Coordinating point-to-point horse racing in the East Midlands at Brocklesby Park, Dingley, Garthorpe, Guilsborough and Revesby Park.
Midlands Pointing are delighted to two new appointments within the Midlands Area. Kelly Morgan has kindly agreed to represent the Midlands Area at PPORA meetings. Kelly is a popular face within the area as a winning jockey who has since trained under rules and between the flags. James Morgan has been appointed to a new role as Vice Chairman of…
[Photos of the Meynell & South Staffs meeting] The Meynell & South Staffs brought the curtain down on possibly their longest season ever with an evening meeting at Garthorpe to take advantage of the start of the extended Jubilee weekend. The going was good after a refreshing amount of rain in the run-up and the six-race card was bookended by…
[Photos of the meeting can be found here] Visitors to the Dingley racecourse for the Fitzwilliam meeting on Saturday were treated to some excellent racing and brilliant individual performances. The recent run of dry weather and the late stage in the point-to-point racing season might have made it difficult to attract runners, but the incredible hard work of the ground…
The final meeting of the Midlands Point-to-point season is in the evening of Wednesday 1st June to coincide with the start of the long Platinum Jubilee weekend. Tickets are available on the gate on the evening, or you can save a couple of quid by buying them online in advance from our website at midlandspointing.com/shop. Under 16s are admitted free.…
2.00 Conditions Race (Level 2) - 9 entries - Sponsored by PolyCo Healthline A competitive looking conditions race with several of the entries having previous course form. Aunty Joan is a 5 time course winner and seems to be as always thriving at this time of the season, should have leading claims. Bawnmore, ultra-consistent, should run his race but could…
[Photos of this meeting] Garthorpe Clerk of the Course Brian Crawford chose his favourite meeting, The Melton Hunt Club, to retire after 29 seasons and some 122 race meetings. Brian has kept the course at Garthorpe among the very best in the country and will be sorely missed. We do hope he enjoys his retirement. Our race card began with…
Watering is under way at Garthorpe ahead of the Melton Hunt Club's annual fixture there on Sunday 22nd May. The course has been moved inwards by ten metres to provide new racing ground and we will water to achieve good ground for Sunday. We will update the going tomorrow night, Wednesday 18th May. The Melton Hunt Club meeting offers a…
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