The ground at Garthorpe dried well throughout the week leading up to the 2024 renewal of the Belvoir point-to-point at Garthorpe on Saturday 23rd March, and a big crowd of racegoers braved some icy hail showers and a typically arctic prevailing wind and partied in the bar long after racing had finished. Clerk of Course […]
Fier Jaguen reigns supreme
The annual Melton Hunt Club fixture at Garthorpe included one of the highest class Mens Open fields in recent years, won in dominant form by Cheltenham hunter chase winner Fier Jaguen and Bradley Gibbs. In doing so they registered the 9th win from their last twelve starts and set up a double on the day […]
Melton Hunt Club Preview 2024
On Sunday the 4th of February Garthorpe Racecourse will host the Melton Hunt Club fixture, with a six race card starting at midday. The Melton Hunt Club is a club fixture organised jointly by the Belvoir, Cottesmore and Quorn who have their own fixtures at Garthorpe later in the season. Garthorpe is on the B676, […]
Garthorpe winner heads to Tattersalls Cheltenham
Impressive Garthorpe winner Bond Broker is among initial entries for the Tattersalls Cheltenham February sale. The Tom Weston trained son of Doyen who hails from the family of leading national hunt sire Champs Elysees won the Tattersalls Cheltenham four and five years old maiden race over two and a half miles at the Melton Hunt […]
Melton Hunt Club - 5th Feb - Report
The second Midlands Area meeting of the 2023 season was the first of four fixtures this season at Garthorpe, as the Melton Hunt Club took up an earlier position in the calendar on Sunday 5th February. Unusually calm and sunny weather brought a good crowd to the Leicestershire track where they were treated to competitive […]
Garthorpe point-to-points in 2023
We are pleased to announce the following horse racing fixtures at Garthorpe for the point-to-point season 2022-23: Melton Hunt Club Sunday 5th February Cottesmore Sunday 26th February Belvoir Sunday 26th March Quorn Saturday 22nd April Stay safe and we look forward to seeing you in 2023.
Garthorpe Meetings 2023
The provisional fixture list is out and there are a few changes in the schedule for Midlands Pointing. The Melton Hunt Club meeting, usually held at the end of May, moves to the 5th February. The Meynell and South Staffs fixture will not take place in 2023. Here is the full provisional list of Midlands […]
The Meynell & South Staffs - Report
[Photos of the Meynell & South Staffs meeting] The Meynell & South Staffs brought the curtain down on possibly their longest season ever with an evening meeting at Garthorpe to take advantage of the start of the extended Jubilee weekend. The going was good after a refreshing amount of rain in the run-up and the […]
The Melton Hunt Club 2022 - Report
[Photos of this meeting] Garthorpe Clerk of the Course Brian Crawford chose his favourite meeting, The Melton Hunt Club, to retire after 29 seasons and some 122 race meetings. Brian has kept the course at Garthorpe among the very best in the country and will be sorely missed. We do hope he enjoys his retirement. […]
Quorn at Garthorpe - Preview
The next fixture on the Midlands Area calendar is the Quorn meeting at Garthorpe, this Saturday, 30th April, with the first race starting at 2pm. Garthorpe is a few miles East of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, on the B676. The satnav postcode is LE14 2RS and What 3 Words is slings.elect.panics. For this meeting all […]