25/26 All things point to point

Neil Gittins – known to all as ‘Gitto’ – got off the mark for the season in style at Bangor-on-Dee on Sunday. He ran his entire string of four in three races on the card, and came home with three winners, going one better than last season, when he had a double at the North Wales venue. Two of his horses – the progressive and impressive six-year-old Great Valley and Blagthebookies – repeated their 2025 double for husband-and-wife riders Guy and Iola Sankey. Neil, still buzzing after his weekend e