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06 May 2008 Zetland - Witton Castle

Oliver Greenall, who rode a double the previous day at the Pendle Forest & Craven meeting, drew further clear in the Gentleman national riders' championship by riding a treble at the Zetland meeting at Witton Castle. He is now 14 winners clear of the chasing pack in the race for the title. READ MORE

06 May 2008 Pendle Forest & Craven - Heslaker

Persistent rain before and during racing made conditions very testing at the Pendle Forest Point-to-Point at Heslaker on Sunday, with the concluding Maiden race taking in excess of eight and a half minutes. READ MORE

06 May 2008 Cotley - Cotley Farm

Polly Gundry and Rachael Green rode doubles at Cotley to maintain their duel for this season's National Championship. With 13 racing days left this season, Polly leads Rachael by 31 - 28. READ MORE

06 May 2008 Devon & Somerset Staghounds - Holnicote

Rachael Green, who had ridden her 100th Point-to-Point winner a week earlier, continued her good run with a double for her boss, Richard Barber, at Holnicote. Rachael led off in the Ladies' Open with Brown Cockle, who just got the better of market rival Croix De Guerre (Katherine Hobbs) after a tremendous race long duel. "That was brilliant training and brilliant riding", said Beaminster owner, Bill Dupont. "I don't know where he'll run next, but Brown Cockle keeps on giving me lots of fun". READ MORE

05 May 2008 South Shropshire - Eyton-on-Severn

The South Shropshire meeting at Eyton-on-Seven produced a very good day's racing, with plenty of close finishes and the warm weather attracted a bumper crowd to the Shropshire course. READ MORE

05 May 2008 Modbury Harriers - Flete Park

Marie McGuinness saddled a double at Flete Park on Saturday where Polly Gundry, who leads the national Lady riders' championship, was also in double form. READ MORE

04 May 2008 Fernie - Dingley

A large crowd witnessed some exciting racing when the Fernie Hunt held their popular Point-to-Point meeting at Dingley, near Market Harborough, this afternoon. Ashby de la Zouch based owner/rider Richard Armson was in top form, booting home the last two winners. READ MORE

01 May 2008 West Norfolk - Fakenham

Nibby Bloom, one of the best Point-to-Point jockeys East Anglia has ever known and second only to the late David Turner on the all-time winners list with 184, announced his retirement having made a surprise comeback at the West Norfolk meeting at Fakenham on Sunday. READ MORE

29 April 2008 Llangeinor - Laleston

Wales' Rhys Flint, 17, has been dubbed the Tony McCoy of Poiont-to-Pointing after landing the Dunraven Bowl Hunter Chase at Chepstow Racecourse last Friday on Paul Miles's game little mare Lady Myfanwy. READ MORE

28 April 2008 Axe Vale - Stafford Cross

A plan hatched months ago paid off for Peter Gibbons after his home bred mare Tandori won the Members' race at the Axe Vale meeting on Sunday. READ MORE

28 April 2008 Four Burrow - Trebudannon

The Four Burrow fixture at Trebudannon attracted a total of 83 runners on ground described by jockeys as riding on the fast side of good. READ MORE

28 April 2008 York & Ainsty - Easingwold

Despite heavy rain during the morning the York & Ainsty Point-to-Point had a successful meeting on Sunday, with all horseboxes having to be towed in and out. The meeting attracted 83 runners, for the 8 races, with the young horse Maiden split on the day. READ MORE

28 April 2008 Berkeley - Woodford

Geoff Barfoot-Saunt has now assumed the role as one of ‘the most senior jockey's in the West Midlands area' but that has its benefits and he put all that experience to good use with a double during Saturday's Berkeley Point-to-Point at Woodford. READ MORE

22 April 2008 Essex - High Easter

Ben Rivett, from Holt in North Norfolk, won his first ever Point-to-Point in the most thrilling circumstances during a top notch Essex meeting at High Easter on Saturday that featured incredibly tight finishes in three of its six races. READ MORE

22 April 2008 Pentyrch - Bonvilston

Eddie Ford's Little Ed, brilliantly ridden by Rhys Hughes, landed the Welsh Point-to-Point Grand National Volkswagen Touareg Men's Open Race at the rainsoaked Pentyrch Hunt Steeplechases. READ MORE

21 April 2008 Seavington - Littlewindsor

Neil Harris rode his 200th winner (including wins under Rules) on Marias Rock in the Seavington Maiden on Sunday. "That was a classic Neil Harris ride", said Brompton Regis handler Camilla Scott, who trains the horse for Gary Lever. "Neil settles horses well, he gets them jumping and then he creeps steadily into contention". Gary, who bought Marias Rock privately from George Knight last summer, could not be present, but John Atkins and Brian Holford - two of Southwestern's enthusiastic group of owners - had travelled from Exmoor with specially commissioned plaques to record Neil's double century. READ MORE

21 April 2008 South & West Wilts - Larkhill

Brother and Sister Michael and Rachael Green grabbed the headlines when both riding a winner at Larkhill on Saturday. READ MORE

21 April 2008 Worcestershire - Chaddesley Corbett

Peter and Liza Hall had cause for celebration after Cottage River had outstayed his rivals to claim one of the most sought after prizes in the sport, the Lady Dudley Cup. The official going was good but that was not enough to persuade the connections of Coolefind to run and he remained in his box. READ MORE

21 April 2008 Cotswold Vale Farmers - Andoversford

There was only one success for local stables during Sunday afternoon's Cotswold Vale Farmers meeting at Andoversford, and this took place during the opening Members race. READ MORE

21 April 2008 Dartmoor - Flete Park

Richard Woollacott booted home another double at Flete Park on Saturday, taking his tally to 18 and a step closer to a first ever National title. The crowds kept away from the rain drenched course, but racing was probably as good as has been seen at the track. READ MORE

21 April 2008 Cleveland - Mordon

Sheriff Hutton based jockey Oliver Greenall extended his lead in the Men's National Point-to-Point Championship at the weekend by riding three winners - two on Saturday and one on Sunday. His nearest challenger, Richard Burton, only managed one victory so Greenall now has a seven-winner lead over his pursuer. READ MORE

20 April 2008 Atherstone - Clifton-on-Dunsmore

A decent size crowd enjoyed some excellent and exciting racing this afternoon at the Atherstone Hunt's annual Point-to-Point meeting at Clifton-on-Dunsmore, near Rugby. On an eight race card the feature race was the £1,000 TBA/MFHA PPORA Mares & Fillies Championship Final that attracted horses from near and far, with the eventual winner having travelled up from Devon. READ MORE

15 April 2008 Ledbury - Maisemore Park

Prior to the Ledbury meeting at Maisemore Park, Fergal O'Brien looked as though he was going to run away with the Trainers Championship, but a treble for Hanley Swan based Andy Hobbs puts this prize back in the melting pot. READ MORE

15 April 2008 Essex & Suffolk - Higham

Confusion reigned following the running of the Novice Riders race at a superb Essex & Suffolk Point-to-Point at Higham on Saturday. READ MORE

15 April 2008 The 'Welsh Round-Up'

Members of the late John Lovell's family made the long journey from Cardiff to Cilwendeg on Sunday to see his horse, Sams Lad, land the Restricted race. READ MORE

14 April 2008 West Somerset Vale – Cothelstone

Michael Miller celebrated his birthday in style by riding his 150th Point-to-Point winner on Massimo at Cothelstone on Sunday. Michael settled Massimo in rear before the gelding quickened clear in a matter of strides with a circuit to go. READ MORE

14 April 2008 Portman – Badbury Rings

Ryan Bliss took the riding honours with a double on Golden Jack (Mixed Open) and Silver Monarch (Intermediate) at Badbury Rings on Saturday. READ MORE

14 April 2008 Hampshire - Hackwood Park

Rhythm King, a regular at Hackwood Park and Tweseldown, scored his twentieth success in Point-to-Points at Hackwood Park on Sunday. Ridden by owner/trainer Godfrey Maundrell, Rhythm King beat Splash and Dash by five lengths in the Night Nannies Confined Race. READ MORE

14 April 2008 Eggesford - Upcott Cross

Richard Barber saddled a treble at Upcott Cross on Saturday where times were slow but racing was of the highest order. Mud lovers had conditions just right and Range Rover came home the seven length winner of the restricted under Nick Williams. Lucy Dickinson bought the seven year old as a yearling and he's now won two for the season. READ MORE

14 April 2008 Flint & Denbigh - Bangor-on-Dee

Yesterday's Flint & Denbigh meeting, between the flags at Bangor-on-Dee, produced a cracking day's racing. Going into this meeting the former national champion rider Richard Burton was 7 winners behind the current leader Ollie Greenall in the Men's title but, after yesterday, that deficit has now been reduced to just five after Burtie completed a double at the North Wales course. READ MORE

14 April 2008 Cheshire - Alpraham

Last Saturday's rescheduled Cheshire meeting at Alpraham took place in glorious sunshine. The new entrance onto the course worked well but the crowd was down on previous years, rearranged meetings always seem to suffer with runners and crowds, and only 27 runners contested 7 races, with the final race a walkover. It was a good day for punters with every favourite going in, so not such a good day for the bookies. READ MORE

13 April 2008 Pytchley - Guilsborough

Having been postponed from last Sunday, owing to poor weather conditions, the Pytchley Hunt got their annual meeting off on ground that was near perfect. READ MORE

08 April 2008 Essex Farmers & Union - Marks Tey

Point-to-Point punters had to stomach a 20-1 shocker for the second Saturday running at Marks Tey on Saturday as Arctic Sun, the outsider of six in the Restricted race at the Essex Farmers & Union meeting, made every yard of the running and clung on for a narrow victory. READ MORE

07 April 2008 Tedworth - Barbury Racecourse

Cottage River, staying on strongly under David Mansell, took the feature 3m 6f Tedworth Gold Cup at Barbury Racecourse, where a large crowd saw three events divided and 122 horses contest 10 races. READ MORE

07 April 2008 Cheshire Forest - Tabley

Yesterday's Cheshire Forest meeting at Tabley had to survive two inspections before it was passed fit after overnight snow. Despite the wintery snow showers throughout the day, there was a reasonable crowd in attendance. Those that braved the elements were treated to a really good day's racing. READ MORE

07 April 2008 Middleton - Whitwell-on-the-Hill

The Middleton Point-to-Point at Whitwell on the Hill on Sunday managed to miss all the bad weather around, despite the last race being run in a blizzard with only the second last fence and last fence visible, and close and exciting finishes were the order of the day. READ MORE

07 April 2008 Spooners & West Dartmoor - Cherrybrook

Despite a covering of snow on the track in the morning, and a heavy 20 minutes snow shower after the third race, racing went ahead in the face of the wintry conditions at Cherrybrook on the edge of Dartmoor. READ MORE

01 April 2008 Puckeridge - Horseheath

Frosty Run, a horse who was bought by mistake for just £1,050, caused the biggest shock of the East Anglian Point-to-Point season so far when defying odds of 20-1 to run out the easy winner of the Ladies' Open at the Puckeridge meeting at Horseheath on Saturday. READ MORE

01 April 2008 Glamorgan - Ystradowen

Hengoed's Rhys Hughes chalked-up his second hat-trick of the season at the rain-soaked Glamorgan Hunt Point-to-Point with Well Mick (young horse Maiden), Little Ed (Confined) and Bob Bites Back (Restricted) - and all three are trained at Pyle by Robert Scrine. READ MORE

31 March 2008 Cattistock - Littlewindsor

Seaborough trainer Richard Barber stole the show with a treble at Littlewindsor, where the spring weather brought out a large crowd. READ MORE

31 March 2008 Avon Vale - Larkhill

Ask Again outstayed Cattle Class and odds-on favourite Man From Highworth to win a fascinating Mixed Open at rain-lashed Larkhill on Saturday. Ask Again is now unbeaten in seven completed Point-to-Points, but will return to the hunter chase arena. READ MORE

31 March 2008 East Cornwall - Great Trethew

Testing ground took its toll on runners at Great Trethew on Sunday where plenty of stamina was required to win. Richard Woollacott's great run of form continued with a rider/trainer double, initiated in the first of three maidens for four, five, six and seven year olds run over two and a half miles. This time Woollacott was on Denis Underhill's Lord's Bridge who won by a head from Royal Gemstone. READ MORE

31 March 2008 Badsworth & Bramham Moor - Mordon

The Badsworth & Bramham Moor meeting at Mordon on Saturday managed to get through the 7 race card despite heavy rain all afternoon. READ MORE

30 March 2008 Belvoir - Garthorpe

Although a fairly strong wind kept spectators on their toes, quite a decent size crowd enjoyed some exciting racing at Garthorpe, when the Belvoir Hunt held the second of five meetings scheduled at this racecourse during the season. READ MORE

26 March 2008 Essex Farmers & Union - Marks Tey

East Anglian Point-to-Pointing beat the weather for the second time in three days on Easter Monday as, while the professional meetings at Yarmouth and Huntingdon were abandoned, Marks Tey, which had been snowbound 24 hours earlier, hosted the Essex Farmers & Union meeting. READ MORE

26 March 2008 Easton Harriers - High Easter

The hardy souls who braved a biting wind and intermittent hail to attend Saturday's Easton Harriers Point-to-Point at High Easter on Saturday were rewarded with eight competitive races and plenty of late drama. READ MORE

26 March 2008 Croome & West Warwickshire - Upton-upon-Severn

Clerk of the Course Martin Weston was rewarded for all the hard work that had been done prior to Tuesday's Croome & West Warwickshire meeting with a double after Dobbiesgardenworld had stormed to victory in the Members and Caught At Dawn's facile win in the Men's Open. READ MORE

26 March 2008 Old Berks - Lockinge

It was a case of the four seasons with snow, rain, wind and sunshine but that didn't deter the crowds on the day as they arrived for the 56th Annual Old Berks Hunts' Annual Point-to-Point and Country Day. Barbecues took the place of picnics for many hardened campaigners as cars arrived in droves to set up on the hillside. READ MORE

25 March 2008 Curre & Llangibby - Howick

Reigning Welsh ladies' champion rider Isabel Tompsett was in brilliant form at the Curre & Llangibby Hunt Point-to-Point on Saturday landing a double with Chesnut Annie (Ladies' Open) and Check Up (Maiden two, part two). READ MORE

25 March 2008 Taunton Vale Foxhounds - Kingston St Mary

Saint Romble won a fascinating Ladies Open at Kingston St Mary, leading early on and then fighting back under Katherine Hobbs, making her reappearance after breaking a collarbone at Buckfastleigh in mid-February. "This is his 11th win for us", smiled Sarah Hobbs afterwards. "He's one of our very favourite horses, and certainly would never go hunter chasing - he's much too valuable to us for that". READ MORE

25 March 2008 Wilton - Badbury Rings

Golden Jack achieved an unusual double by winning two races - under different riders - for Witchampton owner/trainer Michelle Taylor at Badbury Rings on Easter Saturday. READ MORE

25 March 2008 Mendip Farmers - Ston Easton

Mike O'Connor's Springford was a popular winner of the Mendip Farmers Hunt race at Ston Easton, forging clear on the final circuit under Ian Popham. Now 16-years-old, Springford has won 12 of his 25 races for former trainer, Caroline Keevil, and Pat Bryant, who took over the pointers at their Charterhouse yard this season. "He's always been known as "The King" at home, and he still is", beamed Caroline and Pat proudly. READ MORE

25 March 2008 Vine & Craven - Hackwood Park

In spite of arctic conditions and competition from eleven meetings countrywide on Point-to-Pointing's busiest day, the Vine & Craven fixture at Hackwood Park attracted 43 runners and some top class racing. READ MORE

25 March 2008 Staintondale - Charm Park

Despite the bitter cold wind and the several heavy snow showers between races, the Staintondale Point-to-Point managed to get through their six race card. READ MORE

25 March 2008 Hurworth - Hutton Rudby

Despite early morning snow lying on the surrounding hills, the Hurworth meeting passed an early morning inspection after the snow on the course had melted. READ MORE

25 March 2008 North Shropshire - Eyton-on-Severn

Yesterday was a day for the real Point-to-Point enthusiasts, as it was a bitterly cold day with showers thrown in as well. The crowd was down on last year, but that was to be expected with the weather. It was good to be racing as Yarmouth and Fakenham fell victim to the weather, which meant that trainer Caroline Robinson and rider Charlie Huxley re-routed from Fakenham to Eyton-on-Severn. READ MORE

25 March 2008 North Cotswold - Paxford

Naunton's Fergal O'Brien consolidated his position at the top of the trainer's table with a double at Mondays North Cotswold meeting at Paxford. READ MORE

25 March 2008 Lamerton - Kilworthy

Gale force winds sweeping over Dartmoor threatened the Kilworthy meeting, and the usual marquees could not be erected in the gales which showed no signs of relenting all afternoon. The use of Livestock transporters as temporary accommodation kept the show on the road, and the meeting was rewarded with a good quality turn out of 63 runners for the seven races. READ MORE

25 March 2008 South Notts - Thorpe Lodge

Steve Magee was the man in form at the South Notts Point-to-Point with a double starting with Farmer Frank who was an impressive 15 length winner of the Hunt Member's race for owner Roger Jackson. Farmer Frank is trained by Nick Kent and still only a five year old; he is highly regarded by his stable and should be a good thing when he progresses to Restricted company. READ MORE

23 March 2008 North Staffordshire - Sandon

Yesterday's North Staffordshire meeting at Sandon, Nr Stone, was very much one for the diehards. It was a bitterly cold afternoon, with the odd snow shower thrown in for good measure. The wintry conditions resulted in a much smaller crowd than normal, but those that stayed away missed a really good day's racing. READ MORE

23 March 2008 Woodland Pytchley - Dingley

A fine treble of wins for jockey Tom Ellis and trainer Jimmy Tarry, in between bursts of snow showers, hail stones and some bouts of sunshine, were the order of the day as a decent size crowd enjoyed some exciting racing when the Woodland Pytchley held their annual Point-to-Point meeting at Dingley, near Market Harborough on Saturday. READ MORE

19 March 2008 Tivyside - Cilwendeg

Rhys Hughes, 26, celebrated the birth of his daughter Anaira last Tuesday by riding his first ever hat-trick at the rain-soaked Tivyside Point-to-Point with Hume Theatre (Members), Little Ed (Confined) and Bob Bites Back (Maiden division three). READ MORE

19 March 2008 Fitzwilliam (Milton) - Cottenham

Kelly Smith and Joe Turner, two trainers who broke their ducks for 2008 while sharing four triumphs at Ampton six days earlier, provided the only East Anglian successes at the Fitwilliam (Milton) Point-to-Point at Cottenham on Saturday. READ MORE

18 March 2008 New Forest - Larkhill

Droop trainer Louise Alner and stable jockey Ian Chanin grabbed the headlines with a double at windswept Larkhill on Saturday. READ MORE

18 March 2008 Quantock Staghounds - Cothelstone

Riders Giles Hawkins, 16, and Rachel Jones, 31, were first-time winners at Cothelstone, where the persistent downpour made conditions testing for horses and spectators READ MORE

17 March 2008 Western - Wadebridge

The Western meeting featured a first ever treble for Will Biddick and a first ever double for the popular Tavistock-based rider Jimmy Cole. Heavy going meant stamina sapping ground at Wadebridge but this proved little inconvenience for the promising Ballybrown, who initiated Biddick's hat trick with a comfortable success in the Intermediate. Ballybrown's trainer Becky Kennen said that her charge "needed to gain his confidence and would have benefited from this." He may be aimed at the final of this series at Exeter. READ MORE

17 March 2008 Meynell & South Staffordshire - Weston Park

The South Hereford meeting at Garnons fell victim to the weather yesterday, but there were no such problems at the Meynell & South Staffs fixture at Weston Park. READ MORE

17 March 2008 Holderness - Dalton Park

Duchess Account once again stole the show at the Holderness Point-to-Point at Dalton Park, near Beverley, on Sunday ridden by Emma Brader. The pair came fast and late to beat long time leader Narciso by a length. This was a just reward for the Brader family who had the favourite Skew Whip in the Mens Open but was pulled up lame after a circuit. Duchess Account will be put in foal at the end of the season but not before contesting the prestigious Grimthorpe Gold Cup in which there would be no more popular winner. READ MORE

16 March 2008 South Wold - Brocklesby Park

The South Wold Point-to-Point took place on Saturday, a misty day that quickly became a foggy day and unfortunately lead to the abandonment of the meeting after the fourth race. This was very disappointing both for racegoers, owners, jockeys and for the organisers who had put so much work into the holding the meeting. READ MORE

13 March 2008 Suffolk - Ampton

James Owen and Kelly Smith can see Ampton Point-to-Point course from their Dalmer Lodge Stables at Timworth and they had a day to remember there at the Suffolk Hunt meeting on Sunday.  James rode a treble and Kelly had a double to get off the mark for the season. READ MORE

11 March 2008 Blackmore & Sparkford Vale - Charlton Horethorne

Shepherds Hut was the impressive winner of the Men's Open at Charlton Horethorne on Sunday. Jumping superbly - "he gained lengths at the fences", said rider Ian Chanin - Shepherds Hut led for most of the last circuit and easily recorded the day's fastest time. The nine-year-old won two races in 2006, but missed 2007 and was making only his seventh racecourse appearance on Sunday. On this evidence, owner trainers Richard and Sherilyn King have much to look forward to. READ MORE

10 March 2008 West Street Tickham - Detling

In high winds, and persistent drizzle, the West Street Tickham Point-to-Point was a family day in more ways than one. Stuart Robinson won the feature race, the Kent Grand National, on his father David's Bee An Bee. Two weeks ago David broke a bone in his neck when the same horse ran out with him at Charing. READ MORE

10 March 2008 Cottesmore - Garthorpe

Decent Spring weather, good ground conditions, and some quality Point-to-Point racing got the first Leicestershire meeting of the season off to a good start at Garthorpe. With new style fences set in place for the meeting, both trainers and jockeys gave the thumbs up and no fallers were reported during the seven races. READ MORE

10 March 2008 Sir W.W.Wynn's - Bangor-on-Dee

The Sir W.W. Wynn's Hunt staged a really good days racing at Bangor-on-Dee yesterday. The marathon 9 race card attracted a good number of runners and supporters. READ MORE

10 March 2008 Derwent - Charm Park

The Derwent Point-to-Point at Charm Park, Wykeham, on Sunday saw Sherriff Hutton based jockey Oliver Greenall ride 3 winners, to add to the two he rode at Dalston on Saturday, enabling him to storm three winners clear in the Mens National Championship. READ MORE

10 March 2008 Dart Vale & Haldon Harriers - Buckfastleigh

Polly Gundry's superb season showed no sign of abating at Buckfastleigh on Sunday where she rode a treble. Heavy showers meant the ground was soft, and stamina was required in abundance, but Rockwithacaveman proved he has plenty of that when he won his fourth race of the season after running out the six length winner of the Confined. READ MORE

05 March 2008 Granta Harriers - Higham

Rupert Stearn had a day to remember at the Granta Harriers Point-to-Point at Higham on Sunday. Still looking for his first win of the season at the start of the afternoon, the 23-year-old from Wymondham reeled off three consecutive victories to post his first ever treble. READ MORE

03 March 2008 Taunton Vale Harriers - Kingston St Mary

Former National Champion Rachael Green took the riding honours with a double at the Taunton Vale Harriers point-to-point at Kingston St Mary on Sunday. READ MORE

03 March 2008 Southdown & Eridge - Godstone

Another fine day saw the South East's fourth fixture of the season take place in optimum conditions at Godstone on Sunday, March 2nd. It was a day that saw popular champion Carryonharry return to the winner's enclosure after his seasonal debut in the Ladies' Open, and a double for reigning area top jockey Philip Hall. READ MORE

03 March 2008 Duke of Beaufort's - Didmarton

Local horses held their own when the Duke of Beaufort staged their popular meeting at Didmarton on Saturday afternoon. READ MORE

03 March 2008 East Devon - Ottery St Mary

A marathon 11 races made up the card at the East Devon meeting at Ottery St Mary where Southwestern proved he is back on top form and primed for a tilt at the Christie's Foxhunters at the Cheltenham Festival in just over a week's time after his win in the Volkswagen Touareg Men's Open race. READ MORE

03 March 2008 Grove & Rufford - Welbeck

A good sized crowd enjoyed some exciting racing when the Grove & Rufford Hunt held their annual Point-to-Point meeting at Welbeck, near Worksop on Sunday. READ MORE

28 February 2008 Thurlow - Horseheath

Downham Market butcher Jeff Sargeant celebrated his first ever victory as an owner when Ballyowen, trained at Runcton Holme by Fred Farrow and brilliantly ridden by Alex Vaughan-Jones took the Restricted race at the Thurlow Point-to-Point at Horseheath on Saturday. READ MORE

25 February 2008 Countryside Alliance Club (Wessex) – Badbury Rings

The second year of this meeting proved an enormous success and the car parks were filled and racecards sold out as the crowds flocked through the gates at Badbury Rings, near Wimborne. READ MORE

25 February 2008 East Cornwall - Great Trethew

Good going at Great Trethew attracted a total of 96 runners on a nine race card which featured doubles for jockeys Neil Harris and Ian Popham. READ MORE

25 February 2008 South East Hunts Club - Charing

It was a day of mixed fortunes for David Robinson and his son Stuart at the South East Hunts Club meeting at Charing on Sunday (24th Feb). READ MORE

25 February 2008 Tanatside - Eyton-on-Severn

Yesterday's Tanatside meeting at Eyton-on-Severn produced a really great day of competitive racing, with over 100 horses contesting the 8 race card; and the crowd looked larger than normal. The course looked in fantastic condition a credit to clerk of the course John Beddoes. READ MORE

25 February 2008 Burton - Market Rasen

Eighty-three runners contested 8 races at the Burton Point-to-Point on Sunday. This was the final Point-to-Point to be held at the racecourse and next year the meeting moves to the Lincolnshire Showground. READ MORE

20 February 2008 East Essex - Marks Tey

Dunmanus Bay provided the perfect finish to a wonderful day's racing at the East Essex Point-to-Point at Marks Tey on Saturday with a popular victory in the Novice Riders Race. READ MORE

19 February 2008 South Dorset - Milborne St Andrew

Ask Again (Sarah West) won a memorable Ladies Open, when just getting the better of Red Brook Lad and Rimpton Boy, who led over the last, at Milborne St Andrew on Sunday. READ MORE

18 February 2008 South Pool Harriers - Buckfastleigh

Reigning area champion Richard Woollacott took his tally to seven for the season at Buckfastleigh on Sunday where a huge crowd lined their pockets as six favourites delivered on the eight race card. READ MORE

18 February 2008 Vine & Craven - Barbury Racecourse

Rider Phillip York's run of good form continued at the Vine & Craven meeting at Barbury Racecourse on Saturday with a double. READ MORE

17 February 2008 Sinnington - Duncombe Park

The Sinnington Hunt Point-to-Point went ahead on Saturday following two inspections for frost. READ MORE

13 February 2008 Cambridge University United Hunts Club - Cottenham

Georgina Andrews, Clare Hobson and Scare Lotte, three golden girls of East Anglian Point-to-Pointing past and present, dominated the early stages of a sun-drenched Cambridge University United Hunts Club meeting at Cottenham yesterday (Sunday). READ MORE

12 February 2008 United Services - Larkhill

Man From Highworth (David Bass) put up a superb performance to run away with the Coronation Gold Cup at Larkhill on Saturday. READ MORE

11 February 2008 South Midlands Area Club - Tweseldown

On a day of brilliant sunshine Tweseldown hosted the South Midlands Area Club. Visiting horses and riders dominated the meeting and not until the last of seven races did Surrey jockey, Philip York, score a blow for the Sandhurst Area. READ MORE

11 February 2008 Mid Surrey Farmers Draghounds - Godstone

Already the oldest licensed jockey in Britain, David Robinson rode further into the history books with a win at the Mid Surrey Farmers Point-to-Point meeting at Godstone on Sunday. READ MORE

11 February 2008 Brocklesby – Brocklesby Park

Some great racing was enjoyed in lovely spring sunshine at Brocklesby Park on Saturday. Ninety-nine horses contested eight races and the track was in excellent condition. The meeting was celebrating 50 years of racing on the course and was held by kind permission of the Earl of Yarborough. READ MORE

05 February 2008 Cambridgeshire with Enfield Chace - Horseheath

Jilted Lover gave Alex Embiricos her first victory in the saddle for almost three years, on Saturday, when coming from a seemingly impossible position to snatch victory in the Restricted Race at the Cambridgeshire with Enfield Chace Point-to-Point at Horseheath. READ MORE

04 February 2008 Old Raby Hunt Club - Witton Castle

The Old Raby Hunt Club Point-to-Point at Witton Castle went ahead on Sunday after passing an 8.00am inspection, the course having been frost bound 24 hours earlier. READ MORE

04 February 2008 Mid Devon - Black Forest Lodge

Polly Gundry was the rider on form on testing ground at Black Forest Lodge on Sunday where she booted home four winners. READ MORE

04 February 2008 North Cornwall - Wadebridge

Colin and Karyn Heard have made a habit of saddling winners at Wadebridge. Their nearby Boscastle yard provided three winners at the course's fixture in December, and they followed up with two further successes at Saturday's North Cornwall meeting. READ MORE

31 January 2008 North Norfolk Harriers – Higham

David Kemp, the trainer-rider from Kilverstone, near Thetford, was the man to follow at the North Norfolk Harriers Point-to-Point at Higham on Sunday 27th. READ MORE

28 January 2008 Royal Artillery - Larkhill

David Bass, 19, rode his first-ever winner when 33/1 Man From Highworth bolted up in the Royal Artillery Men's Open at Larkhill on Saturday. READ MORE

28 January 2008 Albrighton - Weston Park

The new 2008 season between the flags in the North Western area finally got underway, at the second attempt yesterday, with the rescheduled Albrighton meeting at Weston Park. READ MORE

28 January 2008 Tiverton - Chipley Park

A huge crowd at Chipley Park found winners hard to find on a ten race card run on testing ground which attracted a total of 115 runners. READ MORE

28 January 2008 Midlands Area Club - Thorpe Lodge

The Midlands Area Club Point-to-Point took place on Sunday in glorious spring-like weather. The sun was certainly shining for favourite backers with all seven races going to the market leader. READ MORE

28 January 2008 West Street Tickham - Detling

A glorious day's racing at Detling Point-to-Point (Sat 26th) saw large fields competing in perfect conditions. Two riders - Peter Bull and Phil York, went home with doubles. READ MORE

22 January 2008 Dunston Harriers - Ampton

A meteorological miracle bestowed warm, dry weather on the Point-to-Point faithful who arrived expecting further monsoon conditions at the seven-race Dunston Harriers fixture at Ampton, near Bury St Edmunds, last Sunday. READ MORE

21 January 2008 Silverton - Black Forest Lodge

Southwestern put up a thoroughly impressive performance in the Mens Open at the Silverton Point-to-Point at Black Forest Lodge on Sunday to confirm he is on course to assert his challenge in the Christie's Foxhunters at the Cheltenham Festival in March. READ MORE

07 January 2008 Staff College & R.M.A. Sandhurst Draghounds - Tweseldown

Course specialist, Irilut, returned to his winning ways, reversing last month's defeat here by Whereareyounow in the Men's Open at Tweseldown. READ MORE

07 January 2008 Army - Larkhill

Something Small put up a stunning performance to spread-eagle his 18 opponents in a quality Men's Open at Larkhill on Saturday. READ MORE

31 December 2007 South Devon Hunts Club - Ideford Arch

It was a day of doubles at Ideford Arch on Sunday where a busy crowd enjoyed a marathon ten race card. READ MORE

17 December 2007 North Cornwall Club - Wadebridge

There was much to talk about after the North Cornwall Club's superb Point-to-Point at Wadebridge on Saturday where the Reverend Simon Beveridge became the first minister of the cloth to ride a winner between the flags and Colin Heard trained his first ever treble. READ MORE

03 December 2007 Tweseldown Racing Club - Tweseldown

Selbourne rider John Maxse, Communications Director of the Jockey Club, rode his own horse, Whereareyounow to a 25 length win in a hotly contested Mens Open race at Tweseldown on Sunday. READ MORE

03 December 2007 Black Forest Club - Black Forest Lodge

Racegoers were treated to a perfect start to the new Point-to-Point season at Black Forest Lodge on Sunday (2nd), where quality racing with big fields was the order of the day. READ MORE

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