David Simpson – life through a lens
Using images and words to tell a story or two!
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 […]
Read More Catherine Walton – an AGA Champion in waiting?The AGA series has had a flying start so losing Horseheath was a real blow, and it left us looking at a weekend without an AGA ladies open race. That was not an option so a replacement was sought and an additional fixture in the Devon & Cornwall area was added, with the Mid Devon at […]
Read More Leanda Tickle is the latest new name on the AGA championship leader board as the sun shines at Black Forest LodgeWhat a weekend! Our longest drive of the season was rewarded with an incredibly warm welcome and a fabulous days racing as the Northern area did us proud for the second week running. There was another well supported and competitive AGA ladies open race for us to enjoy, and we now have a genuine title […]
Read More The Jedforest give us a day to remember at Friars Haugh as the AGA UK point-to-point tour reaches Bonnie ScotlandThe north-east weather men had promised us sunshine by the time the first race was under way, but instead we had rain, mist, more rain, black and grey clouds and loads of mud, with the sun finally appearing as we started our journey home! But that didn’t matter, and it all just added to the […]
Read More Rain and mud at Alnwick but there are smiles all round as we enjoy another AGA crackerFrosty morning, warm Yorkshire welcome, great racing, nice people, the return of Amicelli, impressive AGA ladies winner, an AGA ladies title challenger from the north-east, Channel 4 Racing man in attendance, and lots of Easterby’s wearing AGA hats – that pretty much sums up a great day at Sheriff Hutton! Towards the end of the […]
Read More Huge point-to-point crowd in Yorkshire as AGA visit Easterby country, with more AGA hats and a special guest appearance from Channel 4 Racing man, Nick Luck!First AGA race of the season lives up to expectations, huge crowd enjoy nine quality races, lots of talking points, Khyber Kim brings a touch of class, the sun shines all day and new AGA hats are all the rage! The weekend edition of Pointing Plus (an 8 page pull-out in the Racing Plus) had […]
Read More AGA series off and running – what a ‘Qracker’!All kinds of weather, great racing, nearly as much mud as last season, girls get the better of the boys, new AGA hats make racecourse debut, and one committee member makes an early exit! What a day at Chaddesley Corbett, an eagerly awaited phone call just before 8am confirmed that all was good, and that […]
Read More Four seasons in one day as Chaddesley Corbett delivers a Christmas cracker!I’m having a bet on the AGA iTotal Control lady riders’ championship, who will your money be on? Our exciting championship for lady riders is now in its 3rd season and popular Wessex bookie Mike Smith has very kindly provided some prices. If you would like to have a flutter then you can contact Mike on 07949 […]
Read More Prices are now available for the AGA Lady Riders’ Championship