A report on a past Point-To-Point meeting in the Devon & Cornwall area
Favourite backers found themselves on the back foot in the early races at Cherrybrook where the 13 layers offered a strong market. After the opener, which produced a walk over […]
GRANVILLE TAYLOR & DONNA HARRIS THE two leading Devon & Cornwall area jockeys in recent years, Darren Edwards and Will Biddick each landed doubles at Cherrybrook. Will Biddick carried off […]
Only eight bookies turned up at Kilworthy – presumably because of the fixture clash with Haldon races on the same day. The eight seemed to have the edge over the […]
WRITTEN BY GRANVILLE TAYLOR “The sun has come out – and the air is vivid with spring light”……. Byron Caldwell Smith 1849-1877 A perpetual blue sky helped to brighten up […]
Thirteen hungry looking bookies {unlucky for some) provided an ominous line up at the old Buckfastleigh racecourse, and it wasn’t long before the punters were feeding them with folding notes.The […]
GRANVILLE TAYLOR & DONNA HARRIS “The winter’s wind, which, when it bites and blows upon my body, even til I shrink with cold, I smile” As you like it – […]
A thoroughly wet and windy day at Ottery failed to spoil the entertainment, with plenty of faces willing to take on the layers. I suspect the bookies went home with […]
GRANVILLE TAYLOR AND DONNA HARRIS “The stormy March has come at last with windy and cloudy and changing skies” William C Bryant, poet, 1794-1878 Whoever that storm goddess Freya was, […]
It turned out to be a long afternoon at Great Trethew thanks to two divided races and a lengthy delay for an injured jockey. The weather was more akin to […]
GRANVILLE TAYLOR & DONNA HARRIS “Not long ago, one midwinter day, the sky was bright blue, not dull winter grey” Daniel Turner, English poet, 1710 – 1798 THE highlights of […]
