Category: Jockey News
06-11-2013
The Point-to-Point Race Planner & Pointing 2014 available to order now
The new Point-to-Point season is fast approaching and preparations for the opening fixtures on the 1st December are well under way. Both The Planner and Pointing 2014 are on course to be published by Friday 15th November; however they can be ordered now to ensure you receive your copies at the earliest opportunity.
The Point-to-Point Race Planner is once again available for just £30 (plus p&p) and remains the only place to provide full race conditions for all GB Point-to-Points and Hunter Chases.
Pointing 2014 has undergone a few style changes (based partly on feedback we received after last year’s rebrand); the comprehensive results section complete with full comments in-running has returned, and the traditional analysis and rating for every Pointer to have run in Great Britain during the 2012/13 season has also returned to its previous format.
Pointing’s price has also remained the same as the last year (£39 plus p&p).
2013/14 Special Offers
The Point-to-Point Racing Company is pleased to offer a variety of money-saving special offers for the new season:
Offer 1 – The Planner & Pointing Bundle : Order the sport’s two essential publications and qualify for FREE P&P (SAVING £5)
Offer 2 – Membership Package Bundle: A copy of The Planner and a 12 month subscription to pointtopoint.co.uk for just £65 (SAVING £5)
Offer 3 – Membership PLUS Package Bundle : A copy of The Planner and a 12 month subscription to pointtopoint.co.uk and Viewpoint for just £100 (SAVING £10)
To place your order call 01933 304792 (Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm) or click here to order online.
Click here to view the full range of Point-to-Point products
15-10-2013
A REMINDER TO ALL LICENSED JOCKEYS
ALL injuries need to be entered onto the online injury management system as a matter of urgency and if the BHA Medical Department are not made aware of these injuries, they will not hold accurate records. If a jockey then decides to return to race riding without checking with the BHA, there could be serious consequences if that jockey is not fully fit and in addition it will INVALIDATE your insurance!
REMEMBER: ALL injuries must be reported to the Medical Department at the BHA. This includes injuries sustained whilst race riding abroad. Any queries, contact the AJA or the BHA Medical Department.
08-10-2013
With reigning champion lady jockey Serena Brotherton stealing a march on the ladies championship and until recently leading with 4 wins, last week’s surprise win by Catherine Walton at Nottingham was her 3rd win of the season and she was able to follow up with another today at Catterick Bridge. The two girls now lead the ladies with only 3 races left! (18th: Ladies @ Redcar; 25th: Mixed @ Doncaster; 26th Ladies finale @ Newbury). Good luck girls!
Meanwhile the gentlemen’s tables are led by reigning champion Simon Walker along with Jamie Hamilton on 3 winners each. As well as the mixed race at Doncaster, 4 gentlemen’s races remain: 13th @ Goodwood, 21st @ Windsor, 28th @ Leicester and the finale @ Nottingham on 6th November.
06-10-2013
This Fegentri season has seen mixed fortunes for our two GB representatives with Emma Sayer sustaining broken vertebrae when falling in a chase in Dieppe on 2nd June. Very disappointingly, this knocked her out of the 2013 Fegentri Series as the doctor stood her down until mid-October but the good news is that Emma has healed well and will soon be back in the saddle. We all look forward to seeing her back in action on the racecourse again soon.
Our gentleman representative, Freddie Mitchell, has managed to stay injury free but has also had his own share of bad luck, having won the Marechal Foch in Auteuil on 19th May. Following the race, with no Stewards’ Enquiry called, the French lady rider Barbara Guenet who finished 3rd (on the near side of the track) objected to Freddie (on the far side of the track) and following the subsequent enquiry (all in French so that Freddie was unable to defend himself) Freddie was demoted to 3rd place. Barbara, Assistant to Guillaume Macaire, has gone on to win the Fegentri Jump Championship.
Freddie Mitchell (centre) and Chris Martin (3rd from right) in Maienfeld today
Meanwhile Freddie’s rides on the Flat have been less eventful and he is currently in pole position on 144 points (from Alexandre Lemarie of France on 103 points) having finished 2nd to Fabrizio Perego of Italy in Maienfeld, Switzerland today. (Chris Martin also got a last minute spare ride!) Details of the men’s finale is yet to be confirmed but Nottingham host their next race on 30th October. Good luck Freddie!
02-10-2013
Champions Christmas Dance for the INJURED JOCKEYS FUND
SATURDAY 14TH DECEMBER 2013
CHELTENHAM RACECOURSE GOLD CUP SUITE
BLACK TIE * 7:30-1:30 * MUSIC & DANCING
tickets @ £45 include 3-course dinner
top class raffle
Amateur Champions Awards
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02-10-2013
Applications are invited for next year’s Cheltenham Festival charity race which takes place as the last of the day on St Patrick’s Thursday 13th March.
This race has grown into one of the principal fundraisers for Cancer Research UK and it is hoped that the 2014 running will take the total amount raised to over £1 million since its inaugural running in 2009.
With a maximum field of 12 runners, the race over a mile and five furlongs is open to any competent rider (other than a professional jockey) who feels they can raise the required amount of at least £5,000 in sponsorship and provide their own horse.
To apply please ask for an application form by e-mailing sph.oliver@btinternet.com Please note: Applications close on Wednesday 20th November 2013
24-09-2013
AJA NORTHERN DANCE
AT
HOLIDAY INN DARLINGTON A1 SCOTCH CORNER
in support of THE INJURED JOCKEYS FUND
WILL BE RESCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN THE SPRING OF 2014
DETAILS TO FOLLOW
04-08-2013
Many congratulations to Jack Gilligan who enjoyed success in the saddle today at Newbury winning the second race in the JRL Group Series with his grandmother’s horse SHAHRAZAD trained by his father Patrick.
This was only the second ride under Rules for 16 year old Jack, who made virtually all on the 33-1 shock outsider to win by a short head. Jack spent a month under the masterly tuition of Sir Mark Prescott immediately after completing his exams and leaving school in early July. He said “My ambition is to be a jockey but Dad reckoned I should start off as an amateur rather than an apprentice because it would give me time to strengthen up. I’m light enough and I’ll turn apprentice at some stage. The time with Sir Mark was invaluable and I’m very grateful to him. Dad reckoned that experience improved my riding by 10 lbs.”
Picture credits: AJA
31-07-2013
Many congratulations to Seb Spencer who enjoyed a thrilling winner today at Redcar in the 3rd of the 6 race Betfair series for amateur jockeys who at the start of the season have ridden no more than 3 career winners.
Riding EENY MAC for his trainer grandfather Neville Bycroft, Seb patiently tracked the leaders until the final furlong when he kicked on to snatch victory in the final strides from Dandy Nicholls’s front running RIO CABOLO ridden by Darren Costello. In a thrilling finish he won by a short head!
Picture credit: AJA
27-07-2013
Many congratulations to James Hughes who made all and just managed to hold on and ride only the second win of his fledgling career in fine style for his mother trainer Jo Hughes this evening in torrential rain on HARBOUR CAPTAIN. Making all, James was able to maintain his lead to hold on by a head from multiple Champion Amateur Simon Walker and WORDISMYBOND.
The race was not without incident, with one runner walking down to the start 10 minutes early and a further two runners refusing to go down without plenty of jinxing and reluctance, Marcus Price being dropped along the way and having to resort to kicking his feet out of the irons. Unfortunately sponsor John Reddington who also rode in the race suffered from a stirrup leather breaking in the early stages and did miraculously well to maintain his position in the saddle.
The series (made up of 4 races) moves on to Newbury on Sunday 4th August for its second race.
Picture credit: AJA
