Author: Stuart Burns

Point-to-point racing is a form of amateur horse racing that takes place on a cross-country course. The course usually consists of a farm land track. An example of point-to-point racing is the popular Kimblewick point-to-point. A course is usually between two and four miles in distance. Races include a number of obstacles (fences, streams and other obstacles) to provide a competitive racing challenge. The official season start and end dates are provided by the BHA. The seasons usually start in November and run through to June. Point-to-point racing defined Point-to-point…

Steeple Chase and point-to-point racing are quite similar in nature. They also differ in several important ways including the fact that Steeple Chase racing is classed as professional racing. Point-to-point racing is amateur in nature. Sometimes Steeple Chase can be conflated with other racing types such as jump racing but in its purest form in UK racing Steeple Chase is a category of its own, overseen by the British Horse Racing Authority (BHA). Differentiating the race There is a human Steeple Chase which is classed as an Olympic discipline. Here…

The early years of the Tote Tote racing or simply “The Tote” as it’s known to its followers may seem like a bit of an old racing oddity and history to some. The reality is that the Tote has been a key player in the enduring success of UK horse racing. The Tote was originally conceived and designed to revitalise UK horse racing after it fell out of favour in the early part of the 20th century. Enacted by parliament under the Racehorse Betting Act as enacted in 1953 the…