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Jedforest point-to-point abandoned

THE weather claimed yesterday’s Jedforest point-to-point (Sunday, January 29) at Friars Haugh, Kelso, with organisers hopeful it could be rescheduled.

Musselburgh wins top award

MUSSELBURGH Racecourse has pipped some of the UK’s leading tracks to win the Dual Purpose Award in the Neil Wyatt Racecourse Groundstaff of the Year Awards.

13th could be a lucky day for Graham Lee

Friday the 13th may be unlucky for some but leading jumps jockey Graham Lee will be hoping to add to his 1000th career defining winner after flying home on 8/1 winner Posh Bird at Catterick today (Thursday) at Musselburgh tomorrow (Friday, January 13).

Musselburgh in running for racecourse of the year

MUSSELBURGH Racecourse is in the running for a prestigious Racecourse of the Year Award.

Catherine kicks off with a double

REIGNING ladies’ area champion, Catherine Walton, got her season off to a great start with a double at Ratcheugh Racing Club’s point-to-point at Alnwick.

Double for Ayr New Year Festival

AYR Racecourse brings in the New Year with a double header – the New Year Festival race meeting on Monday January 2 and Tuesday January 3.

Eight in a row for Ayr

CORKS were popping at Ayr Racecourse last week when it was announced the track had been voted Racecourse of the Year 2011 for Scotland and the North-east by The Racegoers Club.

Borders National glory for Reveley family

Arlary House on form

LUCINDA Russell’s horses are clearly in good form and the Milnathort trainer celebrated victory at Carlisle on October 20 when Do It for Dalkey, having just his fifth start over fences, headed the two-and-a-half mile handicap chase.

Changes to whip rules announced

THE BRITISH Horseracing Authority (BHA) has announced major changes to the controversial new regulations on use of the whip.

Quality field at Kelso on Saturday

SATURDAY sees the return of a quality card to the Border track at Kelso with the first race off at 12.25pm.

Stallion parade at Kelso races this weekend

KELSO Races and Girsonfield Stud have teamed up to give Thoroughbred Horse Breeders in the Scottish Borders and North Northumberland a treat before racing at 11am on Saturday, November 5 when Susan Corbett of the Otterburm based Girsonfield will be parading her three most popular stallions Bahri, Millkom and Ferrule.

Final Flat action of 2011 at Ayr

AYR Racecourse stages its final flat meeting of the 2011 season at Ayr Racecourse on Saturday, October 29 with a seven-race card scheduled.

Aikman cruises to win at Kelso’s opening day

AIKMAN cruised home to an impressive victory in Kelso’s feature race on Sunday, when the Borders track enjoyed huge support for the opening fixture of its new season.

Channel 4 return to Kelso

Racing returns to Kelso for its second meeting of the 2011-2012 season on Saturday (October 15) with the feature race The EDF/ER Fallogo Rig Handicap Chase being screened live on Channel 4 together with racing from Cheltenham and Catterick.

William Hill extends sponsorship at Ayr

WILLIAM Hill have announced they will extend their sponsorship of the Ayr Gold Cup Festival by a further two years, until September 2013.

Grand National legend Ginger McCain dies

GRAND National legend Donald ‘Ginger’ McCain has died aged 80.

Four in a row for Soul Magic

SOUL Magic recorded a fourth successive course and distance success to land the two-mile handicap chase at Cartmel on Bank Holiday Monday.

Ian Jardine sends out first training winner

FORMER National Hunt jockey Iain Jardine saddled his first winner since taking out a trainer’s licence when La Bacouetteuse won at Newcastle on August 3.

Summer racing at Ayr

A BUSY July at Ayr Racecourse continues on Monday (July 11) with Summer Fun Raceday, featuring a total of seven races.

Clive hangs up his boots

Clive Storey, who has ridden 191 winners – 50 under Rules and 141 in point-to-points – announced his retirement from race riding at the Border point-to-point, after he had partnered Weeumba in the restricted.

Andrew opens account at Haydon

FORTY-FOUR-year-old Andrew Richardson got off the mark in the Northern Area at the Haydon point to point at Hexham, on Sunday, when he rode a double.

Emotional win for Abragante at Kelso

DALKEITH-based Doreen Monteith saddled Abragante to two successive victories this month.

Flying fillies charity race at Kelso

Flying fillies charity race

First win for Grant as he receives his licence

JEDBURGH jockey Grant Cockburn, who only received his licence the previous day, made a victorious start to his professional career when riding Kai Broon to win at Kelso’s penultimate meeting of the season on May 4.

Fifth win for Badger Foot

WATERING AND overnight rain provided perfect jumping conditions at the Cumberland point-to-point on Saturday, when Badger Foot scored for the fifth time this season in the ladies race.

Grant’s novice title leads to professional aims

REIGNING Northern Area novice champion, Grant Cockburn, made his mark on the point-to-point scene last season, and, ultimately, has his sights on becoming a professional jockey.

Large crowd given exciting finishes at Mosshouses

THE LAUDERDALE point-to-point took place on Sunday at the scenic Mosshouses, where the good crowd, enjoying the spring sunshine, witnessed some close finishes.

Penultimate race day at Kelso

Racing returns to the Borders track tomorrow (Wednesday, May 4) with a competitive card starting at 2pm.

Scots share spoils!

CARLUKE TRAINER Keith Dalgleish saw Stonefield Flyer beaten just a neck in the five-furlong novice stakes at Newcastle’s evening fixture on April 20.

First win at 50 for Jenny

THEY SAY the sun shines on the righteous – so poor John Gilmour must have wondered what he had done wrong when the heavens opened at Balcormo Mains, on Saturday afternoon, at the Fife point-to-point and didn’t really relent all afternoon.

Big money on offer at Derwent

Extensive watering ahead of last Sunday’s Braes of Derwent point-to-point at Downhills, Corbridge, produced near perfect jumping ground, with the season’s top prize fund of £2500 on offer.

New trainer for Carluke yard

BELSTANE RACING Stables at Carluke has a new trainer in the form of former top jockey, Keith Dalgleish, who had been acting as assistant to Noel Wilson and latterly Val Donoghue.

Party in the Paddock at Kelso

Kelso Races stages its first weekend evening meeting over the Easter weekend, with racing taking place on Saturday, April 23.

Isle of Skye to sponsor Scottish Champion Hurdle at Ayr

Isle Of Skye 8 Years Old Blended Scotch Whisky is the new sponsor of the Scottish Champion Hurdle at Ayr Racecourse – the richest hurdle race in Scotland.

First win for Jamie

AGRICULTURAL student Jamie Lyttle rode his first winner at the Berwickshire point-to-point, at Friars Haugh, Kelso.

First career double for Daryl at Morpeth

THE MORPETH point-to-point was held at Tranwell racecourse on Sunday, when 24-year-old Daryl Millar rode his first career double.

Ladies day at Scottish Grand National

Ladies attending the Coral Scottish Grand National at Ayr on Saturday, April 16 will have the chance to win a place in Ladies Day Final at Ayr in September and win a car from Kerr and Smith.

Off to Aintree

The Grand National is one of the worlds best known steeplechases and when they line up at Aintree on Saturday afternoon, Scotland’s hopes will lie with Silver By Nature, who impressed many with his win in the Haydock Grand National Trial in February.

Thrills at Overton

A bumper crowd enjoyed racing on Saturday at the Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire and Eglinton point-to-point at Overton Farm, in the Clyde Valley, where the Alexander family scored a double.

Tristan heads leaderboard

REIGNING men’s champion Tristan Davidson further consolidated the defence of his title with a victorious double at Saturday’s Duke of Buccleuch’s point-to-point, which attracted a marathon 104 runners to Kelso’s Friars Haugh course.

Cheltenham winner enters for Coral Scottish Grand National

Chicago Grey, winner of the National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham is one of 80 entries for the Coral Scottish Grand National at Ayr Racecourse on Saturday, April 16.

Tartan stars in Scots’ four-timer at Kelso review

Stuart Coltherd’s Tartan Snow (13-2) lifted the £9000 Rutherford Centenary Isuzu in the Borders Handicap Chase under promising Jedburgh-born conditional jockey Gary Rutherford at Kelso on Monday, March 21.

New leading rider trophy at Overton

At Saturday’s annual Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and Eglinton point-to-point (March 26), at Overton, in the Clyde Valley, there will be a new trophy presented to the leading rider at the race meeting.

Second March meeting at Kelso

Racing returns to the Borders track on Monday, March 21 with the themed ‘Food and Farming Race Day’.

Local success at Tynedale

Last Saturday’s rearranged Tynedale point-to-point meeting at the Downhills course, near Corbridge, drew 70 runners from as far afield as Beverley, West Yorkshire and Kilmarnock, to contest an eight race card worth £2150.

Buccleuch Cup beckons for Hold On Julio

The sun shone at Alnwick on Sunday for the College Valley and North Northumberland Hunt point-to-point, where Hold On Julio annihilated his rivals in the NPPA Club members’ race, winning by 15 lengths from the favourite, Sacred Mountain a Hathamore, a distant third.

Binocular will not run in tomorrow’s Champion Hurdle

Binocular will not defend his champion hurdle title at Cheltenham tomorrow (Tuesday) after connections withdrew the horse from the race at the final declaration stage, on advice from the British Horseracing Authority (BHA).

First winners for Siobhan and Kit

The move by organisers of the Dumfriesshire and Stewartry point-to-point north to Overton Farm, Crossford when their fixture was rewarded with plenty of runners across the card with Siobhan Doolan and Kit Alexander both enjoying their first win between flags.

Totepool Premier Hurdle takes centre stage at Kelso

After the thrills of seeing one of the leading Champion Hurdle favourites Peddlers Cross grace the Borders track, Kelso racecourse are now looking forward to the prospect of witnessing Novice Hurdlers that may one day emulate his ability.

Mania ends January with a double at Ayr

SELKIRK-based jockey, Ryan Mania, ended January by riding out his claim with a double at Ayr.

Battle at Kelso

Donald McCain’s Peddlers Cross (1-6 fav), ridden by Jason Maguire, starred in the £15,000 Victor Chandler Morebattle Hurdle at Kelso last week.

Kelso’s Morebattle Hurdle Day attracts strong entries

After suffering from the snow and frost which forced the abandonment of four fixtures over December and January, Kelso Racecourse is looking forward to the prospect of racing for the first time since November on Thursday, February 17 for their Cheltenham trials fixture which features the Morebattle Hurdle.

British Horseracing Board to investigate Newbury incident

Commenting on the incident that led to he abandonment of racing at Newbury after two horses collapsed and died in the parade ring before racing, Professor Tim Morris, Director of Equine Science and Welfare for the British Horseracing Authority, has confirmed a full investigation is under way.

Strong field for Kelso’s Morebattle Hurdle Day

After suffering from the snow and frost which forced the abandonment of four fixtures over December and January, Kelso Racecourse is looking forward to the prospect of racing for the first time since November on Thursday, February 17 for their Cheltenham trials fixture which features the Morebattle Hurdle.

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