25/26 All things point to point

                                         HURWORTH POINT TO POINT PREVIEW

The delightfully quirky once a year course, in the beautiful setting of Skutterskelfe Park at Hutton Rudby, again plays host to the Hurworth point to point this Saturday 14^th March. With 79 entries across the six race card a good day's sport looks guaranteed.

Racing commences at 1pm with the Lynas Engineers Hurworth Hunt Members, Subscribers and Farmers and this looks a perfect opportunity for last season's leading Yorkshire horse Surprise Attack to return to winning ways. Having pulled up first time out this season at Sheriff Hutton on unsuitable ground he ran a stormer in the high class open race at Duncombe Park in February when beaten only two lengths into fourth place. A repeat of that would make him hard to beat here.

William Brown could saddle both Jimmil and Isocrate and that pair look to be the pick of the opposition. The…

                     SCARBOROUGH RACES AT CHARM PARK NEAR WYKEHAM

                                                            REPORT

The first of the two popular Scarborough Races fixtures took place last Sunday 1^st March at Charm Park near Wykeham. The springlike weather drew a large crowd who were treated to some good racing with exciting finishes.

The day opened with a fitting winner for trainer Will Easterby of Great Habton in the Moneyweb Conditions race. Will recently decided to call time on a successful career in the saddle, having just become a father, but remains as involved in the sport as ever and acts as the clerk of the course for this meeting. The hard work he put in to set the course up, alongside his committee, was repaid when his brother Tom steered Morozov Cocktail to victory. Owned by mother Sarah, the winner was sent off favourite but had to be ridden along from a long way out…

            YORKSHIRE JOCKEYS CLUB SCARBOROUGH RACES AT CHARM PARK

                                                             PREVIEW

The first of two popular Scarborough Races fixtures will be held this Sunday 1^st March at Charm Park near Wykeham. The youthful Yorkshire Jockeys Club committee who took over the organisation have made a great success of it and another good day's racing is in the offing.

The card opens with the Level Two Conditions race and Tag Man looks the one to beat here following his win at Helmsley Races last Sunday where he easily saw off two of today's rivals, Red Opium and Morozov Cocktail in second and third. A repeat of that run will make him very hard to beat, even with the five pound penalty. Sunset On Fire has a great record at Charm Park having won at both meetings here in the 2024 season which brings him into consideration too. Arthurs Seat made a winning…

                                                HELMSLEY RACES REPORT

Having been thwarted by a blanket of snow last Sunday and determined not to be be defeated by the weather, the Helmsley Races organisers moved heaven and earth to rearrange one week later and their efforts were rewarded as a sizeable crowd were treated to some great racing in front of one of the most stunning backdrops any racecourse can boast.

The feature race of the day was the Eccles Heddon Solicitors Mixed Open which saw a field stacked full of talent line up. Last year's Aintree Foxhunters winner Gracchus De Balme was made a warm favourite and jockey Henry Crow sent his mount off to front run as though he really meant business. As they jumped the last it was last season's leading Yorkshire horse Surprise Attack who came to challenge and he appeared to take the favourite's measure on the run in however the…

Scarborough Races at Charm Park Wykeham next Sunday 1st March. Going update for Sunday 22nd February

GOOD TO SOFT, SOFT DOWN THE WOODSIDE

Helmsley Races at Duncombe Park Sunday 22 February

Update as of today, Friday 20th.

GOOD TO SOFT, SOFT IN PLACES.

Going update for Sunday's rearranged Helmsley Races fixture at Duncombe Park

As of today, Wednesday 18th February the going is GOOD TO SOFT. Next update Friday.

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Further updates will follow as soon as they are received.

7.4 am update. Inspection at 9am. The organisers will do everything they can to go ahead

Helmsley Races update.

As of today, Thursday 12th February, the going for this Sunday's meeting at Duncombe Park remains SOFT.

                                               HELMSLEY RACES PREVIEW

                               DUNCOMBE PARK SUNDAY 15TH FEBRUARY

Duncombe Park at Helmsley provides the spectacular backdrop for this Sunday's Helmsley Races where the Yorkshire season gets back on track after a weather disrupted opening. With a very healthy entry of 107 horses, drawn from far and wide, and plenty of classy horses on show the day should once again attract a large and enthusiastic crowd to enjoy a good day's sport.

The first of seven scheduled races is due off at 12 noon with the Ripon Farm Services Sinnington Hunt Members' Farmers' and Subscribers' and this looks to be very much at the mercy of the Easterby family who have three good entries to choose from. The pick of the two with previous point to point form looks to be Morozov Cocktail who was never out of the frame last season during which he won twice. A very…

Going Update for Helmsley Races at Duncombe Park next Sunday 15th February.

As of today Sunday 8th February the going is SOFT.

YORKSHIRE AREA POINT TO POINT CLUB AT SHERIFF HUTTON JANUARY 18TH 2026

                                                                REVIEW

High quality performances by some very classy horses lit up a damp and grey Sheriff Hutton where the Yorkshire Area season opened last Sunday after a week's delay due to the wintery weather. Run once again in aid of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, to whom a cheque was presented by the organisers during racing for £13917.00, the total now raised and donated to them by the YAPPC has now passed the quarter of a million pounds mark.

The star performer on the card beforehand looked to be Barton Snow in the Labiana Life Sciences Ladies Open and those who took the short odds would never have a moment's worry. Get With It and Pippa Brown made the running but when Amber Jackson Fennell sent the favourite on three out the race was soon over and he…

       YORKSHIRE AREA POINT TO POINT CLUB AT SHERIFF HUTTON PREVIEW

The curtain rises on the new Yorkshire season on Sunday 11^th January with the ever popular and much anticipated Yorkshire Area Point to Point Club fixture at Sheriff Hutton, held by kind permission of Mick Easterby. The meeting always attracts a large and enthusiastic crowd and an entry of 111 drawn from far and wide should ensure a great day's racing. All proceeds raised are once again being donated to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and the organisers hope to take the total raised and donated to them by this meeting past the quarter of a million pound mark this year.

The first race, due off at 11.45am, is the Racing TV Conditions (level 2) Five Year Olds And Over and having received a bumper entry of thirty two it would be no surprise if this is divided on the day. With…

As of midday today (Sunday 4th January) the going is good to soft with some frozen patches.

Please note in the event of abandonment all entry fees will be refunded less Weatherbys admin fee.

Admission is £15 on the gate and is cash only as is the bar. The popular hog roast is once again on the menu.

I was asked to write a preview of the season for today's Yorkshire Post. Happy to have a full page appearing today although it has been chopped down a bit. Original version here for anyone interested. I wrote it bearing in mind that many readers will never have been to a point to point before.

 YORKSHIRE AREA POINT TO POINT SEASON'S PREVIEW 2026

Point to point racing returns to Yorkshire next weekend when the inimitable Mick Easterby will once again welcome a large and enthusiastic crowd to Sheriff Hutton, where the curtain rises on the area's 2026 season on Sunday 11^th January. For those who are unfamiliar, pointing is what you could call pop up horse racing, amateur jump races run over a distance of usually three miles, on courses built from scratch on farms or parkland. Many of these are once a year venues such as the stateley Duncombe Park…