Treehouse Sponsored the North West Area Pony Racing Awards.
2015 Season
Well what a season, we may not be able to hold Pony Racing at many tracks, but this year has been an exceptionally good season.
Pony Racing was held at all three meetings at Tabley, and between the three we had 10 races, with 68 ponies entered. 60 of them running. (There was only 10 entries from out of our area) Thank you to the Pt to Pts for allowing all the ponies to run. After several years of campaigning Pony Racing at Pony Club, Pony Club centers (riding schools) and having the Buzz mornings before racing at the Pony Club racedays we have had a very good uptake of new riders and ponies this season. We are going into new Pony Clubs this summer at there camps to promote Pony Racing, so hoping for another good season next year. WE are also having a Pony Club racing rally at Aintree in October and a PRA/PC training assessment day again at Aintree in February.
We held our area prize giving at Aintree evening meeting on 12th June were over 50 kids and parents enjoyed a very sociable evening, and some good racing. It was the first time some of the kids and parents had ever been to a ‘proper’ race meeting, infact some of them had never even been to a pt to pt until 12th April 2015!
We have three of our area kids leaving this year to move on up the scale in the racing world. Abbie McCain - Pt to Pt Josh Bryan – apprentice at Andrew Balding’s , and Niall Reynolds goes to BRS in August with a view to be placed in a yard.
A VERY BIG THANK YOU to Treehouse Sporting Colours, for sponsoring at our meetings and providing all the rosettes, and also for giving prizes to our trophy winners and runners up at our prize giving evening.
North West Area Pt to Pt Pony Racing
2015 Prize Winners
138cm Pony Riders
Leading Boy. Bannister Family Trophy James McMahon
Runner Up James Caldwell
Leading Girl Equitrader Trophy Ella McCain
Runner Up Rose Diggle
Novice Rider Donald McCain Racing Trophy Elsa Braunton
Runner Up Rose Diggle
Rider in 1st Season Blue Mantel Trophy 1st equal Imogen Kennedy
And Kiera Booth
Pony Club Member
The Slinger Family Trophy 1st equal Camilla Broster and
Marnie Green
148cm Pony Riders
Leading Boy Sylvia Ford Memorial Trophy Finnley Green
(Richard Ford) Runner Up Harry Myddleton
Leading Girl Mark Brisbourne Racing Trophy Abbie McCain
Runner Up Ella McCain
Novice Rider Racehorse Ambulance Trophy Paddy Barlow
(Sebeastian Garner) Runner Up Niall Reynolds
Rider in 1st Season Vale of Lune Pt to Pt Trophy Ella McCain
(on a 148cms pony) Runner Up Paddy Barlow
Pony Club Member
Billy Nicholson Trophy Niall Reynolds
We also have three who are leaving us this season to go into Racing:
Abbie McCain - Pt to Pointing
Josh Bryan - Going as apprentice to Andrew Balding
Niall Reynolds - Going to BRS in August
We wish good luck to all three of them.
Treehouse Sporting Colours have again sponsored all the rosettes and gave gift vouchers to all our trophy winners and runners up.
Thank you to all the Pt to Pts and officials for having the Pony Racing, with these kids and parents coming through and the right promotion the future looks brighter for Point to Pointing.
We now look forward to a prosperous 2016.