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Is the answer to your question Weston Park? Only an inspired guess as I’ve never been racing there – although I once owned a horse trained by Roy Cambidge who trained there.
Also isn’t it right that Bangor On Dee point to points go the other way to their racing under rules?
1.01 that Adrian would have replied first. Yes, the answer is Weston Park although the Meynell & South Staffs meeting there was abandoned this year.
You can write what I know about pt-to-points and general track conditions on the back of a postage stamp and still have plenty of room to spare. However, I was having a Sunday afternoon stroll last week and stumbled on what I soon realised was Parham point-to-point course. The ground seemed as hard as the road and there was more grass on the road, especially on the top bend that seems to lead onto the airfield!<br>Can’t imagine there will be many runners.
Good effort if you managed to walk from home to Parham!!
Parham is always as hard as ****
, they never have many runners and the entries for this particular meeting are predictably low. The official line is that the ground is firm, whether they are watering I know not – sounds like they certainly need to.Just from the pub in Pulborough, so not really very impressive!<br>No sign of any watering last weekend and apart from half an hour of rain this morning it has been warm and sunny all week.
Quote: from Seven Towers on 1:17 pm on April 26, 2007[br]I’ve heard mention of this from a variety of sources but never seen it, can someone describe P Millingtons riding style for me?<br>
<br>Singular.<br>
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Quote: from Wallace on 9:54 am on April 26, 2007[br]graysonscolumn, I think Lucy is up to the task having come all the way through the Pony Club ranks and a lot of hunting experience.  The family are steeped in breeding, hunting and jump racing.<br>
<br>That’s good to know – let’s see how she gets on, then.
As you say, they’re certainly a family embodied in the fabric of jumps, hunting, etc. – one of my earliest hunter chase memories is of CJT Alexander (Nick’s dad, I presume) goading a win out of the 14yo slowpoke Panegyrist in an Ayr contest yonks ago.
Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Quote: from Happy Jack on 5:26 pm on April 26, 2007[br]Good effort if you managed to walk from home to Parham!!
Parham is always as hard as ****<br>, they never have many runners and the entries for this particular meeting are predictably low. The official line is that the ground is firm, whether they are watering I know not – sounds like they certainly need to.<br>
<br>Ah well, I’ll have to leave the charms of Parham for another year now – I’m taking in Laleston, nr Bridgend, instead. Actually some decent-sized fields in the original declarations so hopefully I won’t get a repeat of the debacle I witnessed at Hackwood Park three weeks ago.
Fans of the unusual may know, of course, that Laleston is one of few courses on the PTP circuit that features a stretch of course containing something other than turf – the woodside straight features a wood chip surface instead. With six fences a circuit and three circuits per race, this is going to feel like Cartmel without the run-in or the stick toffee pudding!
Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Our man on the course – Marko – was correct and they have cancelled Parham due to the hard ground.
Fakenham should have good to firm ground tomorrow and a super days racing in prospect – thank goodness for watering systems!
(Edited by Adrian at 9:45 am on April 28, 2007)
From watching Miss Alexanderthis season and selling the Alexanders a pony for racing, i wouldnt mind anyone of the family riding point to point for me!
(Edited by lucy at 12:56 pm on April 30, 2007)
Quote: from Grasshopper on 1:11 pm on April 29, 2007[br]<br>Wise Man hacked-up, Wallace, but he was pretty much an unbackable price. Thanks for the nod anyway.
Clearly a totally different proposition in points compared to under NH rules. He was never in the race at Perth on Thursday.
Rob
Agreed. He did not travel a single yard.
His rules form now has more P’s than a Penguin biscuit ad. A far cry from the days when he was winning novice chases with 12-4 on his back.
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