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POINTERSeason 2013/2014 ISSUE 4 Inside: Britain’s champion woman rider Jacqueline Coward p4 Will Biddick Champ’s appraisal (by his mates) p7 Palypso De Creek at home with the title-holding point-to-pointer p16 Plus... The latest news, how the sport is put together, kit test, social media insight, feeding to win, fixtures, hunters’ chases, pony racing and much more Pointer – the very best of the sport on the eve of the new season Pointer 2013/2014 Pointer 2013/2014 Sponsored by Contents 2013/14 Point-to-Point Fixtures 4 – 5 Britain’s women’s champion, DECEMBER 15 New Forest, Larkhill 20 Cleveland, Mordon Jacqueline Coward 01 Black Forest Club, Black Forest Lodge 16 Bicester With Whaddon Chase, Whitfield 21 Braes Of Derwent, Corbridge 6, 8 – 9, News 01 Cambridge University United Cottenham 16 Curre & Llangibby, Howick 21 Bank Holiday East Kent, Aldington Here’s to a 7 Will Biddick, Britain’s men’s champion Hunts Club, 16 Dart Vale & Haldon Harriers, Buckfastleigh 21 Mon Four Burrow, Trebudannon – by his mates 08 Point-To-Point Owners Barbury Racecourse 16 East Essex, Marks Tey 21 Bank Holiday North Cotswold, Paxford & Riders Club, 10 – 11 Hunter chasers to follow 16 Holderness, Dalton Park 21 North Shropshire, Eyton-On-Severn 15 Cornwall Hunt Club, Wadebridge 16 South Herefordshire, Garnons 21 Old Berkshire, Lockinge brave horse . 12 – 15 Mark Wall’s road test 15 Ratcheugh Racing Club, Alnwick 22 Crawley & Horsham, Parham 21 South Notts, Thorpe Lodge 16 – 19 At home with Palypso De Creek 27 Harkaway Club, Chaddesley Corbett 22 Glamorgan, Ystradowen 21 South Pembrokeshire, Lydstep 20 – 23 Using social media 29 Cambridgeshire Harriers Hunt Club, Cottenham 22 Hurworth, Hutton Rudby 21 Staintondale, Sheriff Hutton Welcome to the fourth 24 – 25 To hunt, or not? JANUARY 22 Lanarkshire & Renfrewshire Overton 21 Taunton Vale Harriers & Foxhounds, Kingston St Mary annual edition of Pointer 26 – 27 Off to the races 05 Larkhill Racing Club, Larkhill And Eglinton, 21 Vine & Craven, Hackwood Park 05 North Cornwall, Wadebridge 22 V.W.H., Siddington 26 Berkeley, Woodford magazine, which, as the 28 – 31 PPORA 12 Dunston Harriers, Ampton 22 Wilton, Milborne St Andrew 26 Chiddingfold, Leconfield & Cowdray, Parham new season approaches, is 32 – 34 PtPRC 23 Sun Brocklesby, Brocklesby Park 12 Heythrop Nr Cirencester, Cocklebarrow 26 Farmers Bloodhounds, Whitfield point-to-pointing’s way of 35 National sponsors (New Course) 23 Croome & West Warwickshire, Upton-Upon-Severn 26 Fife, Balcormo Mains 36 – 37 Beginners’ guide 12 Silverton, Black Forest Lodge 23 Hampshire, Hackwood Park 26 United Pack, Brampton Bryan saying – here is our sport! 12 Yorkshire Area Point-To-Point Club, Sheriff Hutton 23 Holcombe Club, Whittington 27 Axe Vale, Stafford Cross 38 – 40 Feeding for results All the organisational elements 19 Tiverton, Chipley Park 23 Lamerton, Kilworthy 27 Cheshire, Tabley 41, 48 Celebrations, loved & lost that create six and a half 19 West Percy, Alnwick 23 Mendip Farmers, Ston Easton 27 Quorn, Garthorpe 42 – 43 Hunters’ chase analysis 25 Royal Artillery, Larkhill 23 Oakley, Brafield-On-The-Green months of racing ‘between the 27 Tivyside And Carmarthenshire, Lydstep 44 – 45 Their favourites . 25 South Durham Farmers Club, Mordon 29 Avon Vale, Larkhill 27 York & Ainsty, Easingwold flags’ are referred to or make 26 Jedforest, Friars Haugh 29 Berwickshire, Friars Haugh a contribution to these pages, 46- 47 Pony racing MAY 26 North Norfolk Harriers, Higham 29 Monmouthshire, Llanvapley 49 Useful contacts 03 Modbury Harriers, Flete Park and there is news to update 26 South Midlands Area Club, Whitfield 29 Puckeridge, Horseheath 03 Pendle Forest & Craven, Heslaker you and features to remind 50 Regional news 29 Teme Valley, Brampton Bryan FEBRUARY 03 Surrey Union, Peper Harow you of last season’s highlights 30 Badsworth & Bramham Moor, Whitcliffe Grange 02 Burton, North Carlton 03 Tredegar Farmers, Lower Machen and what is to come. 30 Belvoir, Garthorpe Advertisers 02 Cambridgeshire With Enfield Chace, Horseheath 04 Devon & Somerset Staghounds, Holnicote 30 Cotley, Cotley 6 Haygain 02 Mid Devon, Black Forest Lodge 04 Fernie, Dingley Point-to-pointing has not been immune to a raft of pressures 30 East Cornwall, Great Trethew 8 Chris Maude 02 South Dorset, Milborne St Andrew 04 Lauderdale, Mosshouses – economic downturn, changes in the countryside’s 30 Flint & Denbigh, Bangor-On-Dee 08 Cambridge University Draghounds, Cottenham 04 Radnor & West Hereford, Cold Harbour demographic, squeezes on the hunts that organise so many of 14 Injured Jockeys’ Fund 30 Ledbury, Maisemore Park 08 Combined Services, Larkhill 05 Banwen Miners, Pentreclwydau the meetings, and, let us not forget two harsh winters – but it 15 Porto Racing 30 Southdown & Eridge, Godstone 08 Western, Wadebridge 05 Bank Holiday Cattistock, Littlewindsor remains a uniquely brilliant sport. 23 Gibson Saddlers/Kayley Woollacott 09 Albrighton, Chaddesley Corbett APRIL 05 Enfield Chace With Cambridgeshire, Northaw 33 Mappin & Webb 09 Dumfriesshire & Stewartry, Overton 05 Essex, High Easter 05 North Ledbury, Maisemore Park Time and again I have spoken to people with a love of robust 40 E J Wicks 09 South Wold, Brocklesby Park 05 North Warwickshire Hunt Club, Mollington 05 South Shropshire, Eyton-On-Severn adventure, and heard them say, ‘There is nothing like riding 16 Midlands Area Club, Thorpe Lodge 05 Seavington, Littlewindsor 05 Stevenstone, Vauterhill in a point-to-point’. The frisson of pre-race tension and 41 White Rose Saddlery 16 Percy, Alnwick 06 Cheshire Forest, Tabley 05 Warwickshire, Mollington excitement, the admiration for a brave horse who ‘keeps 48 Harley Racing 16 Sinnington, Duncombe Park 06 Cotswold, Andoversford 05 Zetland, Witton Castle coming up’ as the fences flick past, a glow as you land safely 49 Lester Manners 16 South Pool Harriers, Buckfastleigh 06 East Sussex & Romney Marsh, Charing 10 Cumberland, Aspatria over the last, a sense of satisfaction at a job well done – it is a 16 Vine & Craven, Barbury Racecourse 06 Middleton, Whitwell-On-The-Hill 51 Treehouse/TBA 10 Kimblewick, Kingston Blount package of delights that cannot be bottled. 16 Waveney Harriers, Higham 06 Morpeth, Tranwell 10 Minehead Harriers and West Somerset, Holnicote 52 AGA 22 North Hereford, Whitwick Manor 06 Portman, Badbury Rings 11 Bilsdale, Easingwold Of course, the majority of people who attend a point-to-point 23 Blankney, North Carlton 06 Pytchley, Guilsborough 11 Four Burrow, Trebudannon have never ridden in a race, and some will not have sat on 23 Countryside Alliance Club (Wessex), Badbury Rings 06 Spooners & West Dartmoor, Cherrybrook 11 Wheatland, Chaddesley Corbett a horse. Their pleasure comes in experiencing a good day 23 Curre & Llangibby, Howick 06 Tedworth, Barbury Racecourse 14 Weston & Banwell Harriers, Cothelstone (Evening) out in the countryside, of following favourite stables, horses The Pointer Issue 4 23 East Anglian Hunts Club, Marks Tey 06 West Wales Area Club, Lydstep 17 Clifton-On-Teme, Upper Sapey and riders, by having a bet or merely enjoying a social get 23 East Cornwall, Great Trethew 12 Bedale, Hornby Castle 17 Gelligaer Farmers, Lower Machen Publisher The Point-to-Point Authority 23 South East Hunts Club, Charing 12 Cumberland Farmers, Dalston together and a picnic. 17 South Durham, Mordon 11 Trull Farm Buildings, Tetbury, Glos 12 Kimblewick, Kingston Blount MARCH 18 Border, Hexham If you have never been before – come point-to-pointing. 12 Ludlow, Bitterley GL8 5SQ 01 Duke Of Beaufort’s, Didmarton 18 Dulverton West, Bratton Down Pointer hopes to whet your appetite, www.pointtopoint.co.uk 12 Old Surrey, Burstow & West Kent, Penshurst Tel: 01285 841920 01 East Devon, Bishops Court 18 Golden Valley, Bredwardine 12 West Somerset Vale, Cothelstone can provide more information as the season flows. 01 Thurlow, Horseheath 18 Grafton, Whitfield Twitter: @point2pointauth 12 Ystrad Taf Fechan, Ystradowen 02 Cottesmore, Garthorpe 18 Knutsford Races Club, Tabley Fax: 01285 841534 13 Atherstone, Clifton-On-Dunsmore 02 Quantock Staghounds, Cothelstone 18 Melton Hunt Club, Garthorpe 13 Cotswold Vale Farmers, Andoversford E-mail: [email protected] 02 Ross Harriers, Garnons 18 West Norfolk, Fakenham 13 Eggesford, Upcott Cross Skype: Point-to-point authority 02 Tynedale, Corbridge 25 Berks & Bucks Drag Kingston Blount 13 Hursley Hambledon, Larkhill and Sandhurst Drag, 02 West Of Yore, Whitcliffe Grange Carl Evans Office hours:Mon – Fri 9am – 5pm 19 Ashford Valley, Charing 25 Fitzwilliam (Milton), Dingley 08 Brecon & Talybont , Llanfrynach Carl Evans 19 Easter Dartmoor, Flete Park 25 Pembrokeshire, Trecoed 08 Kingston Blount Racing Club, Kingston Blount Editor 19 Essex & Suffolk, Higham 26 Albrighton Woodland, Chaddesley Corbett Editor Carl Evans 09 Blackmore & Sparkford Vale, Charlton Horethorne 19 Kimblewick, Kimble 26 Bank Holiday South Tetcott, Upcott Cross Advertising 01285 841920 09 College Valley & North Northumberland, Alnwick 19 Llangeinor, Pyle 09 Derwent, Charm Park JUNE Design H2 Creative Ltd 19 North Staffordshire, Sandon 09 Dulverton Farmers, Treborough Hill 01 Exmoor, Bratton Down Tel: 01793 784111 19 South & West Wilts, Larkhill 09 Mid Surrey Farmers Drag, Godstone 01 Haydon, Hexham www.h2creative.co.uk 19 Vale Of Lune, Whittington 09 Sir W.w. Wynn’s, Bangor-On-Dee 01 Meynell & South Staffordshire, Garthorpe 19 Woodland Pytchley, Dingley 09 Suffolk, Ampton 08 Tiverton Staghounds, Bratton Down 19 Worcestershire, Chaddesley Corbett 15 Duke Of Buccleuch’s, Friars Haugh 14 Torrington Farmers, Umberleigh Highlighted meetings are staging the new Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association mares series of races Front Cover: John Grossick Photography 2 For directions to the courses www.pointtopoint.co.uk 3 Pointer 2013/2014 Pointer 2013/2014 The many faces I’m not frightened easily, but I had a The last time of Jacqueline terrifying experience driving a car-load of I cried was people back from Beverley races recently. over a man. I rarely drink, so I’m often the driver, and I’ve had my granddad’s big Audi seats seven. We boyfriends Britain’s champion woman rider were on a back road when we hit a bump since I was 16, and the car flexed and took off.