Scrapper urges us all to get out in the country

POINT TO POINT
How many times have you been racing? How many times have you been down to the start? Try it, I find it fascinating. Pointing riders are such a diverse group, a chairman of a national company might be lining up alongside a 16-year-old student. You can have champion Gina Andrews, who has steered home hundreds of winners, circling around with a rider who is having their first ride. Out in the country, away from the rest of the crowd, you get the opportunity to almost taste the tense anticipation. It can be enthralling....