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I am thinking of going to my first point to point meeting this coming bank holiday. Can anyone tell me if any form newspapers are sold at the track. Thanks
No – there will be a racecard with a short formstring and a couple of comments about each horse and if you’re lucky (?) an often bizarre rating figure.
If the ground is very fast, you might not actually encounter too many horses, but there will be pork-and-apple-sauce-in-a-bun available and maybe even a small funfair ride.
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Sadly Northaw – the last meeting of the season in East Anglia and the only point to point you can reach by tube train – was cancelled for Monday because of the hard ground.
Weekender is your best guide – after that use the racecard and follow the money!
Detling, Cotley and Hackwood Park have also fallen by the wayside owing to hard ground – I was supposed to be covering the last-named for the trade press. Buggeration and sod.
Of the remaining Monday meetings, I’m likely to go to Ashorne (nr Warwick) for my own amusement instead, which is supposed to be pretty nice, usually produces suitable ground, and is consequently rewarded with decent sized fields. Lady Dudley Cup winner Irilut is one of many good horses entered in what looks a pretty useful Open contest.
That part of the world any use to you, Michael? It’s an afternoon – evening meeting, first race off around 4pm, I believe.
Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>
(Edited by graysonscolumn at 11:04 am on May 4, 2007)
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.
I was doing the form guide for the Warwickshire and the Mixed Open certainly does have a few tasty entries. Coolefind v Irilut would be a cracker if they both showed up – not sure if the former will appear if the ground is on the quick side but I’m sure that the Waley-Cohens will be keen to win the race given that this is ‘their’ hunt.
Can’t argue with any of that, HJ – let’s hope the promised rain takes enough jar out of the ground to twist the arm of Coolefind’s connections… just so long as it consents not to bucket down on us all at Dingley 24 hours earlier, of course.
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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.
I’m cheering for Dunmanus Bay in the 4 miler at Dingley -hopefully he’ll be plodding on when others have cried enough.
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