Catherine Walton – an AGA Champion in waiting?

Catherine Walton lit up the AGA Championship for lady riders last season, surging into an early lead with three brilliant wins in successive weeks during January – at Sheriff Hutton, Alnwick and Friars Haugh – and she was never headed. Another win was notched at Whitcliffe Grange in March, and as the field jumped off in […]

Brilliant Open Day at Pauline and Doug Harkin Racing

There’s a grandstand made out of hay bales, some melt in the mouth beef rolls, an ice cream van, lots of nice people and some pretty impressive horses, oh, and pigs, ducks, chickens and puppies! Welcome to life at Blackgrounds Farm in Chipping Warden, where Doug Harkin has a microphone in his hand as he prepares to […]

The AGA Ladies Open Point-to-Point Championship Final 2014

The story of the AGA final at Stratford Racecourse is almost finished, complete with lots of great photos, however, I would like to share this great film which was made by Sarah ‘Ripper’ Rippon. We love this video and we hope you do too, if you would like to see more of Ripper’s work please […]

Oaksi shows his class at Chaddesley Corbett as he is given a text book ride from Jane Williams

The penultimate AGA Ladies open of the season had attracted a mouth watering entry of 22, and the Pointing Plus (Racing Plus) had given it front page billing with the headline ‘Clash of the Titans’. That ‘clash’ didn’t materialise as only 3 went to post, but we still had an intriguing and exciting race, and […]

Bank Holiday delight for the Ruckers in Wales as Sagalyrique wins an AGA thriller!

For the second Bank Holiday running we headed over the border into Wales and it proved to be an inspired choice. A beautiful setting and an excellent course, coupled with a very well organised point-to-point meant we had all of the ingredients for a successful day. And it was a success, with yet another very […]

Team Ireland v Team GB – a look back at the 2013 Tattersalls International Point-to-Point Challenge

12 months ago we made a memorable trip to Ireland for an International Point-to-Point challenge, as we prepare to head out there again at the end of next week, I thought it would be a good idea to remind everyone just how good last years trip was. Here’s the blog post that I published in […]

The General Lee and Lorna Brooke are triumphant in another AGA cracker!

Having just secured the jump boards in place, I was stood by the last fence at Cold Harbour with Mrs S, drill in hand, admiring my handiwork. Then it dawned on us, we had arrived a little later than planned – a combination of a late return from Peper Harow, and some frustratingly slow Sunday […]

Bridget Andrews has the AGA title in her sights after a smooth win on Saveiro at Peper Harow

The finishing line is in sight as we rack up the miles with 3 qualifiers in 3 days on a mammoth weekend for AGA, starting at Peper Harow. The AGA point-to-point series final is looming large on the horizon and we were in action on all three days of this Bank Holiday weekend, racking up 500+ miles. The first […]

Ravethebrave on track for AGA final with an emphatic victory at Whitfield

The finishing line is in sight and we saw a potential winner of our final at Whitfield, as Ravethebrave strolled to an emphatic victory in the 21st AGA Ladies Open race of the season. It was also another one that we can call a ‘home game’ as it is only around 45 minutes from Cubbington, a […]