The Official Point-to-Point Website for the Wessex Area

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The Wessex PPSA Area (known as The Taunton Area until 1997) covers Point-to-Point meetings held in eastern Hampshire, southern Wiltshire, the whole of Dorset and Somerset and eastern Devon, and is one of the largest and busiest of the sport's 14 nationwide geographical divisions.

It is contested by amateurs but this is a big sport. In a season lasting eight months, at its peak in millennium year more than 4,000 horses ran 14,000 times in 1,500 races. The sport locally has produced winners of both the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Grand National.

Previews, Reports and Results from each Fixture can be found in the Fixtures Section and then click on the meeting.

Preview on the Fixtures page

Events & Tickets

Formal announcement re Point to Points

Statement from Peter Wright This is a formal announcement to confirm that the British point to point season is closed for this season. This was a very difficult decision to make recognising that many people’s livelihoods are involved. However,...

17-03-2020

Q and A with jockey Chloe Emsley

Although Gina Andrews is already well clear in the National Ladies Championship there are a number of new Ladies names who are looking to make a mark and in the Wessex and Devon and Cornwall areas the emergence of Chloe Emsley as a potential local ch...

12-03-2020

Dear Racegoers With the spectre of the Corvid 19 virus hanging over the country, Larkhill Racecourse has decided to take some preventative measures to help contain the virus and keep us ALL safer . It must be stressed...

11-03-2020

Following the late abandonment of the point to point at Charlton Horethorne on the 8th March, the Committee have decided that all public attending the 2021 Point to Point will receive free admission We would like to thank you for your co-operation a...

09-03-2020