A report on a past Point-To-Point meeting in the Devon & Cornwall area
Ottery St Mary was not the place for favourite backers. The first five short priced nags were all beaten, including three odds on shots. The Dapper Fox (1-2 to […]
WRITTEN BY GRANVILLE TAYLOR “The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.” […]
Despite small fields punting was not easy at Cherrybrook, The going was heavy and wellington boots were essential for wallowing about in the deep mud. At least the bookies were […]
WRITTEN BY GRANVILLE TAYLOR “Water, water everywhere, and all the boards did sink, Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink”…. From The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel […]
The Buckfastleigh organisers did well to put this meeting on. With most other fixtures defeated by the weather, the Dart Vale and Haldon Harriers went ahead after surviving an […]
GRANVILLE TAYLOR and DONNA HARRIS “Sing Robin, sing I still am sore in doubt concerning spring”….. From a poem by Christina Rossetti, English poet 1830-1894 THE Dart Vale and Haldon […]
BOOKIES 1 PUNTERS 5 It was a day for favourite backers on the re-vamped Kilworthy track on Sunday. I went there licking my wounds from Milborne St Andrew on […]
WRITTEN BY GRANVILLE TAYLOR “I that never did weep, now melt with woe that winter should cut off our spring- time so” King Henry V1 part 3- William Shakespeare DICKY […]
It turned out to be a long afternoon at Great Trethew thanks to divided races and various other delays. Luckily the weather was relatively kind to the good sized crowd […]
GRANVILLE TAYLOR & DONNA HARRIS “The cold earth slept below Above the cold sky shone” From the poem “The cold earth slept below” Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 – 1822 On […]
