POINT-TO-POINT

Scrapper sees too many matches and walk-overs in the final weeks of the season

PAXFORD APRIL 22
Pointing just about avoided the catastrophe that many, myself included, had predicted for the Easter programme. There was always the likelihood that there would not be sufficient horses to provide the 19 bank holiday fixtures with competitive, sporting cards. The rapidly quickening ground throughout the land only heightened fears.
Most meetings attracted enough runners to put on a decent show for the bumper crowds, but unfortunately not all. Charing, with four walkov...