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A well-known Doctor who worked at equestrian events all over the country, from Championships to Pony Club events, once referred to Team Chasing as "a special kind of crazy". As a sport, it certainly attracts a unique crowd of adrenalin junkies, who travel far and wide every weekend, to get their fix. The Belvoir's annual […]

[Full set of galleries from the Belvoir meeting at Garthorpe] The Belvoir Hunt's point-to-point meeting took place at Garthorpe on Sunday 29th March 2015. Bad weather changed the going from good to firm to good to soft during the course of the day but there was some excellent racing throughout the card. The feature NFU […]

A full set of the day's photographs are available for purchase here: The Belvoir at Garthorpe.

The Cottesmore Point to Point at Garthorpe - Garthorpe Races

MEMBERS - an equine photography masterclass article about choosing the right lens for the right situation.

The Belvoir, Cottesmore and Quorn Hunts have 'countries' that converge in the market town of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. They operate independently but are closely associated with Melton Hunt Club (MHC). [A full set of images can be viewed here - Melton Hunt Club and Household Cavalry Rides 2017] The first Cross Country Ride was […]

As many readers will know I have been the official photographer at Garthorpe for the point-to-point meetings there for some years, and through the contacts I made there I have been helping out with making sure that press releases had images to accompany them. I had also been instrumental in setting Garthorpe up with a fully-functional […]

A few sample images from the Meynell and South Staffs Hunt Point-To-Point at Garthorpe on Saturday, including the Racetech National Pony Racing Championships 2015. [Full set of images - Meynell and South Staffs Point-to-Point and Pony Racing Champs 2015]

The Quorn Hunt held their annual point to point meeting at Garthorpe racecourse and I, as the course's official photographer, was their to document the day. There were two doubles, one for Kelly Morgan and another for Tom Strawson and the rest of the spoils were shared around. Full set of images here: Quorn Hunt […]

Joey Newton, Fieldmaster of the Belvoir Hunt and Chair of the Melton Hunt Club, is to be the new Chairman for Racing Welfare, the racing charity. From tomorrow, Joey will succeed Roger Weatherby as Chairman of the charity, which aims to help racing's people in need. Roger is to become the founding Chairman of The Racing […]

Garthorpe Racecourse is an amateur horse racing course just to the East of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. It hosts five point-to-point horse racing meetings every year between February and June each year. Representatives commissioned a web site to publicise the dates of meetings, news stories and other announcements. The site is based on WordPress and […]

As a result of the success of the Garthorpe Races website I was approached by The Midlands Area Point-To-Point Association to create a website for them. Midlands Pointing is the organisation which coordinates point-to-point horse racing in the Midlands Area and the web site I created acts as a hub for racegoers, horse owners, trainers […]

Fieldsports is a bi-monthly magazine which focuses on all country sports. For their June/July 2015 issue they commissioned a double page spread of images from the Belvoir Hunt's Point-To-Point meeting at Garthorpe earlier in the year. I supplied a set of images which I felt the different facets of the pointing World: action, drama and […]

Go Pointing is the weekly guide to Point-to-Point racing and if produced by Weatherbys. It includes details of meetings for the weekend ahead, with all the information you need; including travel directions, start times, and admission prices. Go Pointing also includes: jockey interviews; latest news; pony racing entries and results; top performers statistics; a weekly […]