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Racecourses:
The following courses come under the jurisdiction of Midlands P-to-P:
Wellbeck, Nottinghamshire.
Location - Off the B6034, 4 miles south west of Worksop on the Ollerton Road, use exit 30 of the M1 motorway.
The following courses come under the jurisdiction of South Midland P-to-P:
South Midlands:
Barbury Racecourse, Wiltshire.
Location – Two miles west of Marlborough, entrance of the Marlborough to Broad Hinton road. 10 miles from exits 15 and 16 of the M4 motorway.
Siddington, Wiltshire.
Location – 2 miles south of Cirencester, near the A419, and 20 miles from junction 13 of the M5, and exit 15 of the M4 motorway.
The following courses come under the jurisdiction of West Midlands P-to-P:
Andoversford, Gloucestershire.
Location - 6 miles south eastof Cheltenham, near the junction of the A40 and the A436, close to junction 11A of the M5 motorway.
Didmarton, Gloucestershire.
Location – Near the A433, 6 miles south west of Tetbury and 8 miles north east of exit 18 of the M4 motorway.
Maisemore Park, Gloucestershire.
Location – Near the A417, 3 miles north west of Gloucester. Use exit 11 of the M5 motorway.
Paxford, Gloucestershire.
Location – 2 miles east of Chipping Camden, between the B3035 the B4479.
Upper Sapey, Herefordshire.
Location – At Wolferlow, 6 miles north of Bromyard, near the B4203, and 15 miles west of junctions 5 and 6 of the M5 motorway.
Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire.
Location – Near the A38, 8 miles south of Worcester, handy to the M5 and M50 exit 1.
Woodford, Gloucestershire.
Location – Near the A38, 15 miles north of Bristol, 3 miles from exit 14 of the M5 motorway.
Fixtures:
Racing Previews:
Vine & Craven meeting - Barbury Castle near Marlborough.
Sandhurst Area trainers will be busy at the first of the regions's point-to-point fixtures starting at Noon on Sunday 13 February.
The six races have attracted 189 entries and it is likely that there will be divisions if declarations exceed safety limits. In any case, top class sport is a certainty on one of the best racecourses in the country.
Jenny Gordon, winner of last season's Champion Trainer award - now sponsored by Black Swan Tyres & Exhaust of Wrecclesham, expects to saddle five runners. First out will be Presenting Express in the Novice Riders race (12.00pm) ridden by his owner Fenton Ramsahoye. Valvigneres follows in the two and a half mile Maiden, but in the Mixed Open Jenny will saddle both Launde, mount of owner Anthony Ward-Thomas, and Fauntleroy also owner ridden by Camilla Ewart. Finally, Circle of Fifths represents the Morestead stable in the Open Maiden with the promising teenager Tom Cannon, a potential professional, in the saddle.
Sam Waley-Cohen, the only amateur rider to win the prestigious King George VI Chase when he scored on Long Run last month, partners his father's Ashtown Boy in the Restricted in which veteran Godfrey Maundrell partners his own Silent Gunner. Godfrey will also ride Droppy's, the likely winner of the Members race at the end of the day.
Racegoers are charged £10 a head and under sixteens go free. The racecourse is well signed off the A346 from Marlborough and the A4361 from Wroughton.
Results:
