday 28th January. The first race will start at 11am. Club fixtures are traditionally held to provide trainers with an opportunity to run their horses at a…
Area Chair Brian Crawford made a presentation to Anna Saunders at the Belvoir meeting at Garthorpe in recognition of her many years of service as Area Secretary. Anna retired as Area Secretary last season after a tenure which saw her work under four different area chairs, three of whom were present at the presentation. We are very grateful to Anna…
With eight meetings over one weekend and a warm week ensuring that ground was raceable everywhere, there is plenty of jeopardy in being a fixture secretary and their committee at this time of year. The ground at Garthorpe for the Belvoir meeting was perfect. The ex-professional jockey and trainer Clerk of course said so, and the jockeys agreed. So why…
Amateur horse racing returns to Garthorpe, near Melton Mowbray (LE14 2RS), on Saturday 21st March for the Belvoir meeting. Gates open at 10.30am and you can purchase tickets on the Midlands Pointing website or on the gate on the day. Children under 16 are admitted free of charge. At the time of writing, Wednesday 18th, the going is Good, Good…
The Pytchley with Woodland point-to-point at Guilsborough, Northampton, on 8th March was one of many meetings around the country over the weekend which held a minute's silence before racing, in memory of amateur jockey Sam Lee. Sam was one of the real characters in point-to-point racing and was very popular in and out of the weighing room. He will be…
Point-to-Point racing returns to the Midlands area on Sunday, 8th of March for the Pytchley with Woodland meeting at Guilsborough (NN6 8SR). Tickets are available online from midlandspointing.com/tickets or on the gate on the day, for £15. Under 16s are admitted free of charge. Clerk of the Course Robert Johnson and his team have done a superb job given the…
A record crowd gathered on Saturday to witness some thrilling racing on Lord Yarborough’s course at Brocklesby Park where ground was officially described as “soft, good to soft in places” but rode very well considering the consistently wet weather since Christmas. 94 entries yielded 42 runners on the day. Dale Peters was very much the rider /trainer in form on…
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