14-04-2026 10:45:06 in General by Admin
With only four meetings left to run in the Wessex Area, the Championships standings are really hotting up with several significant changes to the leaderboards! Results are on the Pointing Wessex website (click on Championships and are up to Monday 6th April).
The Spillers Leading Large Trainers title has flip-flopped with Will Biddick squeezing up the rail to push 2 points clear...
14-04-2026 10:12:41 in General by Admin
We are very excited to announce that Wincanton Racecourse will be hosting this year's Wessex Area Awards evening!!
To be held on Saturday 4th July - tickets can now be purchased on this website (go to the home page and click on the second blue button)
There is accomodation nearby at Holbrook Manor (discount code is WPPA) and there is also a Travelodge plus several B&Bs nearby.
For a...
14-04-2026 10:01:41 in General by Admin
Henry Main being presented with a bottle of Tanners champagne for the Tanner's Moment of the Month for March. Henry not only rode his very first winner at Larkhill on March 28th but followed it up with a second on the same day.
05-04-2026 17:37:14 in General by Admin
Bob Bracher presented the Eric Dymott Novice Rider Trophy for the leading Novice rider at Badbury Rings and Milborne St Andrew at Ston Easton to Joe Neal this year’s winner.
Joe runs a pre training yard near Hartpury College Gloucester and as part of this he has a few point to pointers which he trains and rides himself. Although he has not ridden a winner this season his three pla...
05-04-2026 12:20:37 in General by Admin
First published on GB Pointing 2nd April
Author; Jordan Peerless Photos: Graham Fisher
For many young riders, a first spin on the track is about gaining experience and getting round safely. For Katherine Sprake, it turned into something even more memorable, as she partnered ‘Whydah Gally’ to victory on her debut at Maisemore.
Introduced to racing at a young age, Sprake followed a fa...
05-04-2026 12:17:53 in General by Admin
First published on GB Pointing 3rd February
Authur: Jordan Peerless
Hannah Marshall started her training career in 2016 and trained her first double at Charing on the 31st of January, winning both the first and second divisions of the Maiden race. Husband, Charlie, rode five-year-old Luther and six-year-old Protect the Future to victory, both of which were purchased at the May Do...
23-03-2026 09:28:59 in General by Admin
Kim Tripp being presented with the 2025 PPSA Lifetime Achievement Award (delayed as she was unable to attend the Area Awards last summer). Kim has run Pony Racing within Wessex for many years as well as being involved with the Weston & Banwell fixture. Her horses are regularly seen running at Cothelstone and the recent Quantock meeting there seemed a perfect opportunity to present her with t...
01-03-2026 14:07:09 in General by Admin
The Tanner's Moment of the Month for Jan/Feb 2026 was presented to WIll Biddick at Badbury Rings for his magnificent training performance in taking 8 horses to the meeting which resulted in 5 winners - Six Two Three, Macklin, Dollanstown, Illico De Cotte and Amroth Boy
01-03-2026 13:56:36 in General by Admin
Rachel Bartlett was awarded the Wessex Moment of the Month sponsored by Tanners Wines for November/December following her training success of the two wins from her home bred Dorset Dazzler ridden by Fred Philipson Stow. Rachel from Sixpenny Handley trains her two horses at home with very little help and no access to all weather gallops just her fields and that of her neighbour. A fine achievemen...
13-02-2026 10:51:27 in General by Admin
FIXTURE UPDATE:
The 4 and 5-year old Maiden race at Badbury Rings on Sunday 22nd February will now be a Tattersalls Cheltenham ‘GB Pointing Bonus’ Young Horse Maiden Race.
For horses which are Maidens aged four and five years old only that have not run in any race under the rules of any Racing Authority (Point-to-Points excepted); to be run over approximately two-and-a-half miles. Th...
