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Into a crowded sports programme, Britain’s point-to-point season opens this weekend with fixtures in Worcestershire and Cornwall.
Entries are not huge, but some talented horses will line up and – given the dry autumn – the Point-to-Point Authority’s chief executive Peter Wright is content. He says: “Few trainers in the south-west have grass gallops so I’m quite pleased and, while entries are relatively low, we can expect a high percentage of horses to run. Looking ahead, I’m optimistic we will have a good season.”
Numerous small changes have affected the sport this century, during which it has been hit by foot and mouth and Covid. The horse population is down, costs have gone up and the number of one- and two-horse farmer/trainers has dwindled. Finding a Reg Wilkins with a Double Silk in the barn is like hunting for Nessie.
Meanwhile the sport’s role as a nursery for jump racing expands, with a steady drip-drip of trainers and riders keen to test their ability under Rules. Dean Summersby, who sends a squad of horses from his Devon yard to Sunday’s Great Trethew fixture, hopes to gain a licence next spring and the men’s novice champion rider, Charlie Sprake, aims to become a conditional jockey in the New Year.
Their exit leaves room for others and novices can start by learning at one of the many livery yards operating in the sport. Champion trainer Tom Ellis handles in excess of 50 pointers while men’s champion James King (pictured above) rode 62 winners last season, twice as many as champions prior to 2000 when riding opportunities were spread more thinly, but widely.
The reduced horse population means Wright and Ilona Barnett, who heads point-to-point’s secretaries’ association – which pulls the fixture list together – have been working to reduce meeting congestion. Clumps of fixtures result in small fields, but they have managed to cut or move about ten spring fixtures.
Prize money has been allowed to rise between £100 and £300 per race and the sport’s national sponsors have all returned. London’s Oriental Club has shifted its backing to a new trainers’ title race for yards with up to five horses, while Foran Equine is backing championships for yards with six to 14 horses and 15 plus.
Ellis, who trained 62 winners last season, is expected to regain his title, while King is favourite to become men’s champion for the third time. His likely rivals, who include Will Biddick and Bradley Gibbs, have been joined by Jack Andrews, whose short spell as a conditional was successful, but not as much fun as being an amateur.
In a tough sport, Andrews’ sister Gina cannot be sure of winning her tenth womens’ title, but it seems likely. Izzie Marshall and Alice Stevens will keep Gina honest, while Olive Nicholls, daughter of Paul, could become a champion one day.
One of the least welcome statistics last season was 30 walkovers and 81 matches, the result of a post-Covid reduction in horses and a very dry spring. This season, walkovers will not count towards a title.
