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27 January 2015
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riders’ Will Milburn & Jack Teal,
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WELCOME FROM THE EDITOR
Brackloon High and Andrew Barlow (near side) on their way to winning
the Mens Open race at last Sunday’s Waveney Harriers meeting
Photo: Julie Drewett racehorsephotos.co.uk
BRACKLOON ON A HIGH
I would like to begin by congratulating
the Henderson family for a superb
training performance in getting Say
No cherry ripe to claim the first
National Classic of the season – the
Lord Ashton of Hyde’s Cup – at
Cocklebarrow. Their nine-year-old
homebred is developing in to a
consistent performer at the highest
level between the flags, and with wins
over 3m4f and 3m7f on his CV, is
proving to be a very stout stayer.
Tom Weston grabbed a share of the
headlines at Heythrop with a training
double; his first winner came in the
AGA PPORA Club Members race for
Novice Riders race courtesy of
Jetnova, ridden by John SmithMaxwell, before doing the steering
himself on Thoonavolla in the 6yo+
Open Maiden.
At Higham’s Waveney Harries,
Brackloon High followed up his
impressive win at Cottenham with
another win in Open company in the
hands of Andrew Barlow. The tenyear-old is rapidly improving his
reputation as a force to be reckoned in
this sphere and looks up to winning in
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distant future.
Pete Mann also rode a double at the
Suffolk venue to continue his excellent
start the new campaign, firstly
partnering The Sliotar in the PPORA
Club Members (Div 2) before guiding
Pauline Harkin’s Glory Hunter home
in front in the Open Maiden (Div 2).
Harkin then doubled up on the day
courtesy of her Aintree Fox Hunters
hope Popaway, who won the TBA
Club Members race for mares and
fillies with any amount in hand.
Ockey De Neulliac was made to work
for his third victory of the season by
Joe O’Shea’s Ninetieth Minute at the
Jedforest at Friars Haugh, but stayed
on strongly to claim the Ladies Open
for regular pilot Catherine Walton and
trainer Neil Mechie.
O’Shea wasn’t to be denied in the
Mens Open, however, as Tom David
partnered the Richard Hewitt-owned
Woodview Prince to an impressive
success over the above average Open
performer Cave Hunter.
Nick Orpwood’s double at the
Jedforest was also a performance to
note; he took the Restricted aboard
Crazy Diamond, before following-up
in the final race, the Open Maiden, on
Mister D, in a race in which only two
of the 12 runners completed.
And finally at Chipley Park’s Tiverton
fixture, the star performance was
arguably that of Kayley Woollacott’s
Jepeck, who made it three from three
this season with an impressive win in
the Intermediate race, easily beating
the consistent Soul Native.
Parkam Jack and John Mathias lowered
the colours of the short-priced
favourite, Certain Flight, and Lucette
Annie also made it nine wins from her
last 13 starts in Points in the TBA
Club Members for mares and fillies.
Turning attentions to the upcoming
action and we have another busy
weekend ahead with four meetings on
Sunday, as well as the re-arranged West
Percy at Alnwick twenty-four hours
earlier on Saturday 31st. The original
entries for latter stand and entry to
this meeting is free, so I urge any of
our readers living in the vicinity of the
course to go along.
Ben Roe, Editor
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WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK
SATURDAY, 31 JANUARY
WEST PERCY
SUNDAY, 1 FEBRUARY
CAMBRIDGESHIRE WITH ENFIELD CHACE
at Alnwick (Northumberland)
3m NE of Alnwick (signposted from A1). NE66 3AE
Provisional Going: Good to soft, soft in places
First Race: 12.00pm
Number of Races: 7
Number of Entries: 73
Admission Prices: Free
at Horseheath (Cambridgeshire)
4m W of Haverhill on A604 (Exits 9 or 10, M11). CB21 4QF
Provisional Going: Good, good to soft in places
First Race: 12.00pm
Number of Races: 7
Number of Entries: 113
Admission Prices: £10 per person, under 17s free
SUNDAY, 1 FEBRUARY
MID DEVON
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SUNDAY, 1 FEBRUARY
SOUTH DORSET
at Black Forest Lodge (Devon)
5m S of Exeter, nr B3381 between A380 and Starcross. Only 6m off end
of M5. EX6 8NW
Provisional Going: Good to soft
First Race: 12.00pm
Number of Races: 7
Number of Entries: 100
Admission Prices: £10 per person up to a maximum of £30 per car
at Milborne St Andrew (Dorset)
Nr A354 ½m SE of village, midway between Blandford and Dorchester
Provisional Going: Good
First Race: 12.00pm
Number of Races: 8
Number of Entries: 114
Admission Prices: £20 per car, single occupancy discount available;
£5 pedestrians; £25 premier parking
SUNDAY, 1 FEBRUARY
SOUTH DURHAM HUNT FARMERS CLUB
HUNTER CHASES
at Mordon (Co. Durham)
Nr A1(M), 4 miles S of Sedgefield, 1 mile N of Great Stainton
Provisional Going: Good, good to soft in places
First Race: 12.00pm
Number of Races: 6
Number of Entries: 84
Admission Prices: £10 per person, under 16s free
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Thursday, 29 January
Wincanton: 4:10 Wincanton Open Hunters´ Chase, 3m1f110y
Saturday, 31 January
Wetherby: 3:55 Racing UK Anywhere Open Hunters´ Chase, 3m1f
Sunday, 1 February
Musselburgh: 4:00 Scottish Foxhunter Chase, 3m3f
Tuesday, 3 February
Market Rasen: 4:30 CGA Foxhunter Trial Open Hunters´ Chase, 3m1f
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Bound For Glory under Hannah Lewis on their way to winning
the Ladies Open race at the Waveney Harriers meeting
Photo: Julie Drewett racehorsephotos.co.uk
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LATEST NEWS
HOLCOMBE AT WHITTINGTON
CANCELLED
Unfortunately, the Holcombe Hunt
Point-to-Point scheduled for Sunday
22nd March has been cancelled due to
difficulties making the meeting
financially viable.
DUKE OF BEAUFORT’S DIDMARTON
As the meeting pages for the Duke of
Beaufort's in the Planner are separated
(pages 160-161) we would like to
remind all potential participants that
there are 7 races scheduled for this
meeting; these are outlined below. Full
conditions and all other details can be
found on the planner pages, by
clicking here.
Race 1: Hunt Members
Race 2: West Midlands Area Club
Members Conditions
Race 3: Mixed Open
Race 4: West Midlands Area Club
Members Conditions for Novice
Riders
Race 5: Maiden Conditions 4567&yo
Race 6: Restricted
Race 7: Open Maiden 8yo&up
Entries for this meeting are closing via
the Entries Secretary on Monday 2nd
March at 12noon.
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WAVENEY HARRIERS AT
HIGHAM
by Carolyn Tanner
Two competitors who had been
missing from the sport for several
years made a comeback at Higham on
Sunday. Taken purely on results, one
would appear to have succeeded and
the other not, but if success is
measured in terms of personal
achievement, both could be counted
winners.
David Fitch-Peyton, who rode and
trained in the nineties, saddled Bound
For Glory, who dislikes being confined
in a stable and is trained from the
field, to win the Ladies' Open under
an excellent front-running ride from
Hannah Lewis. David, stud manager at
Whitley Stud, near Tetbury, has
worked at top establishments as far
afield as the States, New Zealand and
Saudi Arabia.
Among his other accomplishments is
that of being a sub-three hour
marathon runner, so Hannah reasoned
there was no point in trying to walk
the course with him as it was
impossible to keep up!
The other returnee was Celia Savell,
whose last victory was on The Whip in
1997. "I had my licence taken away 14
years ago because of injury," she
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explained, "and I decided I wanted to
retire on my own terms."
Celia's mount Stansa Stark completed
the course in the Maiden Division
One, but was over two fences behind
the winner My Alfie, a performance
which earned a quiet word from the
stewards. "I should have pulled up
because I was overtaking horses which
had," admitted the emotional ownerrider, "but I was just so thrilled to have
got round."
HUNTER CHASE SCHEDULE:
1ST - 15TH FEBRUARY
The first half of February will see a
busy programme of 10 Hunters'
Chases across the country.
Amongst the six Open races, there are
three valuable ones at Musselburgh,
Haydock Park and Ffos Las, together
with the first two Restricted races,
being those restricted to "five yrs old
and upwards, which have not won
more than three steeple chases" (not
including Point-to-Point races). The
schedule is completed with the first
two events for Novices during the
current season.
The above schedule for these races
can be found on pointtopoint.co.uk.
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HUNTERCHASE REPORT
David Maxwell
WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE
OPEN HUNTERS’ CHASE WARWICK
by Carolyn Tanner
"It doesn't get better than that in a
three-mile Chase," smiled owner-rider
David Maxwell after Out Now had put
in a flawless round of jumping to take
Warwick's Willoughby De Broke Open
Hunters' Chase. The son of Muroto,
runner-up in the 2012 Irish Grand
National for Edward O'Grady, was
purchased at Doncaster in November,
just ten days after he had triumphed
between the flags in Ireland.
The horse which David had his eye on
was Becauseicouldntsee, who had
finished second to Out Now in that
October Point-to-Point, but "He's
now 12, and they asked 100,000 for
him, but when I saw Out Now was
going to be sold it made sense to go
for him," explained David.
It was Irish Pointing expert Richard
Pugh who had suggested that Out
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Now would be an ideal purchase. "He
rang me and said he'd be the right sort
of horse for me, but what he meant
was that it would suit an old fat jockey
like me," laughed David.
"Last year I acquired Rob Conti from
Philip [Hobbs, Out Now's trainer] on
the condition he stayed in the yard,"
he continued. "Unfortunately that
didn't work out, but I did like having a
horse there, so I'd been looking for
another one to send him."
He has bought Out Now with the
Aintree Fox Hunters' in mind. "I've
ridden in the Cheltenham
Foxhunters' [on Noakarad De Verzee
in 2011] but never the Aintree one, so
at 36, it's time I fulfilled that
ambition," he pointed out.
David's one disappointment was the
defection from the race, due to a
bruised foot, of Teaforthree, who
would undoubtedly have started
favourite in what ended up as a five8
runner contest. "I wouldn't have
minded taking him on," he admitted.
A London-based property investor,
David, whose wife Tessa's parents,
Richard and Moira Hobbs [no relation
to the trainer!] were present to cheer
him home, has no opportunity to ride
during the week, but he goes to Giles
and Kim Smyly's most weekends. Prior
to Warwick, he had ridden his new
purchase just twice. "We jumped 12
fences, but he ran out at most of
them," he laughed. "He's a bit of a
monkey."
His groom, Emma McWilliam,
Hobbs's travelling head girl, and
herself a winning Point-to-Point rider,
might not agree, her own description
being "He's a gentleman, and lovely to
do."
The success was David's sixth under
Rules to go with his 27 between the
flags. He has two Pointers with Kim
Smyly, and is hoping to make his 2015
debut at Godstone next month.
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John Chatfeild-Roberts aboard Love Manhattan cruises to
victory in the first Subaru Restricted Point-to-Point Series race
of the new year at Cocklebarrow Races
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SUBARU RESTRICTED POINT-TO-POINT SERIES 2014/15
SECOND CAREER VICTORIES
FOR SUBARU RESTRICTED
POINT-TO-POINT SERIES
QUALIFIERS
The two winners of Sunday’s Subaru
Restricted Point-to-Point Series races
at Friars Haugh and Cocklebarrow,
both secured the second wins of their
careers. John Chatfeild-Roberts’, Love
Manhattan, won by four lengths at the
Hethrop Hunt’s fixture, in his first run
of the new season and added to
victory in 2014 Maiden whilst Nick
Orpwood’s, Crazy Diamond was
favourite having won at Alnwick prior
to Christmas. Both horses are now
qualified for the prestigious final at
Stratford-Upon-Avon on 29th May
which has a prize purse of £10,000.
As well as the on-course excitement,
the Subaru dealers that supported the
fixtures exposed the new Subaru
Outback model to the British public
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for the first time. Stephen Wilkins, of
John Wilkins, Cheltenham
commented, “the response to the new
model has been overwhelming, the
special features on the vehicle have
received positive feedback today”.
The next qualifier takes place next
Sunday, 1 February for the Mid Devon
fixture at Black Forest Lodge near
Exeter.
SUBARU RESTRICTED POINTTO-POINT SERIES MAKES ITS
FIRST VISIT TO THE SOUTHWEST
The Subaru Restricted Point-to-Point
horse race series makes its first visit to
the South-West on Sunday 1 February
for the Mid Devon fixture at Black
Forest Lodge, near Exeter. The new
series, for horses that have not won
any race other than a Maiden or Hunt
Members race, culminates in a grand
final at Stratford-upon-Avon
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racecourse on 29 May 2015. With an
attractive prize-fund of £10,000 up for
grabs, it’s sure to have a popular
following amongst West Country
owners and trainers keen to qualify.
Newton Abbott based Subaru
dealership, Ashburton Motor Works
Ltd, will display vehicles from the
current range at the event, including
the new Outback model that will be
made available to the UK market this
Spring - one of only a handful of
public exposures of the new vehicle.
It is the only visit to Black Forest
Lodge this season for the Subaru
series but one of three in the locality.
The Subaru Restricted Race is the fifth
race on a card of eight that
commences at 11.00am. Black Forest
Lodge is located 5 miles south of
Exeter, only 6 miles from the M5.
Entry costs £10 per person, up to a
maximum of £30 per car.
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Fresh from
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Thorpe Lodge
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Antonia
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GETTING TO KNOW YOU
DARREN EDWARDS
Firmly established as one of the leading amateur riders in the country, Darren rode his first winner under Rules
in 2000, his first Point-to-Point winner in 2001, and has never looked back, enjoying success at the
Cheltenham Festival along the way.
Date of birth: 5 September 1984.
Job or profession: Chartered
Surveyor, Partner in Fisher German
LLP.
Are you from a racing background?
If not, how did you get started in
Point-to-Pointing? Yes, my father
Gordon used to ride in Point-to-Points
and has held a permit for a number of
years.
What was your first ride in public?
Eileen Alanna on 23 September 2000
at Plumpton.
First winner – name of the horse,
owner & trainer, the date & the
course: Eileen Alanna, owned and
trained by my parents, on 21
November 2000 in a Novice Hurdle at
Market.
Apart from the first winner, what
has been your most memorable
ride? Maximize winning the 2004
Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir at the
Cheltenham Festival.
Is there a ride you look back on
and think “could have done
better?” Any that I do not win! I am
my own worst critic and always strive
to do better.
For which trainers/owners do you
mainly ride? The page is not big
enough to list everyone so it would be
unfair to start. I am lucky to ride for
lots of small to medium size yards,
many of whom have supported me for
a number of years.
Who has been most influential on
your riding career so far? My
parents, who have supported me from
day one.
Which are your favourite courses?
And for what reasons? Upcott Cross,
Buckfastleigh and Bratton Down.
They are all well run courses that are
often rewarded with quality racing.
What car do you drive? Audi A5.
Name your perfect night in and
perfect night out: A takeaway and
film with my girlfriend makes a good
night in; whilst crazy dancing with old
Uni mates is always a fun night out,
although as we are strung out across
the UK this doesn’t happen very often.
Where do you like to go on
holiday? Anywhere new. I am lucky to
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have done a lot of travelling but there
are lots of places still on my hit list.
Who would be your ideal travelling
companions to the races? I’m fairly
relaxed, as long as they are quiet
enough for me to sleep!
What music are you currently
listening to? Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran,
and Alicia Keys.
What are your favourite films and
TV programmes? Films: Gladiator,
Saving Private Ryan, and Captain
Phillips. TV programmes: Strike Back
and Attheraces.
What has been either your own
funniest incident, or the most
amusing thing you have seen or
heard at the races? 15 June 2002 – I
was riding the favourite in the Mens
Open at Umberleigh. I moved upsides
travelling well with four to jump only
to see the flag man waving a bypass
flag in front of me. The rider of the
horse in third was shouting “go
around it”. I steered around four out,
taking Tim Vaughan with me, only to
find we were supposed to be jumping
it and bypassing three out! The rider
of the third went on to jump four out
and win the race. Tim was spitting and
the beneficiary was a certain Evan
Williams. The win secured him the
2002 National Mens’ title!
Who are your biggest heroes in
racing? AP McCoy. We rode our
first winners in the same colours,
both for dad. He has raised the
bar to a height that will struggle
to be matched in the future.
Which particular horse (in any
discipline) would you like to
ride? The feeling Tom Queally
got off Frankel must have been
special.
Apart from race-riding, in what
other sports do you participate?
All sports; although I’m better at
some than others!
Do you have any regrets
in your riding career
to date? Not really,
although the National
Hunt chase at the
Cheltenham
Festival in 2007
was a
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race that got away. I was cantering on
Not Left Yet when he got unbalanced
and tipped up three out.
What ambitions do you have in
racing? To win a Foxhunters would
be nice; either will do.
Are there any changes that you
think would benefit the sport in the
future? Hunts combining resources.
Running Point-to-Points can be very
financially marginal and better pooling
of resources can aid sustainability and
safeguard the future of the sport.
What are your aspirations for the
season? Stay in one piece and enjoy it.
Can you give us a horse to look out
for this season? My first choice is
already on the sidelines but According
To Harry is a capable replacement.
Can you give us an up and coming
rider to look out for this season?
Riding primarily in the southwest
means I see lots of young riders
coming through from the bigger yards.
David Noonan (David Pipe), Sean
Houlihan (Philip Hobbs) and Tom
Humphries (Jeremy Scott) are likely to
be fighting it out for the Area Novice
titles given chances.
If you were on an island and could
only bring three things, what would
you bring? A horse,
a fence, and a
winning post.
And finally,
sum up
Point-toPointing in
one word:
Fun.
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TRAINER PROFILE
KEITH CUMINGS
For how long have you been
training?
About 40 years!
The Mexican Bandit and Josh Guerriero
Photo: Tim Holt [email protected]
Where are you based?
Bishops Nympton, near South
Molton, a small market town on the
edge of Exmoor.
What training facilities do you have
available?
Plenty of steep hills for roadwork and
cantering on grass, an outdoor
rubber/sand school which we use a
lot for loose schooling. We use Victor
Dartnall’s all weather gallop and
schooling fences. Also, we make
regular trips on to the moor, where
horses learn to find their feet,
popping over gorse, logs and
ditches….they love it.
How many horses do you train?
We have 9 this season.
Do you train for yourself, family or
other Owners?
We have a few of our own to sell on,
but mainly train for our Owners.
Of which performance are you
most proud?
When my daughter Joanne won the
National Novice Championship, and
when she won on Flame O Frensi,
trained by us, at the Cheltenham
Hunter Chase Evening Meeting.
Did you race ride before you
started training?
A few, a long time ago, but I didn’t
trouble the Judge! I have always loved
stag hunting and still ride with the
DSSH on retired former stable star
Touch of Flame.
Which jockeys do you use
regularly?
Will Biddick, Josh Guerriero, Matt
Hampton and Robbie Henderson.
What car do you drive?
I have a Saab, and a Mitsubishi 4WD.
What kind of music do you like?
Jazz and Big Band music.
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What are your favourite films and
TV Programmes?
I like nature programmes, and of
course At The Races and RacingUK.
Describe your perfect night in? and
perfect night out?
In - One of my wife Janet’s roasts
around the dining room table with
family and friends.
Out - A good pub, with a good steak.
What do you do to take a break
from training. Hobbies, favourite
holiday destinations?
I enjoy shooting, hunting and boating
- holidays are usually with friends in
Portugal and Cornwall.
Which particular horse would you
like to train?
Sprinter Sacre, he is such an athlete.
Which horses do you have at the
moment that you would say have
good potential?
Certain Flight, The Mexican Bandit,
Little Cornham and
Whenharrymetsally.
What are your favourite courses
and meetings and why?
Bratton Down, it is a fair test for horse
and rider, and one of our local courses
- I am on the Committee who help
run all three meetings there
(Dulverton West, Exmoor and
Tiverton Staghounds).
Who would be your ideal travelling
companions to the races?
My Grandchildren.
What do you consider to be the
biggest challenges for Point to
Point trainers?
National Hunt Trainers running
horses in our Hunter Chases.
What has been your funniest
incident at the races?
Too many to mention, but lots of fun
times at the lorry after racing. Win,
lose or draw, a drink with Owners and
Jockeys rounds off the day nicely.
What developments do you think
would benefit the sport in the
future?
More 2m4f Maidens - they are an ideal
introduction for young, inexperienced
horses.
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27 January 2015
RIDER PROFILE
WILL MILBURN
Photo: Louise Pollard
louisepollard.co.uk
"Everyone said it looked scary,"
grinned Will Milburn, referring to his
first ride at Thorpe in 2008.
His partner on that occasion, and in
seven further attempts in his debut
season, was the hard-pulling
Alittlebitopower, who, in the jockey's
words "pissed off with me."
If Will is to be believed, it was a
foretaste of things to come, as he self#gopointing
deprecatingly laughed "It happens
nearly every week now!"
Will's equestrian skills were acquired in
the hunting fields of Yorkshire, but it
was travelling hundreds of miles to
meetings with his father John, a
reporter, race-reader and confirmed
Pointing enthusiast, which decided
him to give race-riding a go.
That early experience, followed by two
years on the sidelines due to
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combination of a lack of
opportunities - his intended mount
failed to get on the course - and a
broken pelvis incurred at home when
a horse reared over on top of him,
would have deterred a less determined
novice rider, but Will gained his just
reward in 2011, at the age of 20, when
piloting Adin Abroad to victory at
Easingwold. His celebratory whipwaving, reported the form Annual,
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RIDER PROFILE | WILL MILBURN
Will and Adin Abroad on their way to victory at Easingwold in 2011
Photo: Jon Hodd
"must surely have given Mickael
Barzalona the inspiration for his
display in the Derby."
Adin Abroad was trained by Andrew
Nicholls, who has supported Will
every season since, and for whom the
jockey still rides out a couple of times
a week, fitting it in around his job with
trainer Mark Walford. He joined the
Sheriff Hutton stable full-time last
year, having previously combined a
part-time position with working for an
online sports' shop.
In addition, he has taken on his
father's reporting role, and he writes
regular previews and reviews of the
Yorkshire meetings for that area's
website. He particularly enjoys
penning the reports, and prefers to
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concentrate on the "little person," who
would not normally receive the
publicity enjoyed by the larger yards.
In 2014 Will's four winners were
enough to earn him the area Novice
championship, and the fact that they
were provided by as many different
yards says much about the regard in
which he is held. Regulars on the
Pointing circuit will have noted that he
will always give his mount every
chance but at the same time is
sympathetic and is not one of the
"finish at all costs" riders who fail to
pull up a tired horse.
He and his partner Emma Todd have
three to campaign from their own yard
this season, but "Emma's the trainer,"
he was quick to point out. The trio,
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who are stabled nearby at Liz Clark's
premises, are Six A Side, on whom
Will triumphed at Easingwold in April,
Mr Conductor, an £800 Ascot
purchase who failed to complete in
three Irish Points in 2014, and recent
acquisition For A Finish, a 12-year-old
Hurdle and Chase winner who ran
between the flags in Ireland in
December but has lost his way in the
past couple of years.
Most of the horses which Will has to
ride this season are maidens, so his
aims are modest. "I'd be happy if I
could equal last year's total," he said.
He would also like to have a spin in a
Hunter Chase, and with that in mind is
hoping to get his Category ‘A' licence
in the near future.
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GOPOINTING
"The Loose Leaf is an essen-al for any serious point-­‐to-­‐point follower. I find it an invaluable form tool when a=ending mee-ngs. Going poin-ng without it feels like going to work naked!" Dom Bradshaw,
Jumping For Fun
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GOPOINTING
Harry Cobden and Silver Token en route to victory at the
Tiverton meeting last Sunday
Photo: Tim Holt [email protected]
RECENT LANDMARKS
Jockeys firsts, doubles and other career highs by Carolyn Tanner
FIRST WINNER:
HARRY COBDEN
Harry Cobden, 16, opened his
account, on his third ride, in the
Dodson & Horrell Novice Riders'
contest at Chipley Park on Silver
Token. The grey was a dual Point
winner for breeder David Brace, for
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whom Harry rides out one day a week,
but he is now owned and trained by
professional jockey Rachael Green, the
2006 Ladies' National Point-to-Point
champion.
while he excelled in Pony Racing,
racking up over 30 victories.
He is now home tutored, and works
for Rachael's partner, trainer Anthony
Honeyball.
As well as plenty of hunting, Harry
also has Team Chasing on his c.v.,
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TRAINER TALK
FRED HUTSBY
The colours of light blue jacket and scarlet cap are among the best known and longest-standing in Pointto-Point racing. I went to Walton Farm near Wellesbourne in Warwickshire to meet jockey turned trainer
Fred Hutsby, the latest member of the family dynasty to be involved in the sport writes Jake Exelby
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Fred Hutsby (right) with rider Tom Ellis
Photo: Steve Hunt overthepage.co.uk
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“These colours have been used by my
family for over 100 years now,” Fred
told me. “I bet they’re worth a lot.”
Fred is the fourth generation of
Hutsbys to ride in races, following in
the footsteps of father Ken and
grandfather Henry, who used to train
the family Pointers until Fred took
over in 1997.
“When I started training here at
Walton Farm,” Fred explained, “we
only had two boxes.
“But we’re lucky that we train on a
farm. We’ve got access to all the hay
and straw we need and we were able to
convert an old cattle shed
into stables.” Some of
Fred’s horses are housed in
an open barn, which he
converts back into a straw
shed in the summer when
the horses are out at grass.
Cheltenham and a third in the Aintree
Foxhunters.
The Hutsbys do most of the work
themselves. “I start riding out second
lot after the school run,” laughs
Caroline. “We only have one girl
working here with us full time, as well
as a couple of work riders and some
weekend help.” So what about
holidays? “We go on holiday with the
horses when the boys are at school.
Last year we took Penmore Mill and
Vertical Glen down to Exmoor. We
stayed in a hotel and treated ourselves
while they were stabled nearby. We
rode them on the moor every day.”
balance. When they start jumping, this
helps them meet the fences right.
Schooling is the key – we do enough
of it to teach them to ‘put in a short
one’ when they need to.”
The routine extends to the point-topoint season too. “I like to run them
early in the season, often at the first
Black Forest Lodge meeting,”
continues Fred. “Then I give them a
good break – they get at least a week
in the field each time they run. And it
works. While the Hutsby stable is not a
betting yard, Fred has a reputation for
getting his horses ready to run well,
and win, first time out.
Of course, Fred was a
successful jockey both
before and after he started
training. He rode 78 winners
between the flags, but is
best known for his
association with Mighty
Fred has 14 horses to run
Moss, owned by his father
this season, including the
and trained by the late
prolific Penmore Mill,
David Nicholson, where
winner of 12 of his 20
Fred worked at the time.
races in Point-to-Points
“He was the first horse we
and Hunter Chases, and
bought from Ireland,” he
the promising Vertical
reminisces. “We never
Glen, who hacked up in a
thought he’d be as good as
competitive Maiden at
he was.” Mighty Moss was
Larkhill on only his second
placed at three consecutive
run. “We’re aiming
Cheltenham Festivals,
Penmore Mill at the
including being beating
Aintree Foxhunters,”
only a length by the
Penmore Mill and Tom Ellis at last season’s North Warwickshire Hunt Club meeting
confirmed Fred, “as we
great Istabraq, and his
Photo: Julie Drewett racehorsephotos.co.uk
think he’s at his best just
biggest win was in the
short of three miles. I’d
Spa Hurdle, also at
I asked Fred what he looks for in a
love to run him under National Hunt
Cheltenham, in 1998.
horse. “Generally, I like to buy them
rules but I don’t have a permit to train
Fred finally called a day on his riding
from Ireland as three-year-olds. I’ve
and Dad says he’s definitely not for
career in 2010. “I had a bad shoulder
got
some
good
contacts
over
there
sale!”
injury after a fall at Whitfield and was
and I can get a nice unbroken horse
Vertical Glen is likely to take in a
starting to struggle with my weight in
for just a few thousand pounds. As
Restricted race at Horseheath or
any case, so I made the decision to
long as they’ve got good legs and I’ve
Cottenham next and others to watch
retire during the Cheltenham Festival.
checked their wind, I know I’m not
in the yard include: Kristian Gray, a
My last winner was Rash Move in a
buying a horse with problems. It’s a
good second recently and probably
Hunter Chase at Taunton – the only
big punt, but it gives me the time to
targeting a Whitfield Maiden; Dunara
time I rode him under rules – and my
make sure they’re right before I start
Castle, who missed the whole of last
final ride was at Didmarton the same
running them in races.”
season but showed plenty of promise
week.”
Horses who have come via this tried
in 2013; and Tempered Steel, who was
I couldn’t resist asking Fred and
and tested route include the
below her best in 2014 after winning
Caroline if the Hutsby name was likely
aforementioned
Vertical
Glen
and
three races the previous year.
to be seen on racecards for a fifth
Rash Move, as well as the useful
Then there’s Burtolli Boy: “an
generation. “We hope so,” smiled
Killimore Cottage and Mister Teddy.
aeroplane at home,” Ohowya: “looks
Caroline. “Both boys – Jack who is
Fred sticks to a proven routine. “I try
much stronger and more settled this
nine and seven-year-old Tom – have
to break them at Christmas time, and
year,” and evergreen Rash Move,
been hunting for the past two years
then turn them out in a field in spring.
bought by Fred as a three-year-old and
and Tom is particularly keen.” We look
I work them with my pointers so they
who is still going strong at the age of
forward to the famous colours
learn their ABC and strengthen up. I
14 after 11 wins and 11 places from
continuing to grace the Pointing field
like to get them doing flat work and
just 25 starts, including a win at
for another 100 years.
slow steady work, teaching them to
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RIDER PROFILE
JACK TEAL
by Carolyn Tanner
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Photo: David Simpson
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GOPOINTING
RIDER PROFILE | JACK TEAL
Jack Teal's debut in 2013 did not go to
plan - his partner Jake Spoon got no
further than the first fence - but by the
end of the campaign he had two
winners under his belt from just seven
rides, and had been noted by many
experienced observers as a name to
watch.
After an 11-week course at the British
Racing School he moved to Jefferson
full-time, and it says much about his
enthusiasm and work ethic that he was
nominated for the David Nicholson
Newcomer category in the prestigious
Stud and Stable Staff awards in 2013,
in which he finished runner-up.
on the score sheet. Mickey Miller was
holding every chance at Alnwick when
falling two out, and the promising
Burtredgipandgump, who beat
Desilvano on his sole outing in 2014,
was in the firing line when jettisoning
his partner, also at the penultimate
fence, at Sheriff Hutton.
There has since been no reason for a
change of mind, as was shown by his
fine ride to land the opening contest at
Sheriff Hutton earlier this month on
Fureys Bar.
His attention to detail also manifested
itself prior to making his debut at
Garthorpe. Never afraid to ask for
help and guidance in his search for
improvement, Jack sought the advice
of Guy Brewer with regard to riding
the track. He obviously heeded the
words of wisdom, as supporters of his
mount Foreverpresenting never had a
moment's concern.
Jack is now getting several outside
rides from owners and trainers who
have recognised his ability, but admits
there would be extra opportunities, for
both horses and jockeys, if more
thought was given to race planning.
"Too many meetings in adjoining areas
clash," is his belief. "I've got quite a
few maidens to ride now, and
hopefully they'll become Restricted
horses, but it will be difficult to find
enough races for them."
Success runs in the Teal family. Jack's
parents John and Jackie are also
involved with horses, but it is canines
with which they are primarily
occupied. They twice trained the
winner of coursing's Blue Riband, the
Waterloo Cup, and still travel their
greyhounds to Ireland to compete.
Their son, though, had his interest in
Pointing kindled by attending meetings
as a spectator, and having decided to
concentrate on racing he started going
to Malcolm Jefferson's yard while still
at school. His formal studies were
then restricted to four days a week, as
he was allowed out on the fifth day to
carry out his equine education!
He left Jefferson, for whom he had
seven rides, recording a second, third
and fourth place from his three
outings on the flat, at the end of last
year, and now works with the yard
team at Malton's Rainbow Equine
Hospital. "It gives me more time to do
my own horses," he explained.
The trio he is training this season
includes the aforementioned Fureys
Bar, but had luck been on his side the
remaining duo might have also been
One ambition which is currently on
hold is that of turning Conditional.
"I'd be silly not to if the chance arose,
but there's no point unless you're with
a good yard and you know you'll get
rides," he reasoned. "Anyway, I'm too
heavy at the moment," he added.
It seems that Jackie's culinary skills
have a lot to answer for!
Foreverpresenting and Jack on their way to victory in the Novice
Riders race at Garthorpe in June 2013
Photo: Jackie Oliver graftonwood.co.uk
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GOPOINTING
PONY RACING ENTRIES
sponsored by
Dough Boy, under Noah Brazg Carrell, on their
way to victory in the 138cms & under Open race
at last Sunday’s Waveney Harriers meeting
Photo: Julie Drewett racehorsephotos.co.uk
MID DEVON FOXHOUNDS at BLACK FOREST LODGE
Sunday, 1 February
138cms & Under Open Race at 11.00am
Becca Walk O’ The Wild Side Molly Landau
Broomsdown Heavenly Gift Kelsie Beilby
Churchill
Tamby Welch
Ginger Wizard
Chad Bament
Minky
Zoe Stanbury
Oscar
Morgan Winstone
Parkhill Playboy
Joshua Brown
Pennway Merlyn
Alexandra Geldard
Talponciau Perfect Print Hamish Clarke
Wide Valley March
Walter Fisher-Barnett
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148cms & Under Open Race at 11.20am
Calypso
Ben Godfrey
Dont Tell Dai
Connor Brace
Goldwells’s Gucci
Harriet Godfrey
Igo Zuminov
James Armstrong
Rosevale Seren Salute
Katie Sinclair
Shotgun Minnie
William Cox
Springs
Thomasina Eyston
Tarka
Michael Treneer
Vadlawalkover
Tamby Welch
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PONY RACING RESULTS
sponsored by
Beside The Sea and Benoit de la Sayette on their way
to winning the 148cms & under Open Race at last
Sunday’s Waveney Harriers meeting
Photo: Julie Drewett racehorsephotos.co.uk
WAVENEY HARRIERS at HIGHAM
Sunday, 25 January
138cms & Under Open Race
1st
Dough Boy
2nd
Honky Tonk Girl
3rd
Chaceside Catwalk
4th
Boolagh Mississippi
5th
Silaz
6th
Mouse
7th
Covenham Generation
8th
Longbourne Rose
9th
Penway Merlyn
10th Reuben
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Noah Brazg Carrell
Brad Kent
Benoit de la Sayette
Emma Buckle
Will Featherstone
Poppy Scott
Luke Scott
Ted Featherstone
Alexandra Geldard
Benjamin Bromley
148cms & Under Open Race
1st
Beside The Sea
Benoit de la Sayette
2nd
Gwen
Joe Bradnam
3rd
Green as Grass
Arron Butterfield
4th
Pepsi III
Francesca Flinton
5th
Warmwell Thomas
Honor Whyte
Non-Runner: Tennants Super (Laura Pearson)
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GOPOINTING
IN THE FRAME
Who was capturing the action last weekend?
There was plenty of interest in the
Heythrop fixture at Cocklebarrow
with a decent crowd on hand to take
in the first National Classic of the
season and every angle was covered by
our photographers and filming crew;
Phil Britt and Jackie Oliver were on
hand to capture the stills whilst the
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West Country Videos crew filmed the
action as it unfolded.
photographer in the Devon &
Cornwall area, Tim Holt.
There was equally good coverage of
the Tiverton meeting at Chipley Park
where West Country Videos, who took
in their second meeting of day, were
joined by the ever-present
At the two other meetings, Keith
Simpson was on hand to film the
events at the Jedforest at Friars Haugh
and Julie Drewett was the sole snapper
at Higham’s Waveney Harriers fixture.
Phil Britt philbritt.zenfolio.com
Heythrop at Cocklebarrow
Jackie Oliver graftonwood.co.uk
Heythrop at Cocklebarrow
Tim Holt [email protected]
Tiverton at Chipley Park
Julie Drewett racehorsephotos.co.uk
Waveney Harriers at Higham
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27 January 2015
BEEN POINTING
“Justyn never puts my photo in Been Pointing” said Ben Roe to
Mrs S as he tried a brownie
Elizabeth (left) and Lucy Woodhouse; Elizabeth
baked some delicious brownies and has just
claimed her AGA hat
Stephen Wilkins of Subaru (right) presents the Daly Cup to
John Chatfeild-Roberts
John Smith-Maxwell & Kathryn Smith-Maxwell
receive AGA mementoes from David Simpson after
the PPORA Club Members race for novice riders
L-R: Sam Painting, Alex 'Foxy'
Hope & Lee 'Leroy' Jones try the
Simpson brownies
Andrew Norman (left) chats to Mark
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Mr Jalfrazy sports his rather smart AGA rug
after finishing 4th in the Subaru Restricted
David Minton & Charlie Brooks have
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Sarah Jayne-Davies (winner of 3
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Claire Hart is off the mark for the season & her fan club give her a great reception after victory
on Dabinett Moon in the Club Members race
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The final fence at Overton, the venue for the Dumfriesshire &
Stewartry meeting on 8 February
Photo: Grace Beresford p2pnorthernphotos.co.uk
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FIXTURES 2014/15
Fixtures in Blue denotes Pony Racing at the meeting
Sat 31 January
West Percy, ALNWICK - Rearranged Fixture
Sun 8 March
Blackmore & Sparkford Vale, CHARLTON HORETHORNE
College Valley & North Northumberland, ALNWICK
Cottesmore, GARTHORPE
Derwent, CHARM PARK
Dulverton Farmers, TREBOROUGH HILL - Abandoned
Mid Surrey Farmers Drag, GODSTONE
Sir W.W. Wynn's, BANGOR-ON-DEE
Suffolk, AMPTON
Sun 1 February
Cambridgeshire with Enfield Chace, HORSEHEATH
Mid Devon, BLACK FOREST LODGE
South Dorset, MILBORNE ST ANDREW
South Durham Hunt Farmers Club, MORDON
Sat 7 February
Cambridge University Draghounds, COTTENHAM
Sat 14 March
Crawley & Horsham, PARHAM
Duke of Buccleuch's, FRIARS HAUGH
East Essex, MARKS TEY
New Forest, LARKHILL
Sun 15 March
Bicester with Whaddon Chase, WHITFIELD
Curre & Llangibby, HOWICK
Dart Vale & Haldon Harriers, BUCKFASTLEIGH
Hampshire, HACKWOOD PARK
Holderness, DALTON PARK
Ross Harriers, GARNONS
Sun 8 February
Combined Services, LARKHILL
Dumfriesshire & Stewartry, OVERTON
South Midlands Area Club, WHITFIELD
South Wold, BROCKLESBY PARK
Southdown & Eridge , GODSTONE
Sat 14 February
Western, WADEBRIDGE
Sun 15 February
Midlands Area Club, THORPE LODGE
Percy, ALNWICK
Sinnington, DUNCOMBE PARK
South Pool Harriers, BUCKFASTLEIGH
Vine & Craven, BARBURY RACECOURSE
Sat 21 March
Hurworth, HUTTON RUDBY
Lanarkshire & Renfrewshire and Eglinton, OVERTON
V.W.H., SIDDINGTON
Wilton, MILBORNE ST ANDREW
Sun 22 March
Holcombe, WHITTINGTON - Cancelled
Lamerton, KILWORTHY
Mendip Farmers, STON EASTON
North Ledbury, HEREFORD RACECOURSE
Oakley, BRAFIELD-ON-THE-GREEN
Old Surrey, Burstow & West Kent, PENSHURST
Sun 22 February
Albrighton & Woodland (North), CHADDESLEY CORBETT
Countryside Alliance Club (Wessex), BADBURY RINGS
Curre & Llangibby, HOWICK
East Cornwall, GREAT TRETHEW
North Norfolk Harriers, HIGHAM
South East Hunt Club, CHARING
Sat 28 March
Avon Vale, LARKHILL
Berwickshire, FRIARS HAUGH
Glamorgan, YSTRADOWEN
Puckeridge, HORSEHEATH
United Pack, BRAMPTON BRYAN
Sun 29 March
Badsworth & Bramham Moor, ASKHAM BRYAN COLLEGE
Belvoir, GARTHORPE
Cotley, COTLEY
East Cornwall, GREAT TRETHEW
Flint & Denbigh, BANGOR-ON-DEE
Ledbury, MAISEMORE PARK
Southdown & Eridge, GODSTONE
Sat 28 February
East Devon, BISHOPS COURT
Thurlow, HORSEHEATH
Sun 1 March
Brocklesby, BROCKLESBY PARK
Quantock Staghounds, COTHELSTONE
South Herefordshire, GARNONS
Tynedale, CORBRIDGE
Sat 7 March
Brecon & Talybont, LLANFRYNACH
Duke of Beaufort's, DIDMARTON
Kingston Blount Racing Club, KINGSTON BLOUNT
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Fixtures in Blue denotes Pony Racing at the meeting
FIXTURES 2014/15
Sat 2 May
Lauderdale, MOSSHOUSES
Modbury Harriers, FLETE PARK
Pendle Forest & Craven, HESLAKER
Surrey Union, PEPER HAROW
Tredegar Farmers, LOWER MACHEN
Sat 4 April
Ashford Valley Tickham, CHARING
Croome & West Warwickshire, UPTON-UPON-SEVERN
Essex & Suffolk, HIGHAM
Kimblewick, KIMBLE
Ludlow, BITTERLEY
Middleton, SHERIFF HUTTON
Monmouthshire, LLANVAPLEY
North Staffordshire, SANDON
Portman, BADBURY RINGS
Spooners & West Dartmoor, CHERRYBROOK
Vale of Lune, WHITTINGTON
Woodland Pytchley, DINGLEY
Sun 3 May
Devon & Somerset Staghounds, HOLNICOTE
Fernie, DINGLEY
Radnor & West Hereford, COLD HARBOUR
Mon 4 May
Banwen Miners, LLWYN FARM
Cattistock, LITTLEWINDSOR
East Sussex & Romney Marsh, ALDINGTON
Enfield Chace with Cambridgeshire Hunt, NORTHAW
North Shropshire, EYTON-ON-SEVERN
Stevenstone, VAUTERHILL
Warwickshire, MOLLINGTON
Zetland, WITTON CASTLE
Mon 6 April
Cumberland Farmers, DALSTON
East Kent with West Street, ALDINGTON
Four Burrow, TREBUDANNON
North Cotswold, PAXFORD
Old Berkshire, LOCKINGE
South Notts, THORPE LODGE
South Pembrokeshire, LYDSTEP
South Shropshire, EYTON-ON-SEVERN
Staintondale, CHARM PARK
Taunton Vale, KINGSTON ST MARY
Vine & Craven, HACKWOOD PARK
Sat 9 May
Cumberland, ASPATRIA
Kimblewick, KINGSTON BLOUNT
Minehead Harriers and West Somerset, HOLNICOTE
Sun 10 May
Bilsdale, EASINGWOLD
Four Burrow, TREBUDANNON
Melton Hunt Club, GARTHORPE
Wheatland, CHADDESLEY CORBETT
Sat 11 April
Essex, HIGH EASTER
North Warwickshire Hunt Club, MOLLINGTON
Teme Valley, BRAMPTON BRYAN
Ystrad Taf Fechan, YSTRADOWEN
Wed 13 May
Weston & Banwell Harriers, COTHELSTONE
Sun 12 April
Bedale, HORNBY CASTLE
Cheshire Forest, TABLEY
Cotswold, ANDOVERSFORD
Eggesford, UPCOTT CROSS
Morpeth, TRANWELL
Pytchley, GUILSBOROUGH
Tedworth, BARBURY RACECOURSE
Sat 16 May
Clifton-on-Teme, UPPER SAPEY
Fitzwilliam (Milton), DINGLEY
Gelligaer Farmers, LOWER MACHEN
South Durham, MORDON
Sun 17 May
Dulverton West, BRATTON DOWN
Golden Valley, BREDWARDINE
Grafton, WHITFIELD
Haydon, HEXHAM
Knutsford Races Club (formerly North West Point-to-Point Club), TABLEY
Sat 18 April
Dartmoor, FLETE PARK
Kimblewick, KINGSTON BLOUNT
Llangeinor, DUNRAVEN STUD
Old Surrey, Burstow & West Kent, PENSHURST
Worcestershire, CHADDESLEY CORBETT
Sun 24 May
Berks&BucksDraghounds&SandhurstDraghounds,KINGSTONBLOUNT
West Somerset Vale, COTHELSTONE
West Wales Area Club, LYDSTEP
Sun 19 April
Atherstone, CLIFTON-ON-DUNSMORE
Braes of Derwent, CORBRIDGE
Cleveland, MORDON
Cotswold Vale Farmers, ANDOVERSFORD
Seavington, LITTLEWINDSOR
West Norfolk, FAKENHAM
Mon 25 May
Albrighton & Woodland (South), CHADDESLEY CORBETT
South Tetcott, UPCOTT CROSS
Sat 30 May
Meynell & South Staffordshire, GARTHORPE
Sat 25 April
Berkeley, WOODFORD
Chiddingfold Leconfield & Cowdray, PARHAM
Fife, BALCORMO MAINS
Quorn, GARTHORPE
Sun 31 May
Border, HEXHAM
Exmoor, BRATTON DOWN
North Hereford, HEREFORD RACECOURSE
Sun 26 April
Axe Vale, STAFFORD CROSS
Cheshire, TABLEY
Farmers Bloodhounds, WHITFIELD
South & West Wilts, LARKHILL
Tivyside & Carmarthenshire, LYDSTEP
York & Ainsty, EASINGWOLD
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Sat 6 June
Pembrokeshire, TRECOED
Sun 7 June
Tiverton Staghounds, BRATTON DOWN
Sat 13 June
Torrington Farmers, UMBERLEIGH
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