There’s a warm welcome for the AGA man in South Dorset on a very special day for Lilly and Maddie

These point-to-point fixtures just keep getting better and better, and this one at Milborne St Andrew left me with a really warm glow which lasted all the way home – just as well really, because it was cold, very cold! However, that did not seem to concern the large, good natured crowd and it certainly […]

Point-to-point horse racing with a difference as the Heythrop provide something for everyone on a superb day in the Cotswolds

We had a good feeling as we headed down the Fosse Way to Cocklebarrow Farm on Sunday (25th January), in fact such was the good mood that we were even singing along to Steve Wright’s Sunday Love Songs (we like Wrighty but we don’t usually do love songs!). Anticipation was high that we would witness some […]

Warm welcome for the AGA man at Ampton as the Dunston Harriers put on a pointing treat

No AGA action today but the opportunity to visit Ampton for the first time was too good to miss, plus, thanks to Mr & Mrs Ellis, I was driven to the races in style (and very nice it was too). We set off at a very reasonable time, and I also contributed to the Ellis […]

Slow start for the AGA man but Larkhill is a huge success, despite the dodgy playlist!

It’s 6am, the car is completely white and it is foggy and freezing outside. I’m grumpy and I don’t want to leave the house, I even put this on social media (along with a photo of me looking suitably grumpy). Mrs S is a non-runner so I hit the road on my own, along with […]

AGA man spots penguins on the course but Chaddesley Corbett beats the frost to serve up a pointing treat

So, it’s 6.30 on Monday morning and we’re discussing the scene outside (it’s minus 5), and words such as ‘Arctic’, ‘penguins’ and ‘freezing’ are being used. Mrs S says “it won’t be on”, I’m adamant that it will be on. Fast forward a few hours and the near tropical Worcestershire sunshine has worked its magic… it was never […]

Gina and Berties Dream are so impressive at Barbury, and Sarah Dawson bags more AGA championship points

It’s been sunny on our last few visits to Barbury, but this lovely course is still in our top 5 ‘coldest point-to-point courses in the UK’, although the Mendip Farmers P2P at Ston Easton in 2013 is still officially the coldest we’ve ever been on a point-to-point racecourse (2013 was a vintage year for Siberian pointing […]

New AGA championship for owners is off to a flying start at sunny Cottenham where Mrs Rucker is ‘Still In Total Control’

It’s good to be back! New season, new ideas, new hats, new mementoes for owners and riders, oh, and some new stickers for owners! Gold for winning (10 points), silver for 2nd (6 points) and bronze for third (4 points). Championship points are earned in any race at an AGA All Comers Championship meeting – […]

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 […]