A report on a past Point-To-Point meeting in the Devon & Cornwall area
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 […]
WRITTEN BY GRANVILLE TAYLOR “The very spirit of summer breathes to-day, Here where I sun me in a dreamy mood, And laps the sultry leas, and seems to brood Tenderly […]
It was hot on the top of Exmoor on Sunday The first two favourites went in with Kapricorne (2-5 to 4-7) literally scorching round to take the Hunt race. I […]
WRITTEN BY GRANVILLE TAYLOR “Sometimes I wonder what I’m a gonna do. But there ain’t no cure for the summer time blues….” From a song by rock and roll singer […]
The Upcott Cross betting market exceeded the “normal” point-to-point Bank Holiday rip off prices I have seen up and down the country over many years. Well done the Devon & […]
WRITTEN BY GRANVILLE TAYLOR “For now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone” Song of Solomon 2 v10-13 Not quite over and gone though. After the recent […]
IF there are any regular readers of this exclusive website column (which I doubt) they will be aware that my own betting battles with the excellent Devon & Cornwall bookies […]
WRITTEN BY GRANVILLE TAYLOR “And here were forests ancient as the hills, enfolding sunny spots of greenness…” Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772-1834 THE glorious green backcloth of Exmoor was seen at […]
The biggest shock of the day came in the Mixed Open when the warm favourite The Two Amigos (4-5 fav but on the drift ), bidding for his sixth successive […]
WRITTEN BY GRANVILLE TAYLOR “Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come” Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881 The […]
