A report on a past Point-To-Point meeting in the Devon & Cornwall area
GRANVILLE’S BETTING GOSSIP – NORTH CORNWALL Chosen Lucky ( 2-7 touched 1-4) set the trend for a succession of odds-on favourites when beating sole rival Acadian (2-1) in a disappointing […]
WRITTEN BY GRANVILLE TAYLOR “Bare branches of each tree on this chilly January morn look so cold so forlorn. Grey skies dip ever so low” From the poem January morn […]
“ There is no such thing as losing. You either win or you learn something” The Jose Mourinho quote when his new team Spurs “lost” recently is a positive way […]
GRANVILLE TAYLOR “At last the wind in December lashing the old trees with rain…..” Extract from a poem by W S Merwin, 1927-2019 There was ample lashing rain, not to […]
BOOKIES 3 PUNTERS 3 – Score draw Firstly, the organisers deserve much credit for getting this meeting on at this new course, having battled to defeat the recent very wet weather. The jockeys I spoke with […]
The wheel is come full circle. I am here ~ Lear. William Shakespeare What you mean Mr Shakespeare is that it has only been 22 weeks since we last got together in […]
Written by Donna Harris The final Point-to-Point of the current season was held last Saturday where the stage was set for a dual between National Gentleman Champion jockey Will Biddick […]
The Devon & Cornwall bookies normally provide a strong betting market and the Tiverton Staghounds fixture was well up to standard. There was some entertaining jousting between the layers and […]
WRITTEN BY GRANVILLE TAYLOR “You never tire of the moor. You cannot think of the wonderful secrets which it contains. It is so vast, and so barren, and so mysterious.” […]
Five out of six winning favourites put the bookies on the back foot at Bratton Down, however one or two gambles went astray. “About level on the day,” I was […]
