Coordinating point-to-point horse racing in the East Midlands at Brocklesby Park, Dingley, Garthorpe, Guilsborough and Revesby Park.
Last weekend saw a successful Point-to-Point meeting at Brocklesby Park, with good crowds enjoying racing which, despite new requirements for equine flu vaccinations, still provided runners across the card. This week the Midlands Area horse racing season continues with the Cottesmore meeting, on Sunday 24th February. This is traditionally the first of five meetings at Garthorpe racecourse, between Melton Mowbray…
Saturday 16th February - Emma Forman The Brocklesby races took place as planned on Saturday with a good crowd enjoying the mild weather and thrilling racing action. Extra precautions were adopted in line with BHA regulations meaning that only horses vaccinated against equine flu in the last 6 months were able to take part which led to some smaller fields than is usual…
The Brocklesby Point-to-Point will be going ahead as planned on Saturday 16th February. We will be putting in place additional checks on arrival to comply the BHA guidance issued today 12th Feb. https://www.pointtopoint.co.uk/news_articles/point-to-pointing-to-commence-this-weekend-in-line-with-bha-requirements. Owners and keepers will need to allow a little extra time for these checks. All plans are in place for a good meeting and we look forward to seeing…
The popular Brocklesby Point-to-Point races take place on Saturday at Brocklesby Park by kind permission of the Earl and Countess of Yarborough. The BHA suspension of racing due to the Equine Flu outbreak has been lifted in time for the event to take place; 127 entries have been taken and seven races are scheduled starting at 12noon, with the final…
Going Update for Brocklesby Point-to-Point as at Sunday 10th February The going at Brocklesby remains good all round the course, the rain over the last few days has been absorbed well by the ground and new drainage around the Hall bend has helped avoid waterlogging, fingers crossed that the Equine Flu outbreak has been contained and racing is given the…
As a result of the BHA announcement yesterday (7th Feb) about suspension of racing due to the equine flu outbreak – there is obviously some uncertainty about the Brocklesby meeting . The BHA are due to make another announcement on Monday and if racing resumes we will of course be going ahead as planned.
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has this afternoon taken the decision that racing will not resume in Britain until Wednesday 13 February at the earliest. Therefore no Point-to-Point fixtures programmed by the Point-to-Point Authority will take place this weekend. A link to the latest update from the BHA can be found below: https://www.britishhorseracing.com/press_releases/bha-update-regarding-equine-influenza-racing-will-not-resume-wednesday-13-february-earliest/
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