Yorkshire, I’ve missed you!

A proper warm Yorkshire welcome, great racing and a visit to the ‘golden arches’ on the way home!

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 […]

Catherine Walton makes it 4 AGA Ladies wins from 4 rides with another successful trip to Yorkshire!

The AGA slogan is a ‘Warm Welcome Home’, and that’s exactly what we got on our return to Yorkshire! We get a warm welcome from the point-to-point community wherever we go, but it’s particularly warm whenever we go to Yorkshire … we can even feel it when we’re just passing through!

Rain and mud at Alnwick but there are smiles all round as we enjoy another AGA cracker

The 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 […]

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!

Frosty 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 […]

AGA series off and running – what a ‘Qracker’!

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 […]

Long haul to Alnwick proves that the new look AGA van gets the trip

Terrific point-to-point racing in the north-east but we miss out on longest traveller as Carolyn Tanner, Lorna Brooke and the Hill family take the honours. Meanwhile, the AGA man’s playlist takes a turn for the worse, but we enjoy a tasty treat from Harry Ramsden’s on the journey home! Sunday morning, early start, and it’s still […]

The National Point-to-Point Dinner and Awards with AGA and John Beasley

Almost 250 people attended the National Point-to-Point Dinner – which was held at Cheltenham Racecourse this year – and that included a raucous contingent from the county of the white rose. They had come to cheer on national ladies champion Jacqueline Coward, and they raised the roof every time Carl Evans and Charlotte Russell mentioned […]