25/26 All things point to point

By Mike Ashby 

The sky was slightly sullen and the opening mood very sombre as news had emerged that young jockey Sam Lee, who made regular East Anglia area appearances, had tragically died the previous day. A minute’s silence was observed after a fitting tribute was made by Area Chairman Stephen Howlett, over the PA system. 

The action provided another very successful afternoon for leading jockey Gina Andrews who followed up her six winners from last weekend and added another treble here at High Easter before rounding off another totally successful weekend with three more winners at Guilsborough. A remarkable 12 winners from 17 rides registering a strike rate of 70%. The third leg of her three winners, on Fortuneville, at High Easter brought up Gina’s 450^th points winner, Yet another milestone passed in her truly outstanding career. Both Fairly Famous (Mixed Open race) and I’m Spellbound (Ladies Conditions) are trained…

                     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…

REPORT:  THE SUFFOLK AT AMPTON RACECOURSE ON SUNDAY MARCH 1st  

Author:  Mike Ashby 

Gina Andrews has enjoyed many winning sequences since riding her first point-to-point winner at Cottenham in 2008. At the weekend, Gina rode three winners at Ampton on Sunday following a treble at Kingston Blount, the previous day. Now approaching 450 career wins in points, her determination and desire to maintain her success rate, never diminishes.  

Andrews winning trio, at Ampton, came courtesy of  Padjoes Legacy ( Veterans race ), Ice Prowler ( Maiden ), both for owner/trainer Nigel Padfield and Call Me Early ( Intermediate ) registering another success for the local ownership, The Signy and Marriage Families. Padjoes Legacy stayed on stoutly up the Ampton finishing hill having been involved in a tense duel with Paint The Dream throughout the final circuit. The winner had the advantage of the inside round the final two bends and…

                                                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…

Author: Mike Ashby

Although racing throughout the country is being interrupted by the excessive spell of wet weather, there were no problems at Higham with the Hamilton Bloodhounds holding their inaugural fixture. The experienced Roderick Duncan, the new Clerk of the Course at Higham, kept us all fully informed of the state of the going, on the lead up to the meeting and because the course is situated on gravel, it is able to maintain raceable conditions. The end result, the going on the day was deemed to be Good to Soft and the whole course was a credit to Duncan and his team. Further reported comments, on the day from other sources went as far as to say "That was the best going that will be seen anywhere in the country for the next month".

After the excitement of two hotly contested pony races the main racing took…

REPORT: CAMBRIDGESHIRE WITH ENFIELD CHACE at HORSEHEATH on SATURDAY JANUARY 24th - Pointing EA

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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…

Report from Ampton meeting held on Saturday January 10th

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