Farewell to the AGA final, it was fun while it lasted!

It was the end of an era for me last Friday at Stratford Racecourse and I enjoyed every minute of a long but happy day. The day started with the PPORA awards lunch and the Paddock Pavilion was bursting at the seams as 320 people gathered to listen to guest speaker, Nicky Henderson. He was followed by Luke Harvey – who hosted what […]

From AGA man to Bidpoint man, a very interesting journey!

It’s been a while since my last blog post so I have some catching up to do and some gaps to fill in, starting here… When we left Stratford Racecourse on the evening of Friday, 25th May 2015, I was on a high. I posted a photo on Snapchat that was captioned “we smashed it tonight”, and […]

Pride and relief as the curtain comes down on another exciting season

Is it really five years? That was the question I asked myself in the build-up to this, our fifth AGA final, and the fourth one where I have been organiser and front man. There will, of course, be lots of other questions to ask during the coming weeks, along with some detailed analysis. However, one […]

AGA owners championship takes centre stage at a wet and wild Larkhill

What do we do on a weekend if our AGA qualifier is postponed? That’s easy, we support our championship for owners and go pointing somewhere else! We actually had a plan A, B & C this weekend, and it was plan C – Larkhill – that won the day (heavily influenced by the weather). We […]