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TheGaffer · TheGaffer

WITH eight Area fixtures lost since January due to waterlogging, it was quite a relief to be greeted by wall to wall sunshine at the scenic Flete Park venue on Saturday (April 20th) where the racecourse was in pristine condition. The car parks were packed and a total of 69 runners for the seven races ga...

TheGaffer · TheGaffer

The weather gods were smiling on the Downhills course near Corbridge on Saturday for the rescheduled Tynedale Point-to-Point Races which took place on ground universally considered by the jockeys to be the best they had encountered in the North this season. Malton-based jockey/trainer Jack Te...

TheGaffer · TheGaffer

A bumper entry plus a dry day ensured that the decent sized crowd that attended the Seavington Point to Point on Sunday had an enjoyable day out with some excellent racing on offer. The organisers would like to thank all participants for their help in keeping the meeting on time during the day. Highlig...

TheGaffer · TheGaffer

GINA Andrews enjoyed the perfect tonic ahead of her Randox Grand National bid with a dominant triumph aboard Loughan at the Vine & Craven Hunt meeting at Kingston Blount, near Chinnor, on Sunday. The 10-time ladies' champion rider, who will partner Latenightpass for her trainer-husband, Tom...

TheGaffer · TheGaffer

The Taunton Vale meeting at Cothelstone on Easter Monday managed to survive after an inspection following more overnight rain plus a heavy downpour shortly before the first race. With Easter Eggs and hot-cross buns consumed, the once a year racegoers who make this an annual event in their calendar...

TheGaffer · TheGaffer

AMATEUR jockey Martin McIntyre celebrated a century of point-to-point winners with victory on Rocky Creed in front of a big crowd at the Old Berkshire Hunt meeting at Lockinge, near Wantage, on Easter Monday. The 33-year-old rider reached the milestone after completing a double on the day followi...

TheGaffer · TheGaffer

Welcome sunshine after the recent rains welcomed Kimble's usual massive Easter crowd and racegoers were treated to 57 runners across the seven races, a celebrity winner of the centrepiece, a potential star of the future winning the Young Horse Maiden and three finishes of half a length or less. The...

TheGaffer · TheGaffer

POINT-TO-POINT racing returned to the Devon & Cornwall Area after a frustrating 11 weeks gap due to a plethora of waterlogged courses during this rain sodden winter. The Lamerton fixture at Kilworthy had been put back for one week, but the organisers were well rewarded this time when a total of 4...

TheGaffer · TheGaffer

Britain's most valuable fixture at Overton Farm in South Lanarkshire was a resounding success on Saturday with 60 runners on the seven race card and a bumper 2000+ crowd. Bonchester Bridge-based rider Lucy Brown is the new leader in the Perth Racecourse-sponsored Northern Area Ladies Championsh...

TheGaffer · TheGaffer

A rare day of Spring sunshine amongst the seemingly never-ending saturation that has become the norm of late, brought locals flocking to the course at Cotley, near Chard for the first of two point to points held here. The large crowd, some of whom braved shirt-sleeves, enjoyed some excellent racing...

TheGaffer · TheGaffer

The curtain fell on the current season at Larkhill as the Tedworth returned to the course that they last raced at in 1991. The weather played its part in the day giving two unpleasant hailstorms which sent racegoers scurrying for cover but otherwise it remained dry throughout the afternoon. There we...

TheGaffer · TheGaffer

TOM Ellis brought the curtain down in style on his record-breaking point-to-point training career when Anariza gave him a winner with his last runner at the Oakley Hunt meeting at Brafield-on-the-Green, near Northampton. The five-time champion is set to take out a full trainer's licence with Lat...

TheGaffer · TheGaffer

After the ongoing criticism of the Cheltenham Festival with its prohibitive costs and quagmire car-parks, it was a refreshing change to be at Milborne St Andrew where the course (and car parks) coped admirably with the overnight rain to produce some excellent racing for a happier crowd who brought...

TheGaffer · TheGaffer

The meeting took place in gloomy wet conditions on heavy ground, with the going becoming very testing throughout the afternoon. The last fence was omitted for all races due to the state of the ground. The highlights of the day were a double for Trainer Phil Rowley and his jockey Darren Andrews in the op...

TheGaffer · TheGaffer

South Wales trainer Tim Vaughan's decision to make the 375-mile journey from Cowbridge to Kelso was made worthwhile by the victories of Jean Genie and Ocojohn in the hands of son Ed at Saturday's Buccleuch meeting which had 54 runners on a six race card. After being placed in 16 of 31 career starts sinc...

TheGaffer · TheGaffer

This season has been hard hit with abandonments and with so many meetings struggling to run due to the ongoing daily deluges, it was pleasing to see the Quantock survive and those that managed to navigate the rather inconvenient road closure a mile from the course, were treated to some good racing. Hi...

TheGaffer · TheGaffer

The weather gods did their level best to disrupt the annual running of the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale point to point by first of all raining for much of the lead up to the meeting and then on Saturday morning producing enough snow to need for a further inspection to be held before the meeting could go ah...

TheGaffer · TheGaffer

Larkhill hosted the only surviving meeting in the country following the continuing waterlogging seen in virtually all of England and Wales. Even Larkhill which can absorb the rain is showing the effects of the long-wet spell with those with longer memories struggling to remember how wet and trodd...

TheGaffer · TheGaffer

The sun shone at Badbury Rings after heavy rain in the previous 24 hours and this made the going on the soft side and a number of horses found this too testing. However, the ground played to the strengths of a couple of course specialists and the two leading riders in the country were able to secure wins in...

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For once this season the weather gods were kind to the Northern Area as Kelso missed the heavy overnight rain which hit many parts of North Yorkshire and Northumberland resulting in ground no worse than soft for the well attended Berwickshire fixture at Friars Haugh on Sunday which saw 49 runners fac...

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	Dartmoor at Flete Park on Saturday 20th April 2024 by Granville Taylor (Preview) WITH eight Area fixtures lost since January due to waterlogging, it was quite a relief to be greeted by wall to wall sunshine at the scenic Flete Park venue on Saturday (April 20th) where the racecourse was in pristine condition. The car parks were packed and a total of 69 runners for the seven races ga...	TheGaffer	0	47	5 days ago by TheGaffer
	Tynedale at Corbridge on Saturday 20th April 2024 by Peter Burgon (Preview) The weather gods were smiling on the Downhills course near Corbridge on Saturday for the rescheduled Tynedale Point-to-Point Races which took place on ground universally considered by the jockeys to be the best they had encountered in the North this season. Malton-based jockey/trainer Jack Te...	TheGaffer	0	41	6 days ago by TheGaffer
	Seavington at Cotley on Sunday 14th April 2024 by Kirsty Boutflower (Preview) A bumper entry plus a dry day ensured that the decent sized crowd that attended the Seavington Point to Point on Sunday had an enjoyable day out with some excellent racing on offer. The organisers would like to thank all participants for their help in keeping the meeting on time during the day. Highlig...	TheGaffer	0	76	12 days ago by TheGaffer
	Vine & Craven at Kingston Blount on Sunday 7th April 2024 by Russell Smith (Preview) GINA Andrews enjoyed the perfect tonic ahead of her Randox Grand National bid with a dominant triumph aboard Loughan at the Vine & Craven Hunt meeting at Kingston Blount, near Chinnor, on Sunday. The 10-time ladies' champion rider, who will partner Latenightpass for her trainer-husband, Tom...	TheGaffer	0	55	April 8th by TheGaffer
	Taunton Vale at Cothelstone on Easter Monday 1st April 2024 (Preview) The Taunton Vale meeting at Cothelstone on Easter Monday managed to survive after an inspection following more overnight rain plus a heavy downpour shortly before the first race. With Easter Eggs and hot-cross buns consumed, the once a year racegoers who make this an annual event in their calendar...	TheGaffer	0	61	April 3rd by TheGaffer
	Old Berkshire at Lockinge on Easter Monday 1st April 2024 by Russell Smith (Preview) AMATEUR jockey Martin McIntyre celebrated a century of point-to-point winners with victory on Rocky Creed in front of a big crowd at the Old Berkshire Hunt meeting at Lockinge, near Wantage, on Easter Monday. The 33-year-old rider reached the milestone after completing a double on the day followi...	TheGaffer	0	98	April 2nd by TheGaffer
	Kimblewick at Kimble on Easter Saturday 30th March 2024 by Jake Exelby (Preview) Welcome sunshine after the recent rains welcomed Kimble's usual massive Easter crowd and racegoers were treated to 57 runners across the seven races, a celebrity winner of the centrepiece, a potential star of the future winning the Young Horse Maiden and three finishes of half a length or less. The...	TheGaffer	0	70	March 31st by TheGaffer
	Lamerton at Kilworthy on Sunday 24th March 2024 by Granville Taylor (Preview) POINT-TO-POINT racing returned to the Devon & Cornwall Area after a frustrating 11 weeks gap due to a plethora of waterlogged courses during this rain sodden winter. The Lamerton fixture at Kilworthy had been put back for one week, but the organisers were well rewarded this time when a total of 4...	TheGaffer	0	109	March 27th by TheGaffer
	Lanarkshire & Renfrewshire and Eglinton at Overton on Saturday 23rd March 2024 by Peter Burgon (Preview) Britain's most valuable fixture at Overton Farm in South Lanarkshire was a resounding success on Saturday with 60 runners on the seven race card and a bumper 2000+ crowd. Bonchester Bridge-based rider Lucy Brown is the new leader in the Perth Racecourse-sponsored Northern Area Ladies Championsh...	TheGaffer	0	70	March 26th by TheGaffer
	Cotley at Cotley on Sunday 24th March 2024 by Kirsty Boutflower (Preview) A rare day of Spring sunshine amongst the seemingly never-ending saturation that has become the norm of late, brought locals flocking to the course at Cotley, near Chard for the first of two point to points held here. The large crowd, some of whom braved shirt-sleeves, enjoyed some excellent racing...	TheGaffer	0	37	March 26th by TheGaffer
	Tedworth at Larkhill on Saturday 23rd March 2024 by Bob Bracher (Preview) The curtain fell on the current season at Larkhill as the Tedworth returned to the course that they last raced at in 1991. The weather played its part in the day giving two unpleasant hailstorms which sent racegoers scurrying for cover but otherwise it remained dry throughout the afternoon. There we...	TheGaffer	0	35	March 26th by TheGaffer
	Oakley at Brafield-on-the-Green on Sunday 17th March 2024 by Russell Smith (Preview) TOM Ellis brought the curtain down in style on his record-breaking point-to-point training career when Anariza gave him a winner with his last runner at the Oakley Hunt meeting at Brafield-on-the-Green, near Northampton. The five-time champion is set to take out a full trainer's licence with Lat...	TheGaffer	0	73	March 18th by TheGaffer
	Wilton at Milborne St Andrew on Saturday 16th March 2024 by Kirsty Boutflower (Preview) After the ongoing criticism of the Cheltenham Festival with its prohibitive costs and quagmire car-parks, it was a refreshing change to be at Milborne St Andrew where the course (and car parks) coped admirably with the overnight rain to produce some excellent racing for a happier crowd who brought...	TheGaffer	0	66	March 18th by TheGaffer
	Sir W W Wynns and Flint & Denbigh at Bangor-on-Dee on Sunday 10th March 2024 by Rory Alkin (Preview) The meeting took place in gloomy wet conditions on heavy ground, with the going becoming very testing throughout the afternoon. The last fence was omitted for all races due to the state of the ground. The highlights of the day were a double for Trainer Phil Rowley and his jockey Darren Andrews in the op...	TheGaffer	0	60	March 13th by TheGaffer
	Buccleuch at Friars Haugh on Saturday 9th March 2024 by Peter Burgon (Preview) South Wales trainer Tim Vaughan's decision to make the 375-mile journey from Cowbridge to Kelso was made worthwhile by the victories of Jean Genie and Ocojohn in the hands of son Ed at Saturday's Buccleuch meeting which had 54 runners on a six race card. After being placed in 16 of 31 career starts sinc...	TheGaffer	0	52	March 12th by TheGaffer
	Quantock at Cothelstone on Saturday 9th March 2024 by Kirsty Boutflower (Preview) This season has been hard hit with abandonments and with so many meetings struggling to run due to the ongoing daily deluges, it was pleasing to see the Quantock survive and those that managed to navigate the rather inconvenient road closure a mile from the course, were treated to some good racing. Hi...	TheGaffer	0	90	March 11th by TheGaffer
	Blackmore and Sparkford Vale at Charlton Horethorne on Sunday 3rd March 2023 by Bob Bracher (Preview) The weather gods did their level best to disrupt the annual running of the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale point to point by first of all raining for much of the lead up to the meeting and then on Saturday morning producing enough snow to need for a further inspection to be held before the meeting could go ah...	TheGaffer	0	52	March 7th by TheGaffer
	South and West Wilts at Larkhill on Sunday 25th February 2024 by Bob Bracher (Preview) Larkhill hosted the only surviving meeting in the country following the continuing waterlogging seen in virtually all of England and Wales. Even Larkhill which can absorb the rain is showing the effects of the long-wet spell with those with longer memories struggling to remember how wet and trodd...	TheGaffer	0	48	February 27th by TheGaffer
	Countryside Alliance Club (Wessex) at Badbury Rings on Sunday 18th February 2024 by Bob Bracher (Preview) The sun shone at Badbury Rings after heavy rain in the previous 24 hours and this made the going on the soft side and a number of horses found this too testing. However, the ground played to the strengths of a couple of course specialists and the two leading riders in the country were able to secure wins in...	TheGaffer	0	67	February 20th by TheGaffer
	Berwickshire fixture at Friars Haugh on Sunday 11th February 2024 by Peter Burgon (Preview) For once this season the weather gods were kind to the Northern Area as Kelso missed the heavy overnight rain which hit many parts of North Yorkshire and Northumberland resulting in ground no worse than soft for the well attended Berwickshire fixture at Friars Haugh on Sunday which saw 49 runners fac...	TheGaffer	0	77	February 14th by TheGaffer
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