A report on a past Point-To-Point meeting in the Devon & Cornwall area
WRITTEN BY GRANVILLE TAYLOR There is always a strong set of bookies at Chipley Park, and the 15 layers in attendance on Sunday ensured a lively betting market. A […]
Spectators certainly had their money’s worth at Chipley Park on Sunday when a total of 106 runners contested the eight races. Intermittent snowflake flurries failed to deter the huge crowd .
Plenty of short priced winners made it look easy for punters for most of the very long day at the showground. All good things come to an end however and […]
WRITTEN BY GRANVILLE TAYLOR From today’s calm, the lane’s enclosing green leads inland to a usual Cornish scene – slate cottages with sycamore between Small fields and tellymasts and wires […]
Granville Taylor reports on the betting ring from the Cornwall Club Point-To-Point at the Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge
WRITTEN BY GRANVILLE TAYLOR “Come, come thou bleak December wind, and blow the dry leaves from the tree.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772-1834 Coleridge would not have recognised such things as […]
The opening point-to-point of the season attracted a good crowd from far and wide down to Devon with plenty of “faces” ready to splash the cash against the 12 bookies. […]
WRITTEN BY GRANVILLE TAYLOR “I never think of the future – it comes soon enough” Albert Einstein 1879 – 1955 You are very perceptive Mr Einstein. It doesn’t seem long […]
Written by: Donna Harris The season drew to a close on Saturday, when the Torrington Farmers hosted their meeting at the popular course on the edge of Umberleigh. This meeting […]
Written By: Donna Harris Tiverton Staghounds hosted the penultimate Point-to-Point meeting of the season last Sunday where a huge crowd gathered to enjoy some competitive racing at the stunning location […]
