9th October 2024
Digital and Content Marketing vacancy at the PPA
As part of the PPA’s marketing initiative to grow pointing - we are designing and implementing a new marketing strategy which works for the sport on a national and local level.
3rd November 2020
TRAINER TALK: FRANCESCA NIMMO & CHARLIE POSTE
Training partnership Fran and Charlie Poste (Fran trains under her maiden name of Nimmo but the couple married in summer 2019) are firmly established as one of the leading yards when it comes to...
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Trainer Talk: David Phelan
David Phelan – from Middleton in County Cork – has been based in Britain for nearly 20 years, originally working for Brendan Powell, to whom he was assistant trainer.
Read more2nd December 2019
Trainer Talk: Sara Bradstock
Sara Bradstock is steeped in the sports of horse racing and point-to-pointing. A daughter of the late and much-loved Lord (John) Oaksey, she rode between the flags and under Rules herself in the...
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22nd November 2019
Trainer Talk: James Ridley
James Ridley has been a well-known figure on the West Midlands pointing scene since riding his...
Read more15th November 2019
Talking $hop: Will Biddick
In his 17 seasons as a jockey, Will Biddick has set new standards. In 2019, he won his seventh jockeys’ title – one short of David Turner’s total – and, in doing so, passed Richard Burton’s...
Read more15th November 2019
Trainer Talk: Tom Ellis & Gina Andrews
The first time I interviewed husband and wife training partnership Tom Ellis and Gina Andrews, they were recovering from what was – by their own admission – a disappointing 2014/2015 with just one...
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23rd May 2019
Your Chance to shape your Sport
Competitors and followers of point-to-pointing in Britain are being encouraged to float...
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