Go Pointing - Issue 4

THE WEEKLY GUIDE TO YOUR SPORT

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23 / NOVEMBER / 2023 COVER PHOTO: Tim Holt

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WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK POINTING POINTERS PODCAST ON THE CLOCK TRAINER TALK: GILL ANDERSON IN THE FRAME

SPEED FIGURES & RESULTS

REPORTS

FIXTURE LIST 2023/2024

POINT-TO-POINT ENTRIES

POINT-TO-POINT SOCIAL MEDIA

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WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK

Photo: Tim Holt.

HURSLEY HAMBLEDON SUNDAY 26 NOVEMBER, 2023 AT LARKHILL LOCATION: 5m NW of Amesbury, 10m N of Salisbury, nr A303, A345 and A360. SP3 4DT. WHAT THREE WORDS: tubes.driveway.conquests PTP AREA: WESSEX GOING: Currently good with a generous covering of grass (as at Sat 18 Nov).

FIRST RACE: 12.00PM GATES OPEN: 10.00AM ENTRY COST: £15.00. Children under 16 free.

MEETING PREVIEW The first of the scheduled seven meetings planned for Larkhill this season takes place on Sunday when Hursley Hambledon holds their annual fixture. Larkhill is able to absorb all of the rain which has fallen in recent weeks and the current going report is good.

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POINTING POINTERS THE POINT-TO-POINT PODCAST

Pointing Pointers is a regular podcast hosted by stud owner Ben Atkins and former jockey Sam Davies-Thomas, who are frequently joined by a cast of characters from the point-to-point community. Episodes range in length from ten minute snippets to hour-long in-depth interviews and cover topics ranging from meeting reviews and previews to reflections on the state of the sport from leading jockeys, trainers and owners.

All episodes for the 2023/2024 season will be sponsored for the first time by the PPORA. The easiest way to listen to Pointing Pointers is to visit pointingpointers.co.uk and click the “Listen Now” button. This takes you directly to the latest episodes, and provides you with a link to listen on your preferred podcast platform. The podcast is available on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts and RadioPublic, or in your preferred web browser.

This season, you are also able to watch and listen via YouTube where the Pointing Pointers page will host all episodes.

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ON THE CLOCK The weekend’s solitary meeting led to a good entry for the shorter maiden and, with most standing their ground , the race divided. The first division was run in a time some 12 seconds faster than the second and saw an impressive performance from French import Mary’s Fortune (99). Setting out to make all the running, this flashy chestnut already had her rivals strung out behind going out on the final circuit and was still well in front at the post. She understandably finished a little weary and this, coupled with the fact that her only two previous outings in France came over 2 miles, may lead connections to consider targeting a Restricted over a similarly short distance. On this performance she should have little difficulty following up.

An excellent surface had presented itself at the start of proceedings but steady rain then persisted leading to a steady deterioration, a fact that time aficionado’s should factor in when assessing contests later in the card. Allowance has been made for this in the figures for the days other winners – all of which appear exclusively in the Looseleaf formbook.

Mary’s Fortune, fancied to follow up on this win at Great Trethew Photo: Tim Holt

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TRAINER TALK: GILL ANDERSON

BY JAKE EXELBY SOUTH MIDLANDS AREA PRESS OFFICER

Gill Anderson is relatively new to the world of pointing, training her first runner in the 2018/2019 season then returning last year with two horses. Maiden Quickcharge provided her first winner at Chaddesley Corbett in May, in the hands of novice champion Amber Jackson-Fennell and Gill had her first rides on the experienced Whin Park. Both horses remain at her Stone Farm base near Chipping Norton for the coming season, as she bids to build on her debut success. Also running a thriving horse transport business, she hosted Jake Exelby before the start of the 2023/2024 campaign and explained how she juggles both roles and what she hopes to achieve in the sport of pointing – both in the saddle and on the ground.

After riding Quickcharge, Gill tells me her story.

“I’m from Nantwich in Cheshire and not from a horsey family, but a schoolfriend had a riding school party when I was four and I’ve been hooked ever since. A local family ‘adopted’ me and let me ride their ponies, which really set me up and that was all I did in the school holidays.”

Gill got the first horse of her own – Beau – aged 16, “When Dad realised it wasn’t just a phase.

We evented – if he wanted to do it, he’d be in the ribbons, but if not… forget it! When I went to the Royal Agricultural University, he came with me, and we team chased and did hunt races. He’s 20-odd now and Mum still looks after him – she learnt to ride on him aged 50.”

“When I left university, I thought I should get a proper job to pay for the horses,” Gill smiles, “And did some agricultural consultancy, but set-up my own horse transport business in 2014, while riding out and box driving part time for Charlie Longsdon. I continued to ride out as much as possible around the driving up to Covid, which is when I took on the yard and started building it up, as well as introducing self-drive hire to the business. I’ve always been independent – as soon as I could drive, I learnt to hitch a trailer to a car, to save my parents doing it, and used to do things like dog walking to get money to buy my own lorry. I still drive for Charlie, and also for the likes of Marcus Foley, Neil King, Heather Main and Graeme McPherson’s racing ponies. But it’s become quite a saturated market now,” Gill admits.

Gill’s first tilt at the training ranks was with the talented but exasperating Jimmy Tew who, according to his trainer, “Had more letters of

Quickcharge at Chaddesley Corbett Photo: Sweet Photography the alphabet in his form than numbers!” (He failed to finish in his first four starts). “Annabel Wheatley – who I rode out for – broke him in and really liked him. He was in training with Fergal O’Brien for a short while, then went back to owner Ian Howe’s Mum’s place – I kept my horse there, so started riding him too. He was tricky, but I loved him, and Jacob PritchardWebb eventually got him to jump off at the start! I would have liked to have continued training him, but I couldn’t manage it along with the driving – the hours were ridiculous.”

Gill explained how she returned to the training ranks, and how that in turn led to her riding debut. “I kept riding out for the likes of Charlie and Howard Pauling (father of trainer Ben).

Annabel was training here but was moving to Devon, so I thought I’d take it on. That was three years ago and, as well as the two pointers, I do breaking-in and have horses at livery. I’d always said I wanted to get my riders licence – my ambition was to ride in a point before I was 30 – but work kept taking over.

But when I got a base, I tried to adjust things and – thanks to Fern Dalziel, who helps with the horses as well as the driving, I’ve made it work.”

The obvious highlight of Gill’s first season back in the training ranks was Quickcharge’s progression towards his (and her) maiden success and she tells me all about ‘Sid’ – “We call him that because of his wonky eye, like Sid the Sloth from Ice Age,” she laughs! “Fern

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and I had seen him at the sales. He was wellbred – we both like Sir Percy horses – but small, and just shuffled along. But he had something about him, and I got him for a good price.”

Quickcharge is named after Gill’s partner Grant Quick’s company. “We install charging points for electric vehicles across the country,” Grant explains of a business he set up in 2018, before confirming his part in the horse’s purchase and naming. “Gill said something was telling her to buy him, so I went, ‘Do it!’ I’d always had a dream of naming a horse after my business but – when we got him – he was difficult to keep sound and moved horrendously. However, one day, Gill called me and said she thought he had something about him, so I decided he’d be Quickcharge. He’s got real personality and follows Gill round like a big dog.”

Gill takes up the tale. “We did things slowly with him at first, and people would look at me strangely when I showed him off in the field and said he’d be a racehorse. I asked Amber to come and sit on him and you should have seen her face when she first saw him! But as soon as she got to the top of the gallops, she told me, ‘Sid’s not what he looks like – he’s got some boot.’ He loves his work and usually works better than Whin Park,” Gill goes on, “But we took him to Charlie’s gallops before his first race and he couldn’t keep up – he was fuming like a raging bull all week and I thought, ‘That’s his first race done with!’”

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there to lead me up and give me a hand in

For someone new to the pointing scene, Gill

the changing room. Amber did the same at

has some firm views, and she uses the options

Chaddesley Corbett. She’s been brilliant – she’s

she faced after Quickcharge’s win to illustrate

been my life coach and racecourse tour guide!

her first point. “There aren’t enough incentives

I like jockeys who are willing to get to know

to stay pointing and go through the grades,”

the horses, nurture them and understand what

she opines. “There should be more variety of

makes them tick, rather than just ride them

races – and more opportunities for amateur

in races” explains Gill of why she gets on so

operations. Pointing’s losing its amateur status,

well with Amber. “Because it’s just me riding

though I like the grass roots rider series, which

them at home, I know the horses inside out and

gives more opportunities for people like me. It

backwards. And Amber’s got a vested interest

also seems bizarre,” she adds in reference to

too, as she comes to ride the horses.”

the cost of a rider’s licence, “That I just want to have fun on my own horse yet pay the same as

“I’m giving it another go this season,” confirms Whin enjoys the limelight “He had his first run in a Larkhill bumper – and was sixth there, then improved to be third at Sandon, before finishing second at Bonvilston in his first run over fences. Chaddesley Corbett was his first time over three miles and I wasn’t sure he’d stay, but he won well,” beams Gill of her pride and joy. “After his win, people were telling me to sell him or send him under rules, but I didn’t want to do either as we’re so attached to him.”

“I got Whin Park as a schoolmaster,” says Gill of the horse who gave her a first ride over fences. “I used to live in a flat above Howard’s kitchen and help out with him. I just fell in love with him and that’s why he’s with me. He prefers to think he’s not a racehorse and likes to believe he’s king – I normally ride him first.

He’s sulking today because I’ve only taken Sid out. I brought him in early last year to see if he still wanted to race and we did lots of hunt races – like the Isle of Wight Grand National – then had a break in the bad weather.”

“Time was ticking until I turned 30,” laughs Gill. ‘I’d got Sid qualified but couldn’t ride in bumpers and Amber helped with the final push – I schooled Whin round Mollington, did my rider assessment there with Charlie Poste, which was scary with people watching, so there were no excuses, and it was time to go! I took him to Bratton Down where nobody would know me. Luckily Annabel was

someone who has over 100 rides.”

Gill when I ask if she’s now sated her riding ambitions. “As I said, I’m not sure Whin wants

However, the bugbear of prize money is less of

to be a racehorse anymore, but I trust him

an issue. “Lots of people talk about it,” states

implicitly – I find it hard to tell him what to do

Gill, “But I come from eventing, where entry

when I’ve got no experience myself. I might

fees are about three times higher and you’re

ride Sid if Amber can’t, but he’s shown some

lucky to come home with a dandy brush! So, I

talent, so I’m not sure I want the pressure. I

think – for an amateur sport, the prize money’s

haven’t got any specific targets as a rider – it

OK, but it is expensive and I’m lucky to have

would be lovely to have a winner, but I think

my transport business.” Another aspect about

I’m the wrong side of 30 now!”

which Gill is positive is the much-maligned point-to-point ‘bumper’. “Some people dislike

As for her training career, “I don’t want to

them, but I love them. They were the making

spread myself too thinly,” says Gill, “With

of Sid – he’d never been surrounded by horses

the livery, breakers, driving and training. But

before Larkhill and if he’d had to face that

I’ve really enjoyed doing Sid – he’s only five

combined with fences, it would have confused

and I love youngsters. I’d like to get another

his little brain!”

young horse but haven’t found the right horse at the sales yet. I’d be happy to train

“Everyone’s been so supportive,” Gill confirms

for outside owners – and have the space. My

when asked how she has adapted to the

ultimate dream would be to have a runner in

challenge of being new to a sport in which

the Cheltenham Foxhunters, and maybe take

many participants have been around a long

out a permit eventually. I love finding what

time. “For example, I went to Harley Equestrian

makes horses tick and I think the network of

and asked to buy a saddle cloth. They’d run

bridleways round here is great – it really helped

out, but Tracey Habgood lent me one, telling

Sid and has hardened him up.”

me, ‘I’m so pleased you’re an owner-trainerrider – there are so few of you left.’ She couldn’t

“Sid wasn’t a brilliant jumper to start with – he

have been more helpful.”

used to struggle if his stride wasn’t dead-on,” continues Gill of her training routine. “So, I did

Before I leave, I can’t resist a last cheeky

grid work with him – a cross-pole and three

question of the trainer named Gillian by her

spreads. It’s been the making of him, so I do it

parents. She sighs as she says, “The other

with my breakers too. For jumping, we use logs

week, I had to hire a trailer, and the woman I

and tree stumps in the woods, but Grant has

saw said, ‘Wait until I tell my boys that I’ve met

promised to build me some schooling fences!”

the actress from Sex Education!’”

Gill and Sid with Grant (and dogs Bailey and Ralph)

Gill and Sid cantering through the trees

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Venus Queen, James King (1st) leads the field, Flat Race 4 & 5 year olds Photo: Tim Holt

Kingston James, Jake Bament (1st) Maiden, 2m4f (Div 2) Photo: Tim Holt

Humaniste, Will Biddick (1st) Mixed Open, 2m4f Photo: Tim Holt

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IN THE FRAME

Longshanks, Callum Pritchard (1st) Conditions (Level 2) For Grass Roots Riders Photo: Tim Holt

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WEEKEND SPEED FIGURES LARKHILL 26/11/2023 12:00 THE PPA FOUR AND FIVE YEARS OLD MAIDEN YOUNG HORSE SERIES RACE: Two Become One (IRE) (90) 12:35 THE MOORE BARLOW LADIES OPEN RACE: Shantou Flyer (IRE) (143) For Rita (IRE) (133) Myth Buster (IRE) (132) Viroflay (FR) (132) Commanche Red (IRE) (130) 1:10 THE WARD THOMAS REMOVALS MENS OPEN RACE, 2M ABOUT 4F: Siberian Star (GB) (102) Ballotin (FR) (82) 1:45 THE BOTLEY COMMERCIALS/SPRAYTEK RESTRICTED RACE: Coolagh Park (GB) (101) Cossack Dancer (GB) (100) Legostar (FR) (100) Douglas Longbottom (GB) (92) Regatta de Blanc (GB) (92) Champions Hill (IRE) (91) 2:20 THE JOCKEY CLUB AND RETRAINING OF RACEHORSES VETERAN HORSE CONDIT IONS RACE (LEVEL 2): Shantou Flyer (IRE) (124) Myth Buster (IRE) (113) Imperial Esprit (IRE) (111) Commanche Red (IRE) (107) 3:25 THE EQUESTRIAN FENCING AND TIMBER LTD MAIDEN RACE (NWFAA): Burtown (IRE) (90) Don Carlito (IRE) (82) Gallant Geronimo (FR) (82) Down The Inner (IRE) (76)

LATEST RESULTS GREAT TRETHEW 19/11/2023 12:00 1. VENUS QUEEN (IRE) James King 4-6F 2. IMPECUNIOUS (IRE) Miss A. Johnston 9-1 3. TEETOTALLER (GB) T. Broughton 6-1 (9 ran).

12:35 1. MARY’S FORTUNE (FR) Edward Vaughan 4-1 2. JINGLE DU GOUET (FR) W. Biddick 2-1 3. ZALANDO (IRE) D. Andrews 8-1 (8 ran).

1:10 1. KINGSTON JAMES (IRE) J. Bament 3-1 2. DEEP PURPLE (IRE) Z. Baker 7-2 3. GETAWAY CORY (IRE) Edward Vaughan 5-2J (7 ran).

1:45 1. HUMANISTE (IRE) W. Biddick 3-1 2. MILLBANK FLYER (IRE) Edward Rees 7-4 (4 ran).

2:20 1. LONGSHANKS (IRE) Callum Pritchard 4-6F 2. ELLIPSISM (IRE) J. Veysey 3-1 3. ITACARE (FR) Rian Corcoran 8-1 (5 ran).

2:55 1. STATE OF FAME (IRE) Edward Vaughan 5-1 2. TEMPLIER D’HABERT (FR) Miss A. Johnston 5-4F 3. SWEARER (IRE) W. Biddick 8-1 (9 ran).

2:55 1. HALO DES OBEAUX (FR) Edward Vaughan 1-3F 2. JOEY STEEL (IRE) M. McIntyre 14-1 3. MANOFMANYWORDS (GB) J. Bament 11-2 (4 ran).

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REPORTS EAST CORNWALL FOXHOUNDS

SUNDAY 19TH NOVEMBER 2023

By Granville Taylor A remarkable treble for 16-year-old jockey Ed Vaughan, all saddled by his father Tim, lit up the East Cornwall fixture on an overcast, windy afternoon, punctuated by showers, at Great Trethew.

The young jockey is yet another aspiring rider from the pony racing circuit and readily took the opportunities offered as his father (who clocked up over a century of pointing winners himself in the saddle) sent a box full of runners to the Cornish track from his yard near Cowbridge, South Wales.

Five-year-old Mary’s Fortune became the first winner for the Vaughan father and son combination when making all the running in a section of the Open Maiden which had to be divided on the day. The sturdy Soldier of Fortune mare was making her pointing debut in Tim Vaughan’s colours, but had useful place form in France. Paying his first visit to the winner’s enclosure, the gleeful rider, watched by family and friends, said, “She got very tired in the home straight but kept on gamely. I am taking A levels at Howells College in Cardiff but this has always been my ambition.”

There was more to come as former Irish bumper winner State of Fame started at a generous 5-1 when making a successful pointing debut in a decent nine runner Restricted. The seven-year-old coasted clear of the favourite Templier D’ Habert (Anna Johnston) and Will Biddick’s mount Swearer from the second last. “We thought he might need the run but was never out of second gear,” reported the rider on completing his double.

Halo des Obeaux, Edward Vaughan (1st) with father Tim (far right) and connections celelebrate after The Conditions Race (Level 3) Photo: Tim Holt youngster had elevated himself from having ridden no winners to pole position for the National point-to-point riders’ title.

Will Biddick knows all about titles and the eight times champion point-to-point rider opened his account for the new season by getting a tune out of the quirky Humaniste to win the Mixed Open. The winner easily held off Millbank Flyer (Ed Rees) as the favourite The King’s Writ dropped out of contention round the top bend. “He wanted to do it today”, reported Will as his mount left a recent disappointing Dunsmore run behind him. Stoodleigh near Tiverton trainer Danni Kenealy has done a good job for owner Kieran Johns and described her charge as, “A good fun horse. We play about with him without working him hard and turn him out a lot at home.” It is unusual for a point-to-pointer, but Humaniste had further revealed his talent by being placed in a flat race at Bath in the summer after a successful pointing campaign.

The attractive grey Halo Des Obeaux put the icing on the cake when outclassing his three rivals in the Conditions race to complete the Vaughan treble. By this time the ground had become quite testing as fellow Welsh traveller Dr Des set the pace. Martin McIntyre sent Joey Steel to the front on the top bend, but young Vaughan’s mount cruised past at the penultimate to win as he liked under his 7lbs penalty.

Last season’s leading novice rider Callum Pritchard partnered his second winner of the new season as Longshanks readily followed up their Dunsmore success in the Conditions race for Grass Roots riders (20 winners or less). Trained by Josh Newman for owner Richard House, the nine-year-old ex-chaser is relishing a spell in the pointing sphere. “It was more of a test today but he coped well as the ground has got a bit tacky,” said the jockey whose day job is with the Philip Hobbs/ Johnson White yard.

So in one memorable afternoon, fresh from a ride at Cheltenham 24 hours previously, the

The combination of jockey James King and trainer Max Comley added to their Portman

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win with Jay Bee Whiskey last week when the heavily backed four-year-old filly Venus Queen took the nine runner flat race in good style. “She was a bit green but knew more about it despite getting a bit lonely out in front,” reported the rider. Max Comley has 30 horses in his care and said, ”She was bought privately in Ireland. We will back off a bit now and look for a racecourse bumper in the spring”. When asked about the unusual ownership name of the Pound Coin Syndicate, the Naunton, Gloucestershire trainer said, “It was because the first few syndicate members only paid one pound. There is one share left.”

(I guess it will cost more than a pound now).

The well bred Kingston James was an impressive winner of his Maiden division in the familiar colours of Jill Dennis. The fouryear-old jumped well for Jake Bament to beat the equally promising Deep Purple and Getaway Cory. The winner’s owner explained, “He has needed time. We rushed him a bit last spring to get a race into him when he ran at Chaddesley Corbett with a lot of promise.”

Kingston James was bought as a foal by trainer Tim Dennis who had just returned from buying seven foals at the recent Fairyhouse sales.

Despite the very wet month, the course at Great Trethew was in great shape with jockeys reporting the ground as generally good to soft and slightly softer in the dip. It became a bit tackier as the showery day wore on. No horses fell or unseated which is a good reflection on this fine jumping track.

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FIXTURE LIST 2023/24 AREA

FIXTURE

COURSE

DATE

AREA

FIXTURE

COURSE

DATE

W

The Hursley Hambledon Hunt

Larkhill

Sunday 26th November

WM

Knightwick Races

Knightwick

Sunday 18th February

N

The Border Hunt

Hexham

Sunday 3rd December

SAND

Kimblewick (February) Meeting

Kingston Blount

Saturday 24th February

WM

The Wheatland Hunt

Chaddesley Corbett

Sunday 3rd December

N

Sunday 25th February

The Cornwall Hunt Club

Wadebridge

Sunday 10th December

W

The New Forest Bloodhounds

Larkhill

Sunday 10th December

The College Valley & North Northumberland Hunt

Alnwick

D&C

N

The Ratcheugh Racing Club

Alnwick

Sunday 17th December

WM

The Harkaway Club

Chaddesley Corbett

Thursday 28th December

EA

The Thurlow Hunt

Horseheath

Sunday 31st December

W

The Larkhill Racing Club

Larkhill

Sunday 31st December

D&C

North Cornwall

Wadebridge

Sunday 7th January

N

The West Percy Hunt

Alnwick

Sunday 7th January

EA

The Dunston Harriers

Ampton

Sunday 14th January

D&C

The Modbury Harriers

Buckfastleigh

Sunday 14th January

Y

The Yorkshire Area Point-to-Point Club

Sheriff Hutton

W

The Royal Artillery

MID

MID

The Cottesmore

Garthorpe

Sunday 25th February

WALES

The Curre & Llangibby

Howick

Sunday 25th February

W

The South & West Wilts

Larkhill

Sunday 25th February

SE

South East Hunts Club

Charing

Sunday 25th February

D&C

The Dart Vale & Haldon Harriers

Buckfastleigh

Saturday 2nd March

WM

The Duke of Beaufort's Hunt

Didmarton

Saturday 2nd March

SM

The Oakley Hunt

Brafield on the Green

Saturday 2nd March

Sunday 14th January

W

The Blackmore & Sparkford Vale Hunt

Charlton Horethorne

Sunday 3rd March

Larkhill

Saturday 20th January

EA

The Suffolk Hunt

Ampton

Sunday 3rd March

The South Wold Hunt

Revesby Park

Saturday 20th January

Y

Charm Park

Sunday 3rd March

SM

The Heythrop Hunt

Cocklebarrow

Sunday 21st January

The Yorkshire Jockeys Club

N

The Jedforest Hunt

Friars Haugh

Sunday 21st January

N

Friars Haugh

Saturday 9th March

D&C

The Tiverton Foxhounds

Chipley Park

Sunday 21st January

Buccleuch Point-toPoint

W

The Quantock Hunt

Cothelstone

Saturday 9th March

EA

The Cambridgeshire With Enfield Chace

Horsheath

Sunday 28th January

WALES

The Curre and Llangibby

Howick

Sunday 10th March

N

The Percy

Alnwick

Sunday 28th January

D&C

The East Devon Hunt

Bishops Court

Sunday 10th March

W

The South Dorset Hunt

Milborne St Andrew

Sunday 28th January

Y

The Holderness Hunt

Dalton Park

Sunday 10th March

MID

Sunday 10th March

Melton Hunt Club

Garthorpe

Sunday 4th February

The Pytchley with Woodland Hunt

Guilsborough

MID SE

South East Hunts Club

Charing

Sunday 4th February

WM

The Sir W.W Wynn's and Flint & Denbigh

Bangor

Sunday 10th March

W

The Combined Services

Larkhill

Sunday 4th February

WM

The Croome & West Warwickshire Hunt

Shelfield Park

Saturday 16th March

Y

The Sinnington Hunt

Duncombe Park

Sunday 4th February

EA

High Easter

Saturday 16th March

MID

The Brocklesby Hunt

Brocklesby

Saturday 10th February

The High Easter Racing Club

N

The Berwickshire Races

Friars Haugh

Sunday 11th February

Y

The Hurworth Hunt

Hutton Rudby

Saturday 16th March

W

The Wilton Hunt

Milborne St Andrew

Saturday 16th March

D&C

The South Pool Harriers

Buckfastleigh

Sunday 11th February

D&C

The Lamerton Hunt

Kilworthy

Sunday 17th March

W

Sunday 17th March

The Waveney Harriers

Higham

Sunday 11th February

The Mendip Farmers' Hunt

Ston Easton

EA EA

The Puckeridge & Essex Hunts

Horseheath

Saturday 17th February

MID

The Belvoir Hunt

Garthorpe

Saturday 23rd March

SE

Saturday 23rd March

The Countryside Alliance Club (Wessex)

Badbury Rings

Sunday 18th February

The Crawley & Horsham Hunt

Parham

W

WALES

The Glamorgan Hunt

Ystradowen

Saturday 23rd March

Y

The York North & West of Yore

Askham Bryan

Sunday 18th February

N

Overton Races Lanark & Renfrew

Overton

Saturday 23rd March

W

The Tedworth Hunt

Larkhill

Saturday 23rd March

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AREA

FIXTURE

COURSE

DATE

AREA

FIXTURE

COURSE

DATE

SM

The V.W.H. Hunt

Siddington

Saturday 23rd March

D&C

The Axe Vale Hunt

Stafford Cross

Sunday 28th April

Y

The Badsworth & Bramham Moor

Askham Bryan College

Sunday 24th March

WM

The Cheshire Forest Hunt

Tabley

Sunday 28th April

W

The Cotley Hunt

Cotley

Sunday 24th March

D&C

Saturday 4th May

The Essex & Suffolk Hunt

Higham

Friday 29th March

Flete Park Races (Totness, Bridgetown Racing Co Ltd)

Flete Park

EA N

The Morpeth Hunt

Tranwell

Friday 29th March

SE

Godstone

Saturday 4th May

W

The Cattistock Hunt

Chilfrome

Saturday 30th March

The Mid Surrey Farmers Draghounds

SM

The Kimblewick Hunt

Kimble

Saturday 30th March

W

South Hill

Sunday 5th May

WM

The North Staffordshire Hunt

Sandon

Saturday 30th March

The Devon & Somerset Staghounds

MID

The Fernie Hunt

Dingley

Sunday 5th May

MID

The Pytchley with Woodland

Dingley

Saturday 30th March

WM

The South Shropshire Hunt

Eyton on Severn

Monday 6th May

WM

Gloucester Races

Maisemore

Sunday 31st March

D&C

Vauterhill

Monday 6th May

D&C

The Spooners & West Dartmoor Foxhounds

Cherrybrook

Sunday 31st March

The Stevenstone Foxhounds

SM

The Warwickshire

Mollington

Monday 6th May

D&C

Four Burrow

Trebudannon

Monday 1st April

Y

The Zetland Hunt

Witton Castle

Monday 6th May

WALES

The Cresselly Hunt

Lydstep

Monday 1st April

W

Holnicote

Saturday 11th May

WM

The North Cotswold Hunt

Paxford

Monday 1st April

The Minehead Harriers and West Somerset Hunt

SM

The Old Berkshire Hunt

Lockinge

Monday 1st April

Y

The Derwent Hunt

Charm Park

Sunday 12th May

D&C

The Eggesford Hunt

Upcott Cross Halwill

Sunday 12th May

MID

The South Notts Hunt

Thorpe Lodge

Monday 1st April

SM

Kingston Blount

Sunday 12th May

WM

The North Shropshire Hunt

Eyton on Severn

Monday 1st April

Kimblewick (May) Meeting

W

Cothelstone

Wednesday 15th May

W

The Taunton Vale Foxhounds & Taunton Vale Harriers

Cothelstone

Monday 1st April

The Weston & Banwell Harriers

N

The Haydon Hunt

Hexham

Saturday 18th May

SE

Peper Harow

Saturday 18th May

N

The Tynedale Hunt

Down Hills Corbridge

Monday 1st April

The Surrey Union Hunt

WM

Bitterley Races (Ludlow)

Bitterley

Saturday 6th April

Wales

The Welsh International

Trecoed

Saturday 18th May

Y

The Middleton Hunt

Sheriff Hutton

Sunday 7th April

D&C

Bratton Down

Sunday 19th May

D&C

The Silverton Foxhounds

Dunsmore

Sunday 7th April

The Dulverton West Foxhounds

SM

The Grafton Hunt

Edgecote

Sunday 19th May

SAND

The Vine & Craven

Kingston Blount

Sunday 7th April

WM

Tabley

Sunday 19th May

Y

The Bedale Hunt

Hornby Castle

Saturday 13th April

The Knutsford Races Club

EA

The Puckeridge & Essex Hunts

High Easter

Saturday 13th April

MID

The Fitzwilliam (Milton) Hunt

Dingley

Saturday 25th May

SM

The Bicester with Whaddon Chase Hunt

Edgcote

Sunday 14th April

SM

The Berks & Bucks Draghounds

Kingston Blount

Sunday 26th May

D&C

Bratton Down

Sunday 26th May

WALES

The Llangeinor Pentyrch Hunt

Ystradowen

Sunday 14th April

The Exmoor Foxhounds

WM

Chaddesley Corbett

Monday 27th May

W

The Seavington Hunt

Cotley

Sunday 14th April

The Albrighton & Woodland Hunt (South)

SE

The Chiddingfold, Leconfield & Cowdray Hunt

Parham

Saturday 20th April

D&C

The South Tetcott Hunt

Upcott Cross

Monday 27th May

D&C

Flete Park Races Dartmoor Foxhounds

Flete Park

Saturday 20th April

D&C

The Tiverton Staghounds

Bratton Down

Sunday 2nd June

MID

Quorn

Garthorpe

Saturday 20th April

D&C

The Torrington Farmers Foxhounds

Chapleton Barton, Umberleigh

Saturday 8th June

WM

The Worcestershire Hunt

Chaddesley Corbett

Saturday 20th April

D&C

South Cornwall

Trebudannon

Sunday 21st April

EA

The West Norfolk Foxhounds & North Norfolk Harriers

Fakenham Racecourse

Sunday 21st April

WM

The Berkeley Races

Woodford

Saturday 27th April

N

Overton Races Kingdom Blazers

Overton

Saturday 27th April

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THIS WEEKEND’S ENTRIES Hursley Hambledon at LARKHILL Sunday, 26 November 2023 12.00

2m4f

ALL NIGHT PARKING (IRE) ............................................................................................ Mr G. Beilby BROCKROCK LUNA 0P .....................................................................The Reade Davies Partnership CASTING ASPERSIONS (IRE) 2 .................................................................................. D & K Racing DOWNBYDUKESMEADOW 4........................................................................................Mr W. Thirlby GLENMOUNT (IRE) .............................................................................................. The 360 Racing Club KNEEL DIAMOND (IRE) ........................................................................................... Mr & Mrs C Poste MY LUCKY STAR (IRE) ...................................................................The My Lucky Star Partnership SEE YOU KAUTO ............................................................................ The Shannon Lodge Racing Club SEPTEMBER FIRST ...................................................................................................... Mrs Eimear Grant THE RED FELLA (IRE) ..........................................................................The Arms Racing Syndicate TWO BECOME ONE (IRE) 3 ................................................ The Boundary Stables Partnership

12.35

3m

COMMANCHE RED (IRE) 2221P1 ............................................. Mr Richard & Mrs Carol Cheshire COUNT SIMON (IRE) 110136 ..........................................................Gunshot Paddocks Racing Club FOR RITA (IRE) P-32112 .................................................................................................... Miss A. S. Henry FURIOSO DES BORDES (FR) 3P-0425 ...................................................... Mr Steve McCracken I K BRUNEL 1-1UB13 ..........................................................................................The I K Brunel Partnership MYTH BUSTER (IRE) F1U235 ................................................................................The Buzz Syndicate SHANTOU FLYER (IRE) 2U3121.................................................................................. Mr Paul Nicholls TOO MANY DIAMONDS (IRE) 322221 ............................................ Mr Anthony Ward-Thomas VIROFLAY (FR) 2-1112P .................................................................Mr Paul Nicholls & Mr John Bolton

1.10

2m4f

BALLOTIN (FR) 2F//-2P35 .......................................................................... Mr Anthony Ward-Thomas MITCHOUKA (FR) 0500-PP ...................................................................................................Mr M. Kehoe PIRATE SAM F0014/-U ................................................................................................ Mr Stephen Corbett POTTERS VENTURE (IRE) 106-300 ......................................................................... Mrs C. Gregory SIBERIAN STAR 02000-3 ....................................................................................................Mr T. Vaughan SILVER SHEEN P64-223 .................................................................................................Mr L.M.F. Moulson TEESCOMPONENTSFLY 333-01P .......................................................................... The Borders Club

1.45

3m

CATCH THE MONARCH (IRE) 133-P ............................ Martin Sweetland & Suzy Stoneman CHAMPIONS HILL (IRE) 2312U3 ....................................................................................... Mr G. Beilby CHATO SANTANA (IRE) 24341P ........................................Mr and Mrs Ben Herbert and Family

COOLAGH PARK 06/20/1/-1 ..................................................................................The Cranfield Family COSSACK DANCER 13-3PPP ............................................................................ The Union Partnership DOUGLAS LONGBOTTOM 5-3313 ..........................................................................Mrs C. P. Mitchell FIRST VENTURE (IRE) PP-300 ..................................Mr J Wardle, Mr P Wardle, Mr L Moulson LEGOSTAR (FR) 46/24-12.................................................................................Dangerous Brain’s Boys REGATTA DE BLANC 11 ....................................................................................The Pendil Partnership WHITSAND BAY 32/-P1 ................................................................................. The Wald & Crang Family WHY DIDN’T YA (IRE) 41FU34 .......................................................................................... Mr A. Rekert

2.20

3m

COMMANCHE RED (IRE) 2221P1 ............................................. Mr Richard & Mrs Carol Cheshire DEISE ABA (IRE) P65P-2P .................................................. Exors of the late Mr Trevor Hemmings IMPERIAL ESPRIT (IRE) 4/F-2312 .............................................Gunshot Paddocks Racing Club MITCHOUKA (FR) 0500-PP ...................................................................................................Mr M. Kehoe MYTH BUSTER (IRE) F1U235 ................................................................................The Buzz Syndicate POLI ROI (FR) P/42-13P .........................................................................................................Mr T. Vaughan SHANTOU FLYER (IRE) 2U3121.................................................................................. Mr Paul Nicholls SILVER SHEEN P64-223 .................................................................................................Mr L.M.F. Moulson TEKAP (FR) 5-3332P .................................................................................................. The Golden Roosters TOO MANY DIAMONDS (IRE) 322221 ............................................ Mr Anthony Ward-Thomas WISECRACKER 000/-55F........................................................................................................Mr B. I. Case

2.55

3m

BURTOWN (IRE) 2 ................................................................................................... Neil & Louise O’Hara CASTLEBAWN (IRE) 245//P- ....................................................................................... Mr David Tatlow CLAPTON HILL 4-P4620 ............................................................................................Mrs Sophie Pauling DON CARLITO (IRE) UF-62 ...............................................................................................Mr C. Gordon DOWN THE INNER (IRE) 5........................................................................................ Mr Reg Hopkins DOWNBYDUKESMEADOW 4........................................................................................Mr W. Thirlby FINE DINING (IRE) ......................................................................................Mrs F Hutsby & P Corbett GALLANT GERONIMO (FR) 2-32333 ............................Ms Alison Sargeant & Mr Glyn Jones IMAGINAIRE (FR) 330-U45................................................................................................Mr T. Vaughan MASKA DU MORVAN (FR) 50/5400- ........................................................................Mr T. Vaughan MONEY FROM AMERICA (IRE) ............................................................................ Mr Will Biddick RIVER MEADOW (IRE) 0/5- ...................................................................................Hemmings Racing ST PATRICKS BRIDGE (IRE) 062-430 ..................................... The FOB Racing Partnership 4

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