Oriental Club Owner-Trainer Series
The PPA is thrilled to announce the creation of a brand new type of race series for Owner-Trainers, sponsored by The Oriental Club. The Oriental Club is not only providing support to the fixtures but in most cases will be providing a hospitality bar, to which all owners and trainers participating at the sponsored fixture are invited.
The 16-race series is deliberately intended to provide a chance for competitive racing for those who have found limited opportunities for their horses above Restricted and Intermediate levels. All horses completing in any race in the series will qualify for the final, providing they remain eligible. Those running in the races scheduled after the series final will qualify for the following year.
The series races will be held at the following fixtures:
| Area | Meeting | Course | Date |
| SE | Southdown & Eridge* | Godstone | 01 March 2020 |
| WM | Duke of Beaufort's | Didmarton | 07 March 2020 |
| N | College Valley & North Northumberland | Alnwick | 08 March 2020 |
| SM | Bicester with Whaddon Chase* | Edgcote | 15 March 2020 |
| W | New Forest Hounds | Larkhill | 15 March 2020 |
| NW | Cheshire Forest | Tabley | 28 March 2020 |
| Y | Middleton | Sheriff Hutton | 29 March 2020 |
| SM | North Warwickshire Club | Mollington | 04 April 2020 |
| EA | Essex and Suffolk Foxhounds | Higham | 11 April 2020 |
| D&C | Dartmoor Foxhounds | Flete Park | 18 April 2020 |
| N | Lauderdale | Mosshouses | 19 April 2020 |
| SE | Chiddingfold, Leconfield & Cowdray | Parham | 25 April 2020 |
| Y | Pendle Forest & Craven | Heslaker | 02 May 2020 |
| SE | Mid Surrey Farmers Draghounds (FINAL) | Godstone | 03 May 2020 |
| EA | Enfield Chase with Cambridge | Northaw | 09 May 2020 |
| SM | Berks and Bucks | Kingston Blount | 24 May 2020 |
* Southdown & Eridge abandoned
* Bicester with Whaddon Chase postponed
Please note that the series final will be exempt from the regulation stating that a horse can only have won three Conditions races in the current season.
For further information on the Oriental Club, please click here: www.orientalclub.org.uk