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Thursday, May 08, 2025

CELEBRATING HARRIET AND STAN, AND REMEMBERING JONATHAN

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The opening fixture of the jumps season for the past eleven seasons (COVID year excepted), and since 2017 programmed six days after Sandown’...
Monday, April 21, 2025

WITH BLUESCAPE, CHUBB IS KIMBLE'S KING OF THE CASTLE

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On my first covering Kimble’s Easter meeting in 2010 (when still badged as Vale of Aylesbury with Garth & South Berks), this splendid ol...
Saturday, February 22, 2025

FOR THE LOVE OF HELMSLEY, COME POINTING

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Helmsley races, or the Sinnington point-to-point (whatever your preference) at Duncombe Park, Sunday, February 16th.  Two days after Valenti...
Monday, February 03, 2025

THE PERFECT START TO SUMMERVILLE'S AUTUMN YEARS

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York & Ainsty and West of Yore point-to-point at Askham Bryan College, February 2nd.  And proof again, were ever it needed, that whilst ...
Saturday, March 16, 2024

BRINGING HOME THE SILVERWARE ON A DAY FREE OF FEAR

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T hirteen days ago, a mixed round of jumping by Grangeclare Diego at Charm Park had culminated in Paddy Barlow's unseat five from home a...
Sunday, March 03, 2024

WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEENS, AND WHAT THANKFULLY WEREN'T

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If anyone were still uncertain as to why some pointing fixtures in this part of the world try to raise skiploads of money for the Yorkshire ...
Sunday, May 07, 2023

NOTHING TO FRET ABOUT AS PETER LANDS A (W)RIGHT TOUCH

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Given the sea fret that started (and indeed bookended) today in Scarborough, the last thing I was expecting at the Derwent point-to-point at...