Coordinating point-to-point horse racing in the East Midlands at Brocklesby Park, Dingley, Garthorpe, Guilsborough and Revesby Park.
Complimentary Race Card with E - Ticket Purchase Both the Brocklesby feb 7th at Brocklesby Park, and the Midlands Area Club on Feb 14th at Thorpe, are offering a free copy of the Race Card with any E-ticket purchased on or before the Thursday prior to the weekends fixture. E-Tickets can be purchased by selecting Race Meetings from the menu,…
Pony Racing 6th January 2016 The Melton Hunt Club Point-to-Point is planning to run a novice race next May for ponies and riders that have not been placed 1st or 2nd in any pony race and have not competed in any race course race. There is no jumping in pony races ! If there are enough entries there will be…
We would like to remind Owners and Keepers to take extra care to declare their horses at the correct weight. The responsibility for ensuring the correct weight is carries lies with the person making the declaration. Owners and Keepers are advised that the weight shown in the Race Card may not be correct.
Britain’s record-breaking Point-to-Point champion Will Biddick will be chasing another landmark when the 2015/16 season opens on Sunday. The Cornishman heads to Black Forest Lodge in Devon, having ridden 68 winners last season, smashing the previous highest score by 12, and landing the British title for the fourth year in a row. That equalled the achievement of East Anglian David Turner from 1974 to…
The Subaru National Point-to-Pointing series is back for a second year, featuring in the Midlands Area Club (14/2), Woodland Pytchley (26/3) and Fernie (1/5) meetings in this area. Supporting races for horses that have not won any race under the Rules of any recognised Racing Authority other than a Maiden or Hunt Members race, the Subaru Restricted Series will run across 50 national…
Tik Saunders, who works so tirelessly for the area and organised yet another fantastic Awards Dinner and Dance in October, would like to thank everyone for so generously contributing to the fun and games, which has enabled a donation of £200 to the Injured Jockeys Fund. The Midlands Area would like to thank our most loyal and generous sponsors, Mark…
The second Point-To-Point Authority Press Day at Stratford Racecourse took place on Thursday. A few statistics from the 2014/15 season: 184 meetings at 104 courses. More than 30,000 attendees. 2717 horses, 603 riders, 1280 races. Average of 50.41 horses per meetings, 7.2 per race. 21% of the jockeys were new riders. The average age of jockeys was 26. 59% male,…
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