All the bends and fences have bee moved to fresh ground. There is natural rain forecast over the next few days, but watering will take place if necessary to produce safe racing ground. The next going update will be issued on Wed May 6th. The P2PRC are taking Point to Point entries.
Quorn Point To Point - Review
By Emma Forman. A large crowd enjoyed the spring weather and some excellent racing when the Quorn held their Point- to- Point races at Garthorpe on Sunday. The highlights included doubles for riders Tom Strawson and Kelly Morgan. Kelly Morgan got the afternoon off to a good start riding the leading horse at Garthorpe Lough […]
2.45 pm Friday 24th April... Brian's Update
watering has gone well. Completed by 2pm today. Going at this time is : Soft side of Good, and Good for first 2 furlongs in home straight. Anticipated going tomorrow, given weather forecast, should be generally good.
Ground Update
we will continue to water tomorrow due to the dry conditions. There is no rain of any significance forecast. We will produce good safe ground. Brian will issue a going report at 3pm tomorrow (Fri)
Brian Crawford's update on the watering
Watering is going according to plan, and we will continue to water up until the meeting, as required. Brian, as Clerk of Course requests that you do not walk Garthorpe until after lunch on fri, preferably teatime, so you can get a truer feel of the going.
Talking Garthorpe! 21/4
By Emma Forman I can’t wait for the Quorn Point- to- Point on Saturday; I love Saturday racing as it means I don’t have to rush around to be ready to go and don’t have to sit at the computer working when I get home as I have Sunday to write it up! I am […]
Quorn Point- to- Point races – Saturday 25th April
The Quorn Point- to- Point races take place at Garthorpe on Saturday; 105 entries have been taken in total for the seven races starting at 1pm. The feature race is the prestigious Quorn Gold Cup sponsored by Shouler and Son which has attracted 14 entries including the 2013 winner Richard Russell’s Gun Money who was […]
Brian's preparation update for Sat Meeting
We have a dry week forecast with the possibility of some rain on Fri. I plan to commence watering from Wed onwards to provide good safe jumping ground. I will issue an update on Wed eve.
Oakham Veterinary Hospital Sponsor PPORA Young Horse Awards
Garthorpe, acknowledges and thanks one of our veterinary partners, Oakham Veterinary Hospital, for there generous sponsorship of the PPORA Midlands Area Young Horse Awards. The PPORA Awards will be presented at the Lunch at Stratford Racecourse, on May 29th. For further information, or to purchase tickets, please contact Tik Saunders: tik.saunders@hotmail.co.uk
Brian's Blog - Sunday April 12th
After 2 good meetings at Garthorpe so far, the Quorn come into town. As usual they stage 7 races over fences, and 2 Charity Flat races. Distances of the races are all 3 miles this year, over fences, and 1 1/2 miles for the flat races. This year there are a record number of trade […]