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06 January 2015
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Neil Mechie, Tommie O’Brien &
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Benedictus (Will Biddick - far side) leads Perfectly Willing (Mark Wall - centre) and Quinz
(Joe Hill) on his way to landing the Mens Open at the Larkhill Racing Club meeting
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06 January 2015
WELCOME FROM THE EDITOR
NO SHORATGE OF RUNNERS
AT LARKHILL
I would like to start by wishing all of
our readers a very Happy New Year; I
hope you all had an excellent festive
period and saw in the New Year in
style.
Back to business now and it was very
encouraging to see so many runners at
Larkhill on Sunday. Originally
scheduled as a five-race card, the
Larkhill Racing Club proved very
popular with owners and keepers three races divided, creating an eightrace card. Each race attracted doublefigure fields with the Ladies and Mens
Opens particularly well supported with
12 and 18 runners respectively.
Current Event made it two from two
this season in the Ladies Open with
Bryony Frost doing the steering once
more. This Aintree Fox Hunters target
continues to show his class and won
with any amount in hand to notch a
seventh straight success between the
flags.
In the Mens feature, Quinz (3rd) was
bidding to make it two from two since
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joining the Pointing ranks, but in a race
where the first three home were all in
contention jumping the last, it was Will
Biddick aboard Jack Barber’s
Benedictus who quickened best to take
the prize.
This gave the defending champion
gentleman rider Will Biddick and
keeper Jack Barber a double on the day
after the pair teamed up to take the
opening race, Division I of the Larkhill
Racing Club Members Conditions, with
Subtle Sovereign. This was also
Biddick’s second double at the course
in as many meetings.
Elsewhere, racegoers were treated to a
rare dead-heat in the concluding race of
the afternoon, Division II of the
Restricted, when the judge couldn’t split
Jepeck, ridden by Jamie Thomas, and
Icthec, ridden by Peter Mason. Storm
Lantern was another notable winner for
the Waley-Cohens, making it three wins
in a row (two this season) by taking
Division II of the Larkhill Racing Club
Members Conditions.
Switching our attention to this
weekend, we have three meetings
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Bryony Frost, on their way to winning the
Ladies Open race at the Larkhill Racing Club
meeting last Sunday by Julie Drewett
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spread across the country on Sunday.
Racing gets under way in the Yorkshire
Area courtesy of Sheriff Hutton’s
Yorkshire Area Point-to-Point Club
meeting - they have received a brilliant
151 entries. This meeting will also be
raising money for the Yorkshire Air
Ambulance so I urge those of you
close by to turn up in numbers and
support this great cause.
Ampton’s Dunston Harriers meeting
and Wadebridge’s North Cornwall
fixture complete the action and the vital
information, such as admission prices
and directions, can be found in the
‘What’s on this Week’ section.
For those of you Pointing this week,
best of luck; I’ll be
making my first
visit to
Ampton and
welcome any
wisdom you
may have!
Ben Roe,
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WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK
DUNSTON HARRIERS
NORTH CORNWALL
at Ampton
4m N of Bury St Edmunds, nr A134. IP31 1NS
Provisional Going: Soft, good to soft down the hill
First Race: 12.00pm
Number of Races: 6
Number of Entries: 104
Admission Prices: £10 per person, under 16s free
at Wadebridge
At Royal Cornwall Showground. 1m W of town nr A39. PL27 7JE
Provisional Going: Good to soft
First Race: 11.30am
Number of Races: 7
Number of Entries: 81
Admission Prices: £10 car/driver, £5 per additional passenger, under
16s free
YORKSHIRE AREA POINT-TO-POINT CLUB
at Sheriff Hutton
10m N/NE of York, 4m W of the A64. Turn right at mini-roundabout
in village, and course is 100yds on the left. YO60 7TN
Provisional Going: Good, good to soft in places
First Race: 12.00pm
Number of Races: 7
Number of Entries: 151
Admission Prices: £10 per person, under 14s free
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A fantastic crowd for a winter fixture enjoying the Harkaway
Club meeting at Chaddesley Corbett
Photo: David Simpson
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LATEST NEWS
PONY RACING FOR HUNTING
PONIES
The Melton Hunt Club are running a
series of racing rallies together with the
Belvoir Pony Club to try and encourage
children who are new to pony racing,
riding their hunting ponies. It is hoped
that there will be enough children who
are interested to enter a special race at
the Melton Hunt Club Point-to-Point in
2015. Full details of these rallies have
been sent to all Pony Clubs in Area 6
and the Pytchley and Atherstone
Branches. Please contact your DC for
more details or email
frankiefletcher@btinternet.com. There
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will still be the usual pony races as well at
the MHC meeting.
MASSIVE THANKS FROM
HARKAWAY CLUB
The Harkaway Club committee would
like to say thank you to all of the
trainers, owners, jockeys and racegoers
who came along to Chaddesley Corbett
on Monday. It goes without saying that
your support is crucial, and it is very
much appreciated.
The committee would also like to thank
the many volunteers who make the day
possible. There are too many to name
them individually, but they include our
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Stewards, Vets and Doctors, Starters and
Judges, Fence Stewards, Paddock and
Weighing Room Officials, Entrance and
Car Park Officials, Race Card Sellers,
Farriers, Sponsors Officials, Cashiers,
Drivers and the team of Horse Catchers.
Our thanks are also due to the
volunteers who put in a lot of work on
the buildings over the summer, and who
were treading in straight after the
meeting.
CORRECTION
Please note that the Brocklesby
meeting at Brocklesby Park is on
Sunday, 1st March 2015 and not as
previously published in our Fixture
List.
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06 January 2015
TRAINER PROFILE
NEIL MECHIE
For how long have you been
training?
This is the start of my third season I trained Kildonnan in 2012-13 and
Ockey De Neulliac in 2013-14.
Where are you based?
Chantry Farm, West Witton (North
Yorkshire) since this summer, having
trained from a barn in a field in West
Witton last year.
Do you combine training with
another job or profession?
I am one of two resident veterinary
surgeons at Mark Johnston Racing full
time and train the pointers in my lunch
time.
What training facilities do you have
available?
I have the use of stables in a 16 box
American barn on the farm and a
turnout paddock. We use Middleham
Moor facilities schooling on low moor
and cantering on high moor.
How many horses do you train?
Three this year: Ockey De Neulliac,
our star from last season; Chantry
Melody, a maiden mare owned by
Richard (our landlord); and
Lunacorn, a Flemensfirth mare out
of a half-sister to Monty's Pass, who
came second in an Irish maiden.
Are you from a racing background?
No, I trained as a veterinary surgeon
and my interest in racing came as I
specialised in equine veterinary
surgery. My first horse, Kildonnan,
broke a pedal bone at Wetherby and
was going to be put down; I took him
on for free, thinking he had potential
in the pointing field. He proved this by
winning a Ladies Open and a Carlisle
Hunter Chase in our first season
training.
What was the first winner you sent
out – name, owner, rider, date,
course?
It was Kildonnan in the Jedforest
Ladies Open at Friars Haugh on 24th
February 2013, owned by myself and
ridden by Catherine Walton.
Of which horse performance are
you most proud?
I can't choose between my three
Hunter Chase winners - Kildonnan at
Carlisle, and Ockey at Haydock and
Cheltenham, they all
mean a great
deal to me and my wife Lucy.
Did you race-ride before you
started training?
No, I have never race ridden and
would not be capable of it; I ride out
at home but have nothing but
admiration for everyone who rides in
races.
How did you start training and who
has been most influential on your
training career?
Kildonnan was trained for me by Guy
and Freya Brewer when I first got him.
When I changed jobs and could train
myself the next year I started training
Kildonnan myself.
Which jockeys do you use
regularly?
Catherine Walton, and Henry
Morshead was on my maiden at
Alnwick.
What car do you drive?
A Toyota hilux.
What kind of music do you like?
A very eclectic mix of anything
and everything.
Describe your perfect night
in and perfect night out:
Night in: steak, chips, a pint
of Black Sheep beer and
a good film to
watch with
my wife.
Do you train for just yourself and
family or for other Owners?
Myself and farrier Justin
Landy have Ockey
De Neulliac,
Chantry Melody
is Richard
Sunter’s - the
owner of the
farm we use and Lunacorn
is a syndicated
mare with a
few shares
still
available.
Neil Mechie (left)
with Justin Landy
Photo: David
Simpson
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TRAINER PROFILE | NEIL MECHIE
“If the possibility arises in the future I might quite like to train National
Hunt horses under Rules.”
Night out: a good meal with friends or
family at one of the several very nice
restaurants in our area.
What do you do to take a break
from training – any hobbies or
favourite holiday destinations?
I love skiing but due to training
commitments in the winter find it very
hard to get away.
Who would be your ideal travelling
companions to the races?
My wife, who is an essential part in
our training set up giving advice, riding
out and helping me at the races. I love
when family and friends join us at the
races for a day out. I would love to
have John Francome and Martin Pipe
join us just to glean their advice and
analysis on the horses.
Who are your biggest heroes – in or
out of racing?
In racing, A.P. McCoy, Ruby Walsh,
Martin Pipe and Paul Nicholls.
Which particular horse would you
like to train – in Points or under
Rules?
Denman - his power and style of
running mesmerised me.
If you hadn’t taken up training,
what would you have done instead?
Had a lot of free time and money to
go on holiday and enjoy the
countryside in the Yorkshire Dales.
Which horses do you have at the
moment that you would say have
good potential?
Ockey de Neulliac - if he retains his
form from last year has a tremendous
amount of ability.
What ambitions do you have in
racing?
Continue to enjoy my chances to train
horses in Points and Hunter Chases. If
the possibility arises in the future I
might quite like to train National Hunt
horses under Rules.
What are your favourite courses
and meetings - and why?
Cheltenham is an exceptional course
and an amazing place to go racing let
alone have a winner! I love Carlisle and
Haydock for the great days when I
have had winners there.
What do you consider to be the
biggest challenges for Point-toPoint trainers?
Horses trained by close associates of
professional trainers on outstanding
facilities, often very good ex-rules
horses as well. But that is the game
and if you can compete with and beat
these horses you have achieved
something you can be proud of.
What developments do you think
would benefit the sport in the
future?
Lighter weights to be carried in
Maiden races; twelve or twelve and a
half stone is a colossal weight for an
inexperienced horse learning to race.
They carry weights that far exceed
professionally trained horses, as the
old adage says weight stops trains so
why make a maiden carry so much.
Also from my professional point of
view high weights increase stress on
the horse during the race and can
increase injury rates, hence when I can
I run horses in ladies races where they
carry less weight.
Ockey De Neulliac and Catherine Walton en route to landing the
Ladies Open Hunters’ Chase at last season’s Hunter Chase
evening at Cheltenham
Photo: Julie Drewett racehorsephotos.co.uk
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GETTING TO KNOW YOU
“AP McCoy just inspires me never to grumble when I'm in pain!”
Date of birth: 29/10/1985
Job or profession: Amateur jockey
and general jack of all trades.
Are you from a racing background?
Yes. My mother Cherry Pointed a little
bit and had a permit to train. She is
the daughter of Mick Easterby, my
grandad.
What was your first ride in public?
2002 - Double Rich at Charm Park in
the Restricted. I fell off 3 from home,
jumped up ran back and told my mum
I absolutely loved that, I want to do it
again!
First winner: 8th of February, 2004,
on the legendary Silver Groom at
Witton Castle trained by my Uncle
David Easterby and owned by Kay
Barron.
Apart from the first winner, what
has been your most memorable
ride? There are lots. Amicelli winning
the AGA Final race at Cheltenham,
Holy Joe giving me an awesome spin
around the Aintree Foxhunters to
finish 3rd, but Wedger Pardy finishing
third in the Cross-Country race at the
Cheltenham Festival was pretty
special.
Is there a ride
you look
back on and
think
“could have
done
better?”
Wedger Pardy
in the
Cross-Country race at Cheltenham's
December meeting in 2011 (ran-out).
For which trainers/owners do you
mainly ride? My mother mainly, and
also Uncle David. I will ride for
anyone if I can.
Who has been most influential on
your riding career so far? My Uncle
David Easterby, Grandad & my
mother. We are not very good at praise
in my family and I'm my worst critic.
Which are your favourite courses?
And for what reasons? I'm so upset
we have no Whitwell-on-the-Hill
anymore as that is a proper fair track!
Sheriff Hutton and Charm Park are
good tracks too.
What car do you drive? Freddie the
Ford Focus.
Name your perfect night in and
perfect night out: In: steak, hot bath
and electric blanket. Out: good food,
great friends and dancing!
Where do you like to go on
holiday? Hot, Hot, Hot places!
Who would be your ideal travelling
companions to the races? My sister
Sam (aka the LinchPin) and Johnny
Depp.
What music are you currently
listening to? Johnny Cash.
What are your favourite TV
programmes? Downton Abbey and
Mrs Browns Boy’s.
What has been either your own
funniest incident, or the most
amusing thing you have seen or
heard at the races? Cantering
to the start at the Sinnington
meeting; Mark Walford said
to my friend SJ Townend:
"did you see anything fall
off my horses head?" She looked,
started screaming: "Oh my goodness
his eye has fallen out!" The funny
thing is, he's a one eyed horse!
Who are your biggest heroes in
racing? There are many. My Grandad
and AP McCoy just inspires me, never
to grumble when I'm in pain!
Which particular horse (in any
discipline) would you like to ride?
Frankel looked a beast and I'd love to
sit on Black Caviar!
Apart from race-riding, in what
other sports do you participate? My
cousin Joanna has got me back into
netball and I try to hunt as much as
possible, I love it.
Do you have any regrets in your
riding career to date? No, I just learn
from my mistakes.
What ambitions do you have in
racing? To be in one piece when I
hang my boots up.
Are there any changes that you
think would benefit the sport in the
future? Some sort of rule/restrictions
on horses rated ridiculously high that
have come from under Rules!
What are your aspirations for the
season? Ride winners and stay safe.
Can you give us a horse to look out
for this season? Five Piers.
Can you give us an up and coming
rider to look out for this season? Fi
McSharry.
If you were on an island and could
only bring three things, what would
you bring? Food, my sister Sam to
look after me, and one of my
cashmere jumpers in case it's cold!
And finally, sum up Point-toPointing in one word: Epic.
JACQUELINE COWARD
A regular on the Pointing scene for over 10
years, Jacqueline is one of the busiest riders
in the country. She was Leading Lady Rider
in the 2012/13 season, has been
runner-up twice, and has won the
Yorkshire Area Leading Rider Award
on no less than eight occasions
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Tabitha Worsley pictured at last season’s
Mid Surrey Farmers Drag meeting
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SCENE & HEARD
Fakenham, New Year’s Day by Carolyn Tanner
Many a comedian has begun a joke with
the words "An Englishman, an
Irishman, a Scotsman and a
Welshman." On this occasion it was no
laughing matter but described exactly
the four protagonists in the Amateur
Riders' Chase.
It was the Irishman who came out on
top, Gordon Treacy, nephew of
successful jockey Tom Treacy, landing
the spoils on Alright Benny for his boss
Paul Henderson. Gordon, who rode
between the flags in Ireland and is
hoping to take out a Pointing licence
here, did well to sit a couple of
mistakes four and three out respectively,
but the runner-up, and the only other
to complete, Icy Colt, never looked like
taking advantage despite Max
Kendrick's best endeavours.
Between them Bradley Gibbs, who is
based with Tim Vaughan, and Sam
Coltherd, who works for his father
Stuart at Selkirk, clocked up a round
trip total of approximately 1,200 miles,
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but unfortunately neither got further
than the seventh fence.
"He might not be too impressed,"
smiled Harry Beswick, referring to Ben
Pauling, after opening his account
under Rules in the Maiden Hurdle on
the Pam Sly-trained Acertain Circus.
Harry, 19, works for Ben, whose own
charge Baths Well was beaten into
third.
Harry, who recorded two Point-toPoint victories in 2014, joined the
Pauling yard after a spell with Fergal
O'Brien. "I was intending to stay
amateur for this season to get more
experience," he explained, "but it was
Ben's idea that I should turn
Conditional."
Harry is not setting himself a definite
target for the campaign, but admitted
that he would like to ride another four
winners in order to lose his 10lb claim
before the end of the season.
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Tabitha Worsley gave Sitting Back a
positive front-running ride in the
Novices' Chase, but the outsider of the
four runners, owned by her mother
Georgina Howell, eventually had no
answer to the favourite Shinooki.
Tabitha, just a few days short of her
nineteenth birthday, had won a
Whitfield Maiden on the now 11-yearold in May. She is at University in
Birmingham, but will be returning to
ride in her local South East area once
the season gets under way.
It has been a good few days for Michael
Kehoe, who saddled the Barlow
family's Brackloon High to win the
Men's Open at Cottenham on
December 28th.
At Fakenham, it was his turn to play
owner, when his Vision Du Coeur,
trained by his wife Fiona, took the 3m
Hurdle in the hands of Sam Jones.
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IN PROFILE
TOMMIE O’BRIEN
by Carolyn Tanner
Log onto Jonjo O'Neill's website and
you will find Tommie O'Brien listed
as one of the yard's Conditional
riders, but the Irishman has, in fact,
recently been granted his amateur and
Point-to-Point licences, and is looking
forward to making his debut between
the flags in Britain.
Jackdaws Castle to ask for a job, and
was invited for a trial. He turned
Conditional in 2013, and his 25 rides
yielded four second places. The
highlight, though, was finishing
fourth on Eastlake in a Class 2 Chase
at Sandown. "It was great to ride at a
top track like that," he enthused.
The son of former jockey, and now
trainer, Val O'Brien, Tommie always
wanted to race-ride, and having
started in pony racing he graduated to
riding in Points at the age of 16. He
rode as an amateur for five years,
including for leading trainer Michael
Hourigan, while he also wore the
green and gold colours of J P
McManus.
With his career not working out as
well as he had hoped, the change of
Novice Rider status in Point-toPoints persuaded him to revert to
amateur, a move to which O'Neill was
happy to agree.
With four successes under his belt,
two apiece in Points and Bumpers, he
took the step of phoning the office at
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He remains as part of the trainer's
team, and looks after the useful
performers Get Me Out Of Here and
Shutthefrontdoor, both of which he
took over from his girlfriend Laura
Morgan, O'Neill's travelling head girl,
while one of those he rides on the
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gallops is the giant Roc Des Champs.
"He must be over 18 hands, and he's
the only horse I've ever ridden that
makes me look small," laughed
Tommie, who despite standing at six
feet tall can easily ride at just over ten
stone. "I was always skinny," he
smiled.
He is hoping to make his Pointing
debut on Laura's Minella For Steak at
Sheriff Hutton, and rides out when
possible at her brother Tom's yard in
Leicestershire. There could also be
rides in the offing for Chris and
Antonia Bealby's stable, where Laura
worked prior to her move to the
Cotswolds.
With more experience than many
novice riders, Tommie is hoping he
will pick up some outside rides.
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Max and Native Pride on their way to winning Division 1 of the
Restricted race at Larkhill on Sunday
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IN PROFILE
MAX KENDRICK
by Carolyn Tanner
What originally looked like being a
busy weekend for Max Kendrick could
have ended in anti-climax, with none
of his three declared rides under
Rules, one at Sandown and two at
Plumpton, meeting their engagements.
The good news, though, was that the
loss of the Sunday bookings enabled
him to take the mount on the Joan
Johnston-trained Native Pride at
Larkhill, a ride which he had thought
he would have to forgo. The sevenyear-old duly obliged, his superior
jumping seeing him home.
Max's interest in racing stemmed from
accompanying his parents, Adam and
Carolyn, to meetings, and he became a
regular on the East Anglian pony
circuit - "I didn't have a winner, but
lots of placings," - although only at
the local fixtures as opposed to
competing in the Charles Owen series.
Adam sadly passed away when his son
was only 11, but Carolyn's
involvement has continued since. She
currently has a handful of horses
under Rules with Ben Case, and four
registered for Point-to-Pointing with
his wife Sarah.
As soon as he was 16 Max started
Pointing, with his first ride being on
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Lady Ann Lewis at Whitfield in
December 2011. Three months later
he opened his account on New Alco at
Horseheath, and he travelled to
Newmarket most mornings to ride out
for the latter's trainer Tory Hayter
before settling down to his studies at
Felsted School.
Although Carolyn insisted that he stay
on to do ‘A' levels, she realised that
using his qualifications, in Maths,
History and Business Studies, was not
an option, and as soon as he finished
his education he moved into racing full
time. After a summer with Giles
Bravery he joined Ben Case's yard,
where he has been based for over a
year.
He has completed a Category ‘B'
course, and would eventually like to
turn Conditional, but realises that he
needs more experience before he
makes the leap. "I'll leave it to Ben to
say when I'm ready," he said. Weight is
unlikely to be a problem, as he can
currently ride at 9st7lbs.
In addition to the guidance and
encouragement he receives from his
employer he is appreciative of the
assistance which is forthcoming from
the stable's regular riders Daryl Jacob
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and Kielan Woods. "I can always go to
them for advice and they're really
helpful," he stressed. It was Daryl who
suggested that Max should go to
Oaksey House, where a fitness
programme was devised for him.
His current winning tally stands at 11
between the flags and three under
Rules, but he is not setting any specific
targets for the campaign ahead. "I did
that last year and it didn't work out,"
he laughed.
One he names from Ben's yard is his
mother's six-year-old Ballagh, who
finished second on his only British
outing to the useful Different Gravey,
while his judgement was proved spot
on with regard to the aforementioned
Native Pride, who he had assessed prerace as being "rather nice."
He is riding out for other yards when
time allows, and is hoping that he will
be able to keep the ride on Paul
Webber's charge Firm Order, the
Saturday non-runner whose obvious
chance was highlighted in a feature on
his young rider in that day's Racing
Post, welcome publicity for any
amateur.
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06 January 2015
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IN THE FRAME
Who was capturing the action at Larkhill?
Larkhill staged the sole meeting last
weekend courtesy of the Larkhill
Racing Club and racegoers were treated
to eight races after three of the races
divided. There’s barely an early season
meeting that passes Julie Drewett by
and she was again in attendance to
capture the stills. Tim Holt is also a
familiar face at the Wiltshire venue and
was also present to share the
photography responsibilities. The pair
was also joined by another regular in
those parts, the West Country Videos
film crew, who were on hand to capture
all of the action as it unfolded.
Julie Drewett racehorsephotos.co.uk
Larkhill Racing Club at Larkhill
Tim Holt timholt@talktalk.net
Larkhill Racing Club at Larkhill
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Pre race selfie with The Mythologist at @LarkhillRacing !
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The Mythologist midnight snacking on carrots for his big day at
Larkhill with @jazz_clare! @GoPointing #carrotcrazy
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@GoPointing A dead heat in the last at Larkhill between Jepeck
and Icthec
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Bay who went on to finish 2nd @LarkhillRacing #GoPointing
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06 January 2015
BEEN POINTING
L-R: Katy Lyons, Phil York, Emily Harbour & Kevin Rolls
Gina Andrews leads up before
Division 2 of the Restricted
Current Event has just won the AGA sponsored Ladies Open race &
Bryony Frost is all smiles
Simon Hart is delighted after Kazuri
Kate’s 2nd behind Subtle Sovereign
Toby Betambeau & Pete Mann - pin
up boys of the weighing room
Len Vickery (centre) finds himself surrounded by AGA hats
Pointing legend, Richard Barber shares a joke with Sarah
Barber & Len Vickery
Mike Smith looks on after Subtle
Sovereign has won the opener
A cheeky smile from Taylor Pook
L-R: Former Irish Ladies Point-to-Point champion, Clare Gundry with Claire Hart & Hayley Finlay
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The final fence at Overton, the venue for the Dumfriesshire &
Stewartry meeting on 8 February
Photo: Grace Beresford p2pnorthernphotos.co.uk
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06 January 2015
FIXTURES 2014/15
Fixtures in Blue denotes Pony Racing at the meeting
Quantock Staghounds, COTHELSTONE
South Herefordshire, GARNONS
Tynedale, CORBRIDGE
Sat 7 March
Brecon & Talybont, LLANFRYNACH
Duke of Beaufort's, DIDMARTON
Kingston Blount Racing Club, KINGSTON BLOUNT
Sun 11 January
Dunston Harriers, AMPTON
North Cornwall, WADEBRIDGE
Yorkshire Area Point-to-Point Club, SHERIFF HUTTON
Sat 17 January
Royal Artillery, LARKHILL
Sun 18 January
Silverton, BLACK FOREST LODGE
West Percy, ALNWICK
Sun 25 January
Heythrop, COCKLEBARROW
Jedforest, FRIARS HAUGH
Tiverton, CHIPLEY PARK
Waveney Harriers, HIGHAM
Sun 1 February
Cambridgeshire with Enfield Chace, HORSEHEATH
Mid Devon, BLACK FOREST LODGE
South Dorset, MILBORNE ST ANDREW
South Durham Hunt Farmers Club, MORDON
Sat 7 February
Cambridge University Draghounds, COTTENHAM
Sun 8 March
Blackmore & Sparkford Vale, CHARLTON HORETHORNE
College Valley & North Northumberland, ALNWICK
Cottesmore, GARTHORPE
Derwent, CHARM PARK
Dulverton Farmers, TREBOROUGH HILL - Abandoned
Mid Surrey Farmers Drag, GODSTONE
Sir W.W. Wynn's, BANGOR-ON-DEE
Suffolk, AMPTON
Sat 14 March
Crawley & Horsham, PARHAM
Duke of Buccleuch's, FRIARS HAUGH
East Essex, MARKS TEY
New Forest, LARKHILL
Sun 8 February
Combined Services, LARKHILL
Dumfriesshire & Stewartry, OVERTON
South Midlands Area Club, WHITFIELD
South Wold, BROCKLESBY PARK
Southdown & Eridge , GODSTONE
Sat 14 February
Western, WADEBRIDGE
Sun 15 February
Midlands Area Club, THORPE LODGE
Percy, ALNWICK
Sinnington, DUNCOMBE PARK
South Pool Harriers, BUCKFASTLEIGH
Vine & Craven, BARBURY RACECOURSE
Sun 22 February
Albrighton & Woodland (North), CHADDESLEY CORBETT
Countryside Alliance Club (Wessex), BADBURY RINGS
Curre & Llangibby, HOWICK
East Cornwall, GREAT TRETHEW
North Norfolk Harriers, HIGHAM
South East Hunt Club, CHARING
Sat 28 February
East Devon, BISHOPS COURT
Thurlow, HORSEHEATH
Sun 1 March
Brocklesby, BROCKLESBY PARK
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Sun 15 March
Bicester with Whaddon Chase, WHITFIELD
Curre & Llangibby, HOWICK
Dart Vale & Haldon Harriers, BUCKFASTLEIGH
Hampshire, HACKWOOD PARK
Holderness, DALTON PARK
Ross Harriers, GARNONS
Sat 21 March
Hurworth, HUTTON RUDBY
Lanarkshire & Renfrewshire and Eglinton, OVERTON
V.W.H., SIDDINGTON
Wilton, MILBORNE ST ANDREW
Sun 22 March
Holcombe, WHITTINGTON
Lamerton, KILWORTHY
Mendip Farmers, STON EASTON
North Ledbury, HEREFORD RACECOURSE
Oakley, BRAFIELD-ON-THE-GREEN
Old Surrey, Burstow & West Kent, PENSHURST
Sat 28 March
Avon Vale, LARKHILL
Berwickshire, FRIARS HAUGH
Glamorgan, YSTRADOWEN
Puckeridge, HORSEHEATH
United Pack, BRAMPTON BRYAN
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FIXTURES 2014/15
Sun 29 March
Badsworth & Bramham Moor, ASKHAM BRYAN COLLEGE
Belvoir, GARTHORPE
Cotley, COTLEY
East Cornwall, GREAT TRETHEW
Flint & Denbigh, BANGOR-ON-DEE
Ledbury, MAISEMORE PARK
Southdown & Eridge, GODSTONE
Farmers Bloodhounds, WHITFIELD
South & West Wilts, LARKHILL
Tivyside & Carmarthenshire, LYDSTEP
York & Ainsty, EASINGWOLD
Sat 2 May
Lauderdale, MOSSHOUSES
Modbury Harriers, FLETE PARK
Pendle Forest & Craven, HESLAKER
Surrey Union, PEPER HAROW
Tredegar Farmers, LOWER MACHEN
Sat 4 April
Ashford Valley Tickham, CHARING
Croome & West Warwickshire, UPTON-UPON-SEVERN
Essex & Suffolk, HIGHAM
Kimblewick, KIMBLE
Ludlow, BITTERLEY
Middleton, SHERIFF HUTTON
Monmouthshire, LLANVAPLEY
North Staffordshire, SANDON
Portman, BADBURY RINGS
Spooners & West Dartmoor, CHERRYBROOK
Vale of Lune, WHITTINGTON
Woodland Pytchley, DINGLEY
Sun 3 May
Devon & Somerset Staghounds, HOLNICOTE
Fernie, DINGLEY
Radnor & West Hereford, COLD HARBOUR
Mon 4 May
Banwen Miners, PENTRECLWYDAU
Cattistock, LITTLEWINDSOR
East Sussex & Romney Marsh, ALDINGTON
Enfield Chace with Cambridgeshire Hunt, NORTHAW
North Shropshire, EYTON-ON-SEVERN
Stevenstone, VAUTERHILL
Warwickshire, MOLLINGTON
Zetland, WITTON CASTLE
Mon 6 April
Cumberland Farmers, DALSTON
East Kent with West Street, ALDINGTON
Four Burrow, TREBUDANNON
North Cotswold, PAXFORD
Old Berkshire, LOCKINGE
South Notts, THORPE LODGE
South Pembrokeshire, LYDSTEP
South Shropshire, EYTON-ON-SEVERN
Staintondale, CHARM PARK
Taunton Vale, KINGSTON ST MARY
Vine & Craven, HACKWOOD PARK
Sat 11 April
Essex, HIGH EASTER
North Warwickshire Hunt Club, MOLLINGTON
Teme Valley, BRAMPTON BRYAN
Ystrad Taf Fechan, YSTRADOWEN
Sat 9 May
Cumberland, ASPATRIA
Kimblewick, KINGSTON BLOUNT
Minehead Harriers and West Somerset, HOLNICOTE
Sun 10 May
Bilsdale, EASINGWOLD
Four Burrow, TREBUDANNON
Melton Hunt Club, GARTHORPE
Wheatland, CHADDESLEY CORBETT
Wed 13 May
Weston & Banwell Harriers, COTHELSTONE
Sat 16 May
Clifton-on-Teme, UPPER SAPEY
Fitzwilliam (Milton), DINGLEY
Gelligaer Farmers, LOWER MACHEN
South Durham, MORDON
Sun 17 May
Dulverton West, BRATTON DOWN
Golden Valley, BREDWARDINE
Grafton, WHITFIELD
Haydon, HEXHAM
Knutsford Races Club (formerly North West Point-to-Point Club), TABLEY
Sun 12 April
Bedale, HORNBY CASTLE
Cheshire Forest, TABLEY
Cotswold, ANDOVERSFORD
Eggesford, UPCOTT CROSS
Morpeth, TRANWELL
Pytchley, GUILSBOROUGH
Tedworth, BARBURY RACECOURSE
Sat 18 April
Dartmoor, FLETE PARK
Kimblewick, KINGSTON BLOUNT
Llangeinor, DUNRAVEN STUD
Old Surrey, Burstow & West Kent, PENSHURST
Worcestershire, CHADDESLEY CORBETT
Sun 19 April
Atherstone, CLIFTON-ON-DUNSMORE
Braes of Derwent, CORBRIDGE
Cleveland, MORDON
Cotswold Vale Farmers, ANDOVERSFORD
Seavington, LITTLEWINDSOR
West Norfolk, FAKENHAM
Sat 25 April
Berkeley, WOODFORD
Chiddingfold Leconfield & Cowdray, PARHAM
Fife, BALCORMO MAINS
Quorn, GARTHORPE
Sun 24 May
Berks&BucksDraghounds&SandhurstDraghounds,KINGSTONBLOUNT
West Somerset Vale, COTHELSTONE
West Wales Area Club, LYDSTEP
Mon 25 May
Albrighton & Woodland (South), CHADDESLEY CORBETT
South Tetcott, UPCOTT CROSS
Sat 30 May
Meynell & South Staffordshire, GARTHORPE
Sun 31 May
Border, HEXHAM
Exmoor, BRATTON DOWN
North Hereford, HEREFORD RACECOURSE
Sat 6 June
Pembrokeshire, TRECOED
Sun 7 June
Tiverton Staghounds, BRATTON DOWN
Sun 26 April
Axe Vale, STAFFORD CROSS
Cheshire, TABLEY
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Sat 13 June
Torrington Farmers, UMBERLEIGH
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