Coordinating point-to-point horse racing in the East Midlands at Brocklesby Park, Dingley, Garthorpe, Guilsborough and Revesby Park.
Wed 15th 5.30pm
Ground is currently Good to Firm. Watering will commence at 8am Thurs 15th to produce good safe jumping ground. We have had 10mm of rain since Sunday.
Please see below a statement issued on behalf of the Dingley Committee "The Pony Racing at Dingley on Sunday 7 May has been cancelled, in the interests of safety. Due to extensive watering of the Point-to-Point track in recent days, the tankers doing this work have caused some damage to the adjacent Pony Racing track in a few places. The…
The Fernie Point-to-Point will take place at Dingley on Sunday, 7th May. Dingley racecourse is on the A427, 1m East of Market Harborough and in addition to seven horse races there will be trade stands, caterers, a licensed bar, bookmakers and entertainment for the children. The seven-race card has attracted an excellent field of 148 potential runners, though some of these, as ever, will…
Quorn Gold for TheTalkingHorse There were doubles for jockey Sam Davies-Thomas and trainer Gerald Bailey at the Quorn’s meeting at Garthorpe on the 29th April. Davies-Thomas took the feature race of the day, the Mens Open for the Quorn Gold Cup, with Margaret Moody’s 9-year-old gelding TheTalkingHorse, trained by Gerald Bailey. Despite being led for two of three laps by…
The Chairman, Joe Cowen, has said that the team will water Dingley this week to produce safe racing ground. An update will be given later in the week.
The Quorn Fixture on Saturday 29th has a large number of Trade Stands and Exhibitors: Elizabeth Armstrong Equine Artist Hunting For Interiors Teddy Edwards Mrs Cookes Sweets and Cakes Riverco (Teak Garden Furniture) Lula Bo Viaco Bags and Glad Rags Alice & Country Embassy Urchin Clairemont Books Luvvy Thomas Todd Lancombes Vikki Giles Vintage Country Abodes The English Spirit Distillery…
The next meeting in the Midlands area is at Garthorpe on the 29th April, when the Quorn will be our hosts for the day. It looks set to be a great day, with excellent entries for the seven-race card, a set of trade stands which Burghley Horse Trials would be proud of, and food and drink galore for all the…
TOP amateur riders Derek O'Connor and Jamie Codd have been named in the Ireland team for the Bicester Office Park Anglo-Irish Point-to-Point Challenge at Kingston Blount in Oxfordshire on Friday, May 26. Eleven-time champion O'Connor is the sport's winning-most jockey in Ireland with more than 1,100 winners. He has also struck three times at the Cheltenham Festival, most recently on…
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