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  • 'Go Pointing'
    The latest edition of 'Go Pointing'  - our weekly round-up of Point-to-Pointing for the weekend ahead - is now on-line (covering the nine meetings on May 9th & 10th). Click here for more details
  • Top Performers
    The final update to the Top Performers section for the 2009/10 season is now on-line. Click here to view
  • National Awards 2010
    The final standings for the 2010 pointtopoint.co.uk Young Horse Awards and Harley Racing National Novice Riders Awards are on-line. Click here for downloads
  • A reminder when posting entries
    When sending postal entries please remember to check that you have affixed the correct amount for postage. The changes in postal rates now look at the size of the envelope as well as the weight. This is catching many people out and could result in the mail not being delivered.
  • Owners' Guidelines P-T-P Horse Sponsorship Scheme
    It is important to understand that the Point-to-Point Horse Sponsorship Scheme has no connection whatsoever to the existing BHA Owners' Sponsorship scheme. READ MORE
  • Business Guidelines P-T-P Horse Sponsorship Scheme
    A new Point-to-Point Horse Sponsorship Scheme has been introduced to allow individual horse sponsorship in Point-to-Point Racing; for the first time. READ MORE
  • Flint Shows Spark of Future Champion
    Rhys Flint continued his excellent run of form over the weekend with victory in the novice riders' race on his Iris's Prince at the Vine & Craven meeting at Barbury Racecourse on Saturday, and 24 hours later he followed-up in the novice riders' race on Whites Touch at the South Dorset at Milborne St Andrew. READ MORE
 

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Latest News

27 January 2012 In The Frame: 21st & 22nd January

Five meetings took place up and down the country last weekend and despite some rather wild and windy weather the photographers were out in force and were able to capture the best of the action. READ MORE

27 January 2012 White Hangs Up His Boots

One name missing from the riders' lists this season is that of Will White, who decided at the end of the last campaign to hang up his boots. READ MORE

26 January 2012 Pub Team Preview: North Norfolk - Higham

The East Anglian Pub Team have returned to bring us the best bets for Sunday's North Norfolk meeting at Higham. READ MORE

26 January 2012 The Irish Field - catch up with the Irish Scene

Check out the Point-to-Point copy supplied by The Point-to-Point Racing Company Ltd. to leading Irish equestrian weekly, The Irish Field. READ MORE

26 January 2012 Planner Update

The latest edition of the Point-to-Point and Hunter Chase Race Planner Update Service is now available to download. READ MORE

25 January 2012 Preview: Yorkshire Area Point-to-Point Club

After a two week delay, the Yorkshire Area season makes its 2012 debut on Sunday 29th January at Sheriff Hutton. 130 entries have been received for the 7 race card and the Maiden has been split at entry stage leading to two divisions. READ MORE

25 January 2012 Preview: Jedforest - Friars Haugh

The picturesque Friars Haugh course alongside the River Tweed at Kelso hosts the first Scottish action of the season on Sunday with 89 entries for the Jedforest's seven race card which starts at 12.30pm. READ MORE

25 January 2012 Preview: South Devon - Ideford Arch

Racing starts at 12 noon at the South Devon Hunts Club Point-to-Point this Sunday (Jan 29) at Ideford Arch where 140 entries have been received. READ MORE

25 January 2012 Preview: West Street Tickham - Charing

The South East kicks off its Point-to-Point season with the Kent Grand National at Charing on Sunday. READ MORE

25 January 2012 Preview: North Norfolk Harriers - Higham

Trainer Fleur Hawes could be the woman to follow at the North Norfolk Harriers Point-To-Point at Higham on Sunday (January 29) as she has leading candidates for the two Open races. READ MORE

25 January 2012 Preview: Midlands Area Club - Thorpe Lodge

The Midlands Area Club Point-to-Point takes place on Sunday at Thorpe Lodge near Newark. READ MORE

25 January 2012 Tweseldown - Course alteration reminder

Tweseldown racecourse will stage its most lucrative meeting of the season on Sunday 5th February. READ MORE

25 January 2012 New access to Thorpe Lodge

Visitors to the upcoming Midlands Area Club meeting at Thorpe will find that access to the course has been moved. READ MORE

24 January 2012 Landmarks: 21st and 22nd January

Dontupsettherhythm's Restricted victory at North Carlton brought up a career century for Richard Armson, number 99 having been achieved earlier in the afternoon on Menchikov in the Club Members' race. Both horses were carrying the colours of Milson Robinson. READ MORE

24 January 2012 Scene & Heard: West Percy - Alnwick

John Dawson rode his first winner since undergoing three operations on his anterior cruciate ligament in the summer when landing the Men's Open on Maria Myco's Top Dressing, despite reporting that his mount had not been too happy on the track's undulations. READ MORE

24 January 2012 Report: Tiverton - Chipley Park

A total of 87 runners contested the eight races on ground officially described as good to soft at Chipley Park. READ MORE

24 January 2012 Report: West Percy - Alnwick

It was a case of doubles all round for jockeys Tristan Davidson and Kit Alexander as well as trainers Victor Thompson and Nick Alexander at Sunday's West Percy fixture at Alnwick. READ MORE

24 January 2012 Report: Burton - North Carlton

Some good racing took place on Sunday when the Midlands Area Point-to-Point season got underway with the Burton meeting at a windswept North Carlton. READ MORE

24 January 2012 Jamie Jenkinson

West Midlands Area PRO Pete Mansell has provided us with an update on the condition of Jamie Jenkinson, who was injured in a fall at Chaddesley Corbett on December 27th. READ MORE

24 January 2012 Report: Heythrop - Dunthrop

It was fitting that the sun shone at Dunthrop on what was to be the final afternoon's racing at the 29-year-old course. READ MORE

24 January 2012 Report: Royal Artillery - Larkhill

Quedillac won his first race for octogenarian Isle of Wight owner Hazel Goody in Larkhill's Royal Artillery Ladies Open under Gina Andrews on Saturday. READ MORE

22 January 2012 Burton welcomes baby girl

Britain's winning-most Point-to-Point rider Richard Burton and his wife Hannah welcomed their second daughter into the world at 5.30am this morning (Sunday). READ MORE

20 January 2012 In The Frame: 15th January

Sadly the sudden bout of wintery weather caused the Yorkshire Area Point-to-Point Club to postpone their meeting until January 29th, but with the Silverton and Dunston Harriers going ahead, our photographers went out to capture the action. READ MORE

19 January 2012 Update from Jedforest Point-to-Point, Sunday 29th January

With all guns blazing for their 2012 fixture the Jedforest Hunt have an exciting new addition in the form of a Sunday Carvery Lunch Tent. READ MORE

17 January 2012 Landmark: Lucy Gould

16-year-old Lucy Gould, an ‘A' level student in art, textiles and media studies at Gillingham School, made a winning debut in the Ladies' Open at Black Forest Lodge on the aptly-named Special Occasion. READ MORE

17 January 2012 Racing Post Weekender - out now!

Last year's Weekender Lady Dudley Cup runner-up Cedrus Libani posted a storming success at Black Forest Lodge on Sunday and is out to go one better at Chaddesley Corbett in April. READ MORE

16 January 2012 Scene & Heard: Dunston Harriers - Ampton

The last-minute decision to give Divine Intavention a Men's Open entry bore fruit at Ampton, Mark Wall's forcing tactics on the final circuit seeing his mount home ahead of the odds-on Ballyeightra Cross. READ MORE

16 January 2012 Sheriff Hutton rescheduled

The Yorkshire Area Club Point-to-Point, which was cancelled due to frost last Sunday, has been rescheduled for Sunday January 29th. READ MORE

13 January 2012 In The Frame: 7th and 8th January

The first weekend of 2012 enjoyed Pointing action on both days, with Saturday's Larkhill Racing Club meeting followed by the North Cornwall hosted at Wadebridge on Sunday. READ MORE

13 January 2012 Good news from the Tompsett camp

Isabel Tompsett has achieved one of her ambitions, that of being able to go to Oaksey House, where she has been living independently from Monday to Friday since before Christmas. READ MORE

10 January 2012 Scene & Heard: North Cornwall - Wadebridge

The evergreen Southwestern recorded his 23rd victory for the Exmoor Partners, and his second of the season, when justifying favouritism in the Men's Open under Neil Harris. READ MORE

10 January 2012 Important notice: Tweseldown Point-to-Point Course

Tweseldown Point-to-Point course will be implementating changes to the course in light of concerns over the ground approaching the first fence. READ MORE

10 January 2012 Scene & Heard: Larkhill Racing Club - Larkhill

Description left his dismal Barbury display behind when given a fine front-running ride by Gina Andrews to take the Ladies' Open. READ MORE

06 January 2012 AGA Qualifier Moved to Sheriff Hutton

Next weekend's Ladies Open race at the Yorkshire Area Point-to-Point Club at Sheriff Hutton will now be an AGA-sponsored series qualifier. READ MORE

03 January 2012 South East Supporters Club

The South East Supporters Club Point-to-Point, scheduled to take place at Detling on 25th February 2012, has been abandoned. READ MORE

23 December 2011 Richard Burton

Richard Burton, the most successful rider in the history of British Point-to-Pointing, has announced his retirement. Carolyn Tanner takes a look back at Richard's incredible career. READ MORE

23 December 2011 Hunter Chase Season to begin in January

The Hunter Chase season will have an earlier than usual start in 2012, with three races scheduled to take place in January. READ MORE

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