08 May 2009 Golden Valley Point-to-Point - Important Notice
Owners and Trainers are advised that the entries for the Golden Valley Hunt Point-to-Point, due to take place on Saturday 16th May, are now NOT being taken by Weatherbys Chase as stated in the Planner. READ MORE
01 May 2009 Grafton Point-to-Point - change to race conditions
Owners and Trainers are advised that there is a change to the conditions in the final race at the Grafton Point-to-Point at Whitfield on Sunday, May 17th. READ MORE
30 April 2009 Wheatland Point-to-Point - change to race conditions
Owners and Trainers are advised that there is a change to the conditions of the fifth race at the Wheatland Point-to-Point at Chaddesley Corbett on Sunday, May 10th. READ MORE
28 April 2009 Landmarks: April 25th & 26th
Thomas Greenall, currently one behind David Mansell in the race for the jockeys' championship, completed a half-century between the flags in a young horse Maiden at Easingwold on Sunday on Intense Suspense. It took his career tally to 175, with 124 having come under Rules, plus one on the flat. READ MORE
26 April 2009 New sponsor for the Horse and Hound Cup
Stratford Racecourse Executive is very pleased to announce that a new sponsor has been found for the 51st running of the Champion Hunters' Steeplechase for the Horse and Hound Cup, which takes place on Saturday evening May 23rd. READ MORE
20 April 2009 Landmarks: April 18th & 19th
Phil York, who rode his first winner on Paco's Boy in 1995, reached a career double century when Crystal Knight, the second leg of his double initiated by Euro Bleu, took Division One of the 2m5f Maiden at Kingston Blount on Saturday. Phil's total includes 20 under Rules, two of which have been in Bumpers. READ MORE
16 April 2009 Tweseldown Racing Club - Rescheduled for April 26th
Owners and Trainers are reminded that the Tweseldown Racing Club meeting, which was postponed on it's initial date of January 4th, is now to be run on Sunday, April 26th, and that there are some minor changes to the published race conditions. READ MORE
15 April 2009 Landmarks - Easter Monday
Chris Dawson, who rides in both the Yorkshire and Northern areas, reached his half-century between the flags when Blazing Bull triumphed in a Charm Park Maiden, and there was a 50th career success for Will Hill courtesy of the aptly-named Good Time Willie, who took the Hunt race at Eyton. READ MORE
15 April 2009 Landmarks - Easter Saturday
Quintero's Maiden victory at Sandon gave the three times champion Richard Burton his 400th career success, 344 of which have come between the flags. READ MORE
09 April 2009 Weatherbys Chase entries
Owners and Trainers are advised that the Weatherbys Chase Point-to-Point entries line (01933 304840) will be open as normal to take entries on Bank Holiday Monday, but will not be open on Good Friday. READ MORE
08 April 2009 Landmarks - April 4th & 5th
Dai Jones became the 15th British rider to join the 200 club when he reached his double Point-to-Point century at Erw Lon on Saturday courtesy of Cannon Bridge, who dead-heated with Overlut in the Mens Open. READ MORE
31 March 2009 Landmarks - March 28th & 29th
Free's Ladies' Open victory at Brafield on Sunday gave Gemma Hutchinson her 50th success between the flags. READ MORE
24 March 2009 Landmarks - March 21st & 22nd
There were no fewer than three first-time winners at the VWH at Siddington on Saturday. READ MORE
19 March 2009 Race times at the East Cornwall altered
Owners and Trainers are advised that races at the East Cornwall Point-to-Point on Saturday 28th March will now run at 35 minute intervals, rather than 30 minutes as advertised in the Planner READ MORE
17 March 2009 Landmarks - March 14th & 15th
Toby Greenall is now the clear leader in the national novice championship following his first double at Brocklesby Park on Saturday. Toby won the Novice Riders' contest on Buy Onling and the Mixed Open on Sonevafushi. READ MORE
11 March 2009 Reminder - West Percy rescheduled for next week
Owners and Trainers are reminded that the West Percy Point-to-Point at Alnwick, cancelled earlier in the season due to the bad weather, will now take place on Sunday March 22nd, with new entries. READ MORE
10 March 2009 Landmarks - March 7th & 8th
Where amateur races are concerned, top billing goes to Sally Randell, who became the first woman to win the Grand Military Gold Cup when giving Oakfield Legend a fine front-running ride to score at Sandown last Friday. READ MORE
10 March 2009 Riders in the wars
David Bass, winner of the 2008 Wilkinson Sword, may be out for the rest of the season after sustaining a badly broken collarbone at Didmarton on Saturday. READ MORE
09 March 2009 Ted Harvey
It was standing room only at Hadham Church for the funeral of Ted Harvey, who died recently at the age of 74. READ MORE
09 March 2009 Oxford University Hunt Club rescheduled
The Oxford University Hunt Club, who were due to run their Point-to-Point on March 7th at Kingston Blount, but cancelled because the course was not ready, will now take place on Saturday June 6th. READ MORE
06 March 2009 South Devon Hunts Club Given New Date
The South Devon Hunts Club will attempt to make it fourth time lucky with the news that the meeting will now take place on Sunday, 10th May at Ideford Arch. READ MORE
03 March 2009 Landmarks - February 28th-March 1st
17-year-old Will Hickman, whose parents Peter and Alison were themselves both successful Point-to-Point riders, recorded his first success on Lord ‘n' Master at the East Essex meeting at Marks Tey on Saturday. READ MORE
03 March 2009 Christie's Foxhunters Preview
The Christie's Foxhunter Chase at the Cheltenham Festival is now only ten days away, so Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide author Paul Jones has teamed up with Weatherbys Chase's very own Paul Champion to bring you a comprehensive preview and all the best bets for the Festival's most important race. READ MORE
27 February 2009 Race times at Suffolk Point-to-Point altered
Please note that racing at the Suffolk Point-to-Point at Ampton on Sunday March 8th will now commence at 1.30pm, not 1pm as originally advertised. READ MORE
25 February 2009 Coronation Gold Cup Saved
The Coronation Gold Cup, one of Point-to-Point racing's four Classic races, which was lost to the weather when the United Services meeting at Larkhill on February 7th was abandoned, has been rescheduled. READ MORE
25 February 2009 Hanmer in the wars
Trainer Gary Hanmer sustained sprung ribs and bruising when being knocked over by a loose horse at Eyton on Sunday. READ MORE
25 February 2009 Landmarks - February 21st & 22nd
Reigning Yorkshire area Ladies' champion Jacqueline Coward is currently stable in Middlesbrough Hospital with concussion and shoulder injuries after suffering a nasty fall at Catterick on Tuesday, less than 48 hours after celebrating her 50th success between the flags. READ MORE
23 February 2009 Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide 2009 published
The tenth edition of Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide has just arrived back from the printers and has even more winner-finding stats and figures than ever before. READ MORE
23 February 2009 West Percy rescheduled for March 22nd
The West Percy Hunt, whose efforts to hold their meeting at Alnwick earlier in the season were thwarted by the weather, has announced that their Point-to-Point will now be run on Sunday 22nd March. READ MORE
20 February 2009 Dennis hangs up his boots
Successful West Country rider Tim Dennis has decided to hang up his boots, after a fifteen-year race riding career. READ MORE
18 February 2009 Bicester with Whaddon rescheduled, Oxford University Hunt Club cancelled
The big freeze may have disappeared, but courses are still feeling the effects of the wintry weather with two further cancellations having been announced - one for a fixture this coming weekend and one for a meeting in early March. READ MORE
17 February 2009 Closing Date for Christie's Foxhunter delayed
Due to the bad weather conditions in the last few weeks, which has significantly reduced horses' opportunities to qualify for the Christie's Foxhunter Chase at the Cheltenham Festival, the decision has been made to delay the qualification date by one week. READ MORE
17 February 2009 Landmarks - February 14th & 15th
It was a quiet weekend as far as Landmarks were concerned, but there was a moment that the season's leading rider will remember for the rest of his career. READ MORE
16 February 2009 East Essex rescheduled
The East Essex Point-to-Point at Marks Tey, which was postponed last Saturday due to the inclement weather, has announced a new date for their meeting. READ MORE
14 February 2009 College Valley abandoned
Sunday's College Valley & North Northumberland meeting at Alnwick has been the fourth Point-to-Point of the weekend to be lost to the weather. READ MORE
13 February 2009 Correction to the Charles Owen Pony Racing Booklet
Due to an error in the Charles Owen Pony Racing Booklet, please be advised that the information in the following article is correct. READ MORE
13 February 2009 Sinnington and East Essex cancelled
Saturday's Sinnington Point-to-Point at Duncombe Park has become another victim of the wild weather, as has the same day's East Essex at Marks Tey. READ MORE
12 February 2009 Vine & Craven Off
The cold spell has claimed one of the weekend meetings already with news that the Vine & Craven meeting has been cancelled. READ MORE
11 February 2009 New Venue for the Dumfriesshire & Stewartry Point-to-Point
The Dumfriesshire & Stewartry Foxhounds, due to hold their Point-to-Point at Netherby Park on Sunday 22nd February, have announced that the meeting will now take place at Overton Farm. READ MORE
09 February 2009 Rescheduled Meetings
Following the decimation of last weekend's racing by the appalling weather, several meetings have rescheduled. Here is a complete list of all of the fixtures that have been granted a new date. READ MORE
06 February 2009 Weekend Suffers Total Wipe Out
This weekend's Point-to-Point programme in the UK has now been totally wiped-out by the postponement of the South Devon meeting. READ MORE
06 February 2009 South Dorset Hunt - Postponed
The meeting at Milborne St Andrew, scheduled to have taken place this Sunday 8th February has been postponed but Officials are looking to rearrange at a future date if at all possible. READ MORE
06 February 2009 Cottenham to Try Again on 15th Feb
Following today's earlier announcement of the postponement of the Cambridge University Draghounds meeting at Cottenham this Sunday, the meeting has now been re-arranged for Sunday 15th February; entries stand. READ MORE
06 February 2009 Larkhill and Cottenham Fall To Weather
Having already lost three of this weekend's meetings to the crazy weather that is sweeping the country, two more meetings have been lost today. READ MORE
05 February 2009 Weather wreaks havoc once again
The bad weather has seriously affected Point-to-Pointing again, with three of this weekend's scheduled fixtured being called off. READ MORE
30 January 2009 Chaddesley and Alnwick succumb to the weather
The Harkaway Club Point-to-Point, which had received 205 entries for their meeting at Chaddesley Corbett on Sunday February 1st, has been forced to postpone due to a waterlogged track, while the West Percy at Alnwick has fallen foul of the weather for a second consecutive week. READ MORE
28 January 2009 Landmarks - January 24th & 25th
Jack Sherwood enjoyed an early seventeenth birthday present when riding his very first winner at the Heythrop on Sunday, on board his mother's Eskimo Jack. READ MORE
24 January 2009 Point-to-Point Regulations Book 2009 Now Available
The Point-to-Point Rules and Regulations book for the 2008/9 season, an essential tool for all participants in the sport, is now available from Weatherbys Shop. READ MORE
23 January 2009 Ran Morgan Announces Retirement
Successful rider Ran Morgan, who won the 2006 Weatherbys Chase John Corbet Hunter Chase at Stratford on Coomakista, and partnered 82 winners between the flags, has made the decision to hang up his boots. READ MORE
21 January 2009 Landmarks - January 17th & 18th
Polly Gundry became just the second lady rider to notch up 250 Point-to-Point wins when Labarynth was successful in the first division of the Mares' Maiden on the second day of the PPORC meeting at Barbury Racecourse. READ MORE
21 January 2009 Hunnisett crocked
Two of last season's winning performers from Gerald Bailey's yard, Cheyne and Denvale, will be looking for a new pilot in the immediate future, as their veteran owner-rider Richard Hunnisett is currently sidelined with a broken arm incurred out hunting. READ MORE
15 January 2009 Reclassification of AQPS Flat Races
Following the reclassification of French AQPS Flat races by the BHA, horses that have won such races will now be eligible for Intermediate Point-to-Points. READ MORE
15 January 2009 Moore continues a family tradition
Josh Moore, a member of the well-known and very successful Sussex racing family, may be making his debut between the flags at Detling on Sunday. READ MORE
13 January 2009 Siddington celebrates its centenary in 2009
Farming commitments result in Point-to-Point venues being lost to the sport but one course near Cirencester has resisted this trend and celebrates its centenary in 2009. READ MORE
12 January 2009 Wanted - Secretary or Joint Secretaries for Harkaway Club
The Harkaway Club was formed in 1902 and held its Point-to-Points at several venues in the West Midland Area until moving to Chaddesley Corbett in 1925. READ MORE
10 January 2009 Another Blank Weekend
Yet another weekend of Point-to-Point racing has been wiped out by the weather. READ MORE
06 January 2009 Tweseldown Additional Fixture
Tweseldown racecourse has been granted an additional fixture on Sunday 26 April to compensate for the two meetings lost to frozen ground last weekend and in early December. READ MORE
02 January 2009 Weekend wiped out by wintry weather
This weekend's four scheduled meetings have all become victims of the cold snap that is currently sweeping the country. READ MORE
31 December 2008 Notice re: the South Devon Hunts Club 2½ Mile Maiden
The BHA has granted special dispensation to make the 3rd & 4th races on the card eligible for 5,6,7 & 8 year old maidens in light of all entered horses effectively turning a year older in the New Year. READ MORE
29 December 2008 South Devon Hunts Club Rescheduled
The South Devon Hunts Club at Ideford Arch, which was postponed last Sunday (December 28th) due to frost in the ground, has been rescheduled for Sunday January 4th. READ MORE
17 December 2008 John Fowler
The funeral of trainer John Fowler, who died in a freak accident while tree-felling on his farm, will take place at 2.30pm on Thursday 18th December at Rathmolyon Church, near Summerhill, Co Meath. READ MORE
11 December 2008 Tweseldown Refund Policy
Following the abandonment of the Thames Valley Club meeting on Sunday 7th December, anyone who paid at the gate to get in and were issued with a wristband, can reclaim their money by returning the band to the secretary. READ MORE
09 December 2008 Brightwells Order Of Excellence race re-scheduled
On Sunday, 7th December the Brightwells Insurance Point-to-Point Order of Excellence Series for 2008/9 lost the first of its qualifying races when the Thames Valley Club meeting at Tweseldown was abandoned due to frost. READ MORE
06 December 2008 DBS December Sales
The DBS December Sales (17-18 December) contains specific sections for Mares, Foals, Yearlings and Horses-in-Training and the catalogue of 460 Lots contains horses to suit every taste and every budget. READ MORE
06 December 2008 Cornwall Hunt Club - Wadebridge
For the first time ever, the Western and North Cornwall Hunts have combined forces to organise the Cornwall Hunt Club Point-to-Point at the Royal Cornwall Showground on Saturday, December 13. READ MORE
06 December 2008 Important Notice From The Cornwall Hunt Club
The opening Novice Riders' race at the Cornwall Hunt Club's meeting at Wadebridge on Saturday, December 13th is now open to all owners, not just to horses owned and trained in Cornwall as stated in the 2008/9 Planner. READ MORE
26 November 2008 Three Winners Added to DBS NH Breeze-Up at Kempton Park
Three supplementary Horses-in-Training entries have been added to the catalogue for the DBS National Hunt Breeze-Up Sales at Kempton which will ensure that purchasers have the opportunity to buy proven talent alongside the 87 unraced two, three and four year olds that will breeze and sell at Kempton on Friday 5 December. All three horses will be sold with pre-sales veterinary certificates. READ MORE
19 November 2008 Important Traffic Information for Cottenham Meeting on Sunday 30th November
Cottenham course officials are suggesting a slight change to many people's route to the course for the season-opening Cambridge University United Hunts Club meeting on Sunday November 30th owing to a big local FA Cup football match. READ MORE
17 November 2008 Tattersalls Ireland November Sale Draws To A Close
The three part November NH Sale drew to a close yesterday with a single day of 292 broodmares, as opposed to last year's 501. READ MORE
13 November 2008 Cheltenham Stars Of The Future Sale - Irish Form Guide
The Irish Point-to-Point graduates from this sale have, this season, shown outstanding results on the track and clearly demonstrate the raw potential that is readily available within this sector of the racing industry. READ MORE
03 November 2008 Tattersalls Ireland NH Breeze Up Videos Now On-Line
Video Recordings of each of today's NH Breeze Ups are now available online. READ MORE
27 October 2008 DBS National Hunt Sale Moves To Kempton In 2008
The DBS National Hunt Breeze-Up Sales at Kempton Racecourse take place on 5 December 2008 and is held in conjunction with the prestigious Tingle Creek meeting at Sandown Park. The World's Premier National Hunt Sales was previously held at Cheltenham Racecourse, but the move to Kempton allows DBS to take advantage of the first class Polytrack surface. READ MORE
24 October 2008 TATTERSALLS IRELAND NH BREEZE UP & NOVEMBER SALE
The Tattersalls Ireland NH Breeze is fast approaching and they have asked us to remind you about this, their first such sale. READ MORE
23 October 2008 Alastair Ralph Injured On Gallops
Alastair Ralph, one of the most promising young riders in the West Midlands Area is currently in Birmingham's Royal Orthopaedic Hospital following a fall on the gallops. READ MORE
21 October 2008 A Great Weekend For Brightwells Cheltenham Sales Graduates
Two past graduates from the Brightwells Cheltenham Sales went back to Cheltenham last Saturday and repaid their purchaser's faith in fine fashion: READ MORE
20 October 2008 Prolific Point-To Point Owner Sue Woodhouse Passes Away
Mrs Sue Woodhouse, who was at the forefront of Point-to-Pointing for over half a century, passed away peacefully, aged 78, at Blandford Hospital on Wednesday 15th October. READ MORE
16 October 2008 Owners' Guidelines P-T-P Horse Sponsorship Scheme
It is important to understand that the Point-to-Point Horse Sponsorship Scheme has no connection whatsoever to the existing BHA Owners' Sponsorship scheme. READ MORE
16 October 2008 Business Guidelines P-T-P Horse Sponsorship Scheme
A new Point-to-Point Horse Sponsorship Scheme has been introduced to allow individual horse sponsorship in Point-to-Point Racing; for the first time. READ MORE
16 October 2008 North West Area Raises £2500 For Air Ambulance Charities
The North West Area wishes to thank those members of the North West Pointing Community that supported the Area Dinner at Whitchurch on Friday 19th September. The County and the North West Air Ambulance Charities both received a cheque for £1,250. READ MORE
16 October 2008 Extra Lots at DBS October Sales
Six extra lots have been catalogued for the DBS October Sales on 20-22 October, including a CAPE CROSS yearling colt out of a half sister to the multiple Group 1 winning PRIDE and the dam of SPECIOSA, winner of the Group 1 1000 Guineas at Newmarket. He will be consigned by Lodge Farm Stud and has been catalogued as Lot number 106. READ MORE
13 October 2008 Rhys Flint To Turn Conditional
Last season's champion novice rider, Rhys Flint, will shortly be lost to the amateur ranks, as he is due to turn conditional in the very near future. READ MORE
09 October 2008 Brightwells Stars of the Future Cheltenham Sale
The Brightwells Stars of the Future Cheltenham Sale is to be held on Friday 14th November 2008, after racing in the prestigious Centaur and is for progressive National Hunt Horses in Training, Bumper Winners, Point-to-Pointers and Flat Horses in Training with National Hunt Appeal. READ MORE
09 October 2008 Open Day Success at Grafton's New Point-to-Point Course
Over 250 people including trainers, jockeys, breeders and organisers visited the new Whitfield Point-to-Point Racecourse for the official open day on Sunday 28th September. READ MORE
06 October 2008 Team Hobbs Ready To Put Hanley Swan On Map
Being a successful Point-to-Point trainer does have its drawbacks, because until recently the season started in January and finished in June so there was generally a gap of several months before horses started to return after their summer breaks while the retention of stable staff was another problem area. READ MORE
02 October 2008 October Catalogue Packed Full of Success
The DBS October Sales (20-22 October 2008) has long been a source of top class performers under both codes and the 2008 catalogue contains 780 lots that includes one day of commercial yearlings followed by two days of high class Horses in Training. READ MORE
02 October 2008 Philip Scouller Memorial Mens Open
The Men's Open at the Tweseldown Racing Club meeting on Sunday 4th January 2009 will now be the Area feature race with £1,000 in prize money. READ MORE
29 September 2008 Tolhurst Killed In Yachting Accident
Wilf Tolhurst, a long-time supporter of hunting and Point-to-Pointing, and a well-known and popular figure on the East Anglian circuit, has died in a yachting accident off the French coast at the age of 64. READ MORE
26 September 2008 What's In Store For The Season?
The UK Point-to-Point season begins this year on November 30th. By the time it finishes on 13th June 2009 with the Torrington Farmers fixture at Umberleigh, 212 meetings will have taken place (weather permitting) on 117 different courses. READ MORE
26 September 2008 Open Forums at P-to-P Stewards' Seminars
The Point-to-Point Stewards' Seminars are being held at the end of October, and following each of these there will be an open forum so as to give people the opportunity to come and see how things have moved on since the creation of the PPA in July. READ MORE
26 September 2008 Tabitha Cave To Join Point-to-Point Board
The Point-To-Point Board has appointed Tabitha Cave as an independent member for a three year term. READ MORE
25 September 2008 West Midlands Area Celebrates 2008 Achievements
Approximately 300 people attended the West Midland Area Annual Award Dinner in the Gold Cup Suite at Cheltenham Racecourse on Friday 19th September. READ MORE
24 September 2008 Open Day at North Carlton Racecourse
There is to be an Open Day at the Blankney and the Burton's new point-to-point course, North Carlton Racecourse, Lincoln, by kind permission of the owner, The Lincolnshire Agricultural Society. READ MORE
08 September 2008 Open Day at Whitfield Racecourse
There is to be an Open Day at the Grafton's new Point-to-Point course at Whitfield, on Sunday 28th September at 2pm, by kind permission of the owner, Mr Martin Clarke. READ MORE
03 September 2008 South Midlands Area Awards Halloween Masked Ball
The South Midlands Area Awards Halloween Masked Ball is being held on Friday October 31 at Hopcroft's Holt Hotel, Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire. READ MORE
01 September 2008 Pre-Order Your Books On-Line
The 50th Anniversary Edition of Hunter Chasers & Point-to-Pointers and the Point-to-Point & Hunter Chase Race Planner are now available to pre-order on-line. READ MORE
28 August 2008 Mansell Takes Seston Golf Title
The Miles Seston Golf Day at Kingsthorpe Golf Club, Northampton, on August 24 raised over £1,100, made up of money from entry fees and also an auction. READ MORE
18 August 2008 National Point-to-Point Ball & Awards
The National Point-to-Point Ball & Awards are to be held on Saturday, 11th October 2008 at The Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth. READ MORE
14 August 2008 Death of Popular North West Owner
One of the North West area's most popular and successful owners, Jeremy Beasley, has died just a few days short of his 78th birthday. READ MORE
06 August 2008 Weatherbys Chase Recruiting
Weatherbys Chase, the Point-to-Point arm of Weatherbys, is looking to recruit a Co-ordinator to join their busy team at their Wellingborough HQ. READ MORE
06 August 2008 Call for Golfers in Aid of Seston & IJF
Racing enthusiast Kevin Hitchcock is organising a Golf Day on Sunday August 24 in aid of Miles Seston and the Injured Jockeys' Fund. READ MORE
31 July 2008 Garthorpe Brings On The Music
Garthorpe Point-to-Point course is the venue for a music extravaganza to be staged on August 22 from 6.30pm until late! The event, one of the organisers for which is trainer Nick Pomfret, will have two live bands, Breeze and Love Burger, a licensed bar, hog roast and barbecue. READ MORE
29 July 2008 Tattersalls Ireland August National Hunt Sale
There are only two weeks before the Tattersalls Ireland August Sale - an auction that has always provided trainers with some astonishingly good buys - witness TRANQUIL SEA, winner of the Grade 1 Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown this year, picked up for €10,000, or Jimmy Mangan's Powers Gold Cup victor CONNA CASTLE, which he bought for €12,000. READ MORE
18 July 2008 Job Opportunity with the Point-to-Point Authority
With the creation of the independent Point-to-Point Authority (PPA), the sport is looking to recruit an Administrative Assistant, a full time position with some weekend hours during the season. READ MORE
14 July 2008 Lynn Wilson Tragically Killed
Lynn Wilson, whose wife Judy has been a well-known Point-to-Point owner for many years, has been tragically killed in a car accident in Scotland at the age of 69. READ MORE
14 July 2008 Death of Edward Crow
Edward Crow, who has died at the age of 68, was one of the most popular and best-known figures on the North West Point-to-Point circuit. He had been battling leukaemia for over 20 years, but rarely missed a meeting due to ill-health, accompanying his trainer wife Sheila whenever one of her charges was running. READ MORE
07 July 2008 Seston 'Wheels' The Distance
Miles Seston has long had proven ability to get a tune out of racehorses, but he has now added to his c.v. the words "Wheelchair ace." READ MORE
02 July 2008 Great Racer Leaves Legacy
Farming and Pointing-folk from many parts of the country turned up in their hundreds for the funeral of Barbara Thomas at Coychurch, near Bridgend, last Tuesday. READ MORE
01 July 2008 South Midlands Area Awards Dinner Dance
The South Midlands Area Awards Dinner Dance, with a masked Halloween theme, will be held on Friday, 31st October 2008, at the Hopcroft Holt Hotel near Banbury. READ MORE
30 June 2008 Harlov And Scots Grey Retired
The Andrew Parker-trained Harlov, winner of the 50th running of Stratford's Pertemps (Horse & Hound Cup) Champion Hunters' Chase last month, has been retired after finishing fifth under Timmy Murphy in Sunday's Summer National at Uttoxeter. READ MORE
29 June 2008 Death of Northern Area Stalwart Balmer
Alan Balmer, whose colours have been carried successfully in the Northern area for many years, has died suddenly at the age of 58. READ MORE
24 June 2008 Nigel Tutty - Out, but not Down
On 17th May 2008, Nigel Tutty parted company with Oaklands Ted at the final fence in the restricted race at Mordon and so brought a rather unfitting end to an illustrious career as an amateur jockey that spanned 30 years. READ MORE
18 June 2008 Point-to-Point Board Seeks New Independent Member
The Point-to-Point Board (PTPB) has announced that it is seeking nominations for an independent member to join the PTPB as of the 1st January 2009. READ MORE
16 June 2008 Devon & Cornwall Area Awards 2008
With the season having come to a close at Umberleigh last Saturday, the points have been totted-up and we are pleased to announce the victors for the 2007/8 season in the Devon & Cornwall Area. READ MORE
09 June 2008 Wessex Area Awards 2008
Hot off the press, from Area PRO's Brian & Gill Armstrong, come the results of the Wessex Area Awards for 2008, including the winners' of the Vixen Horse Feeds Championship and details of the Wessex Area Point-to-Point Dinner, Dance & Presentation of Area Awards evening. READ MORE
09 June 2008 Wadland Retires While Ahead
South Midlands rider Charlie Wadland, who was advised not to ride again this season after two bouts of concussion, has decided to quit while he is ahead and has hung up his boots. READ MORE
09 June 2008 Deserving Winners Take Welsh Border Titles
French rider, Jeremy Mahot realised a cherished ambition this Point-to-Point season, topping the table for the area's Leading Rider for the first time. READ MORE
09 June 2008 2008/9 Season to Start on 30th November
So as to provide Owners with a balanced programme, and to avoid unpopular fixture clashes of pre-Christmas meetings, subject to formal final approval, the next Point-to-Point season will start a day early on Sunday 30th November. READ MORE
05 June 2008 Seston Wheeling 21 Miles For IJF
Miles Seston, who is continuing to make good progress following his fall at Easter, is putting his enforced absence from the saddle to good use by undertaking a sponsored wheelchair journey in aid of the Injured Jockeys' Fund. READ MORE
30 May 2008 Welsh Border Area Awards Bash
The Welsh Border Area PPSA Awards presentation and disco will be held at The Bunch Of Carrots, Hampton Bishop, Hereford, on Saturday, June 21st, 7.30 pm. READ MORE
30 May 2008 Antonine takes Ablington Challenge
The Ablington Challenge, a 1m 3f Flat race organised by Stan and Sally Rawlins, was again held at the Larkhill Racing Club fixture on Wednesday evening. READ MORE
28 May 2008 Devon & Cornwall Area Point-to-Point Dinner Dance
The pleasure of your company is requested at the Devon & Cornwall Area Point-to-Point Dinner Dance, in aid of the Injured Jockeys' Fund. READ MORE
28 May 2008 West Midland Area Awards 2008 - Final Standings
The numbers have been crunched, and verified, and we are pleased to announce the Final Standings from the West Midland Area for their 2008 season awards. READ MORE
26 May 2008 Scholfield Takes National Amateur Riders Title
Nick Scholfield, who is based at Ditcheat with Champion Trainer Paul Nicholls, won the 2007/08 National Amateur Riders Championship outright on the last day of the season at Stratford on Saturday evening. READ MORE
20 May 2008 North Western Area Point-to-Point Championships 2008
The totals have been counted, and the scores are in, for the 2008 North Western Point-to-Point Championships. READ MORE
20 May 2008 West Midland Area Awards 2008
The latest update from the West Midland Area on their 2008 season awards. With only one meeting left to go, things are getting pretty tight at the top. READ MORE
19 May 2008 Pointing Yorkshire Challenge Trophy
Oliver Greenall won the 2008 www.pointingyorkshire Challenge Trophy, sponsored by the Yorkshire Point-to-Point Association. READ MORE
19 May 2008 Yorkshire Area Championships
Following the Area's final meeting of the season - the South Durham meeting at Mordon, the scores are now in for the Final Standings in the Area Championships. READ MORE
15 May 2008 pointtopoint.co.uk PPORA Young Horse Awards
Following last night's Weston & Banwell Harriers meeting at Cothelstone, the placings remain unaltered at the top of the pointtopoint.co.uk PPORA Young Horse Awards. READ MORE
11 May 2008 Yorkshire Point-to-Point Community Take Fund Raising to New Heights
Jockeys, trainers, owners and Point-to-Point fans across Yorkshire have raised more than £6,000 as a thank you for the life-saving work carried out by the county's air ambulance. READ MORE
08 May 2008 North Oxfordshire Wines South Midlands Area Awards Update
The latest update for the 2008 South Midlands Area Awards kindly sponsored by North Oxfordshire Wines. READ MORE
06 May 2008 DBS Young Horse P-to-P Championship Novices HC
Important Update to list of Qualifying Hunts & Meetings for this race, closing at noon on May 9th. READ MORE
05 May 2008 PPORA AGM & Awards Lunch
The Point-to-Point Owners & Riders Association AGM and Annual Awards Lunch is to be held at Stratford Racecourse on Friday, 23rd May. READ MORE
02 May 2008 Wessex Champion Hunter Chase - Re-opened
Wincanton Racecourse would like to make people aware that the BRADFORDS BUILDING SUPPLIES WESSEX CHAMPION HUNTER CHASE, CLASS 3, TOTAL PRIZE FUND OF £8,500 to be run at Wincanton on Thursday 8th May (ground currently Soft) has been re-opened. READ MORE
02 May 2008 Lauderdale at Mosshouses Postponed
The Lauderdale meeting at Mosshouses scheduled for this Sunday (4th May) has been postponed due to waterlogging at the course. READ MORE
30 April 2008 Yorkshire Area Point-to-Point Dinner
The Yorkshire Area Point-to-Point Dinner will be held this year, at Pavilions of Harrogate, on Saturday 18th October. READ MORE
29 April 2008 Stallion Needle Gun could be sharpest sire around
David Brace, who is well known in horse-racing circles, is the proud owner of Needle Gun, a top-class stallion who is standing at his Dunraven Stud, Llanmihangel Farm, near Bridgend. READ MORE
14 April 2008 IJF & Sarah Gaisford Charity Appeal Events
Two events have recently been organised in aid of the Injured Jockeys Fund and the Sarah Gaisford Charity Appeal - a race day at Newton Abbot and a Golf Day at Dainton Park Golf Club. READ MORE
13 April 2008 Sarah Gaisford Needs Your Help
Sarah Gaisford, who was paralysed in a fall at Exeter Racecourse in December, has sent out a plea for help to find a new home close to where she lives in Buckfastleigh, South Devon. READ MORE
10 April 2008 Point-to-Pointing Evolves on the Net
Welcome to Phase 2 of the development of pointtopoint.co.uk. You will find a whole host of new content and interactivity on the site, which we hope you will enjoy and find useful. READ MORE
08 April 2008 New Date for Hampshire
Point-to-Point racing will take place at Hackwood Park, Basingstoke on Sunday 13 April. READ MORE
07 April 2008 Busy Weekend Pointing in Store
Following the decimation of Sunday's meetings, this weekend is shaping up to be a busy one with five of the meetings lost to the weather during the past 2-weeks set to race on re-scheduled dates. READ MORE
07 April 2008 New Date for Pytchley
Owing to last weekend's adverse weather conditions, causing the postponement of Sunday's Pytchley Point-to-Point meeting, this meeting will now take place this coming Saturday, 12th April. READ MORE
02 April 2008 Seston to Undergo Second Operation
Miles Seston, who has been in hospital since his bone-breaking fall at Thorpe Lodge on Easter Monday, is due to have a second operation today (Wednesday), but although he will obviously be confined to a wheelchair for a while he is hoping that he will be allowed home by the weekend, especially as his current choice of television channels is extremely limited! READ MORE
01 April 2008 Cheshire and Ledbury Meetings Rescheduled
The Cheshire Point-to-Point meeting that was postponed on Sunday, March 30th, at Alpraham due to a waterlogged course has now been rescheduled for Saturday, April 12th, 2008. READ MORE
25 March 2008 Cheshire at Alpraham – New Racecourse Entrance
The Cheshire Hunt, who stage their annual Point-to-Point meeting at Alpraham this coming Sunday (30th), have a new entrance to their racecourse this year. READ MORE
21 March 2008 Holcombe Resurrected
Following the announcement last week that due to financial constraints, the Holcombe Hunt had regrettably had to abandon their meeting, there has been a groundswell of support, led by the North West PPORA Area Representative to try and save the meeting. READ MORE
20 March 2008 David Latham Remembered at Exeter
Countryside campaigner and Master of Foxhounds David Latham, will be remembered at Exeter Racecourse next Thursday (20th) when a race will be staged in his memory. READ MORE
18 March 2008 Kimble Racecourse - New One Way System
Racegoers who are heading to Kimble this weekend for the Vale of Aylesbury meeting on Easter Saturday should be aware of a new one-way system that will be operating. READ MORE
17 March 2008 South Herefordshire - Garnons
The South Herefordshire Hunt have been able to rearrange their Point-to-Point at Garnons for Easter Monday. READ MORE
10 March 2008 Karen Bailey Memorial Trophy
Sidney Bailey has always been held in high regard, not only within the boundaries of the Cirencester based V.W.H. Hunt, but also nationally, having acted as Huntsman for over 40 years before his retirement in 2006. READ MORE
10 March 2008 Hackwood Park - Update
Hackwood Park is poised to host three Point-to-Point meetings for the first time. The first is on Easter Monday, 24 March. READ MORE
03 March 2008 North Western Area - Notice
Due to a Car Rally taking place in the Park next Sunday (9th March) the Park will be closed to the Public on that day so will not be available for people to walk the course prior to the Meynell & South Staffs meeting on Sunday 16th March. This is only for the one day - sorry for any inconvenience. READ MORE
29 February 2008 Focus on Local Talent at Bangor-on-Dee
Bangor-on-Dee Racecourse is looking forward to staging this season's Sir Watkins Williams Wynn and the Flint & Denbigh Point-to-Point races on Sunday 9th March and Sunday 13th April, with the focus on one of the area's leading Point-to-Point jockey's, Will Kinsey. READ MORE
28 February 2008 Old Berks at Lockinge - Easter Monday, 24th March
The Old Berks Point-to-Point at Lockinge is a well-known local Easter Monday event and has been a hit for families, young people and - obviously - racing enthusiasts for many years. READ MORE
26 February 2008 Trainers Move Ahead at Gallop
Vale of Glamorgan's up-and-coming National Hunt trainer Tim Vaughan is moving to new premises at Pantwilkin Farm Racing Stables, Aberthin, Cowbridge, this weekend. READ MORE
26 February 2008 Lucy's Luck Changes a Year After Bad Fall
Lucy Rowsell, riding Lee Bridge's Lunar Crystal, made all to win the Ladies' Open race at the Countryside Alliance Club meeting at Badbury Rings on Sunday. READ MORE
19 February 2008 Flint Shows Spark of Future Champion
Rhys Flint continued his excellent run of form over the weekend with victory in the novice riders' race on his Iris's Prince at the Vine & Craven meeting at Barbury Racecourse on Saturday, and 24 hours later he followed-up in the novice riders' race on Whites Touch at the South Dorset at Milborne St Andrew. READ MORE
11 February 2008 Ladies Take a Leap for Sarah
A parachute jump of a different kind will take place in April when Point-to-Point riders' Lucy Gardner, Jenny Carr, and Claire Little don their racing gear and take a leap for their former weighing room colleague Sarah Gaisford who was paralysed in a fall at Exeter Racecourse in December. READ MORE
07 February 2008 Microchipping of Horses - Hunter Chases
We would like to bring to your attention the new requirements for microchipping that apply from January 1st 2008 following changes to the Orders and Rules of Racing. READ MORE
05 February 2008 Daughter prepares for debut where Dad began
The Vale of Clettwr fixture at Erw Lon, Pencader, next Saturday sees the start of the Welsh season. READ MORE
30 January 2008 College Valley & North Northumberland - Alnwick
We are pleased to report that it is very much a case of all systems go in the Northern Area for the College Valley & North Northumberland meeting at Alnwick on Sunday, February 10th. READ MORE
22 January 2008 South Midlands Area Club - Race Condition Changes
There are changes to the conditions of Races 1 and 7 at the South Midlands Area Club Point-to-Point meeting due to be held at Tweseldown on Sunday, 10th February 2008. READ MORE
14 January 2008 PPSA Introduce New Admin Awards
The PPSA has introduced some awards which will be presented to those in administration who have made a significant contribution to the sport in their local area. READ MORE
07 January 2008 Ablington Challenge raises over £7,000
A cheque for £7,114 was presented to the Wiltshire Air Ambulance at Larkhill on Saturday. READ MORE
24 December 2007 Kingscliff Retires
The 2003 winner of the Cheltenham Foxhunters has been retired after being pulled-up at Cheltenham on the 14th December. READ MORE
24 December 2007 Serious Accident for West Country Rider
Successful Amateur Rider Sarah Gaisford has broken a bone in her back after a nasty fall at Exeter on Thursday. READ MORE
12 December 2007 Tierney fined £3,000 at Gollinger enquiry
Point-to-Point rider and blacksmith Robert Tierney has been fined £3,000 by the British Horseracing Authority's Disciplinary Panel for being in breach of Rule 220(viii) of the Rules of Racing. READ MORE
