Heythrop, Cocklebarrow
January 26, 2025
Aldsworth, Cheltenham GL54 3PP, UK
Course Location: Approx. 1½ miles S of A40. GL54 3PP
PTP Area: South Midlands & Sandhurst
Going:
First Race: 12.00
Gates Open: 10.00
Entry Cost: £20pp on the gate, £15pp in advance
What Three Words: TBC
Fixture Contact: Luke Morgan
Course Information:
Wide rectangular course of about 1m2f with minor undulations, built on site of former wheatfields. Quick-draining chalk soil likely to ensure surface doesn’t become too testing, and definitely a course to exploit early season (no watering facility available as yet). Portable fences all metal-framed or a combination of metal and wood (2-4), well built and up to size.
SF: 18-20. LH 21/3 circs. 8F. (3m): 20J; 2od (8/16). (3m3f): 22J; 3od (2/10/18). (3m6f): 24J; 3od (4/12/20). (2m4f): 16J; 2od (4/12). Circumference of circuit: 1m2f70yds
Direction: Lefthanded
Entrance costs £20pp on the gate and £15pp in advance. Under 16s enter free of charge. Premium car parking next to the paddock is available for £125 per car and all passengers. Reserved sections for picnicking in the heated tent are also available at £375 (10-15 people) and £750 (20-30 people).
Many of the shopping outlets will take card payments, but be sure to take enough cash to cover the cost of admission and a racecard, any bets you wish to place, and food and drink.
For anybody coming from the direction of Gloucester on the A417, the road at the Air Balloon roundabout is closed in both directions.
Point-to-points provide an ideal opportunity to spend a day in the countryside with your dog, although please remember that dogs must always be on a lead, should not be left in cars unattended (particularly in warmer weather), and to clean up after them.
Disabled parking and access to facilities is usually available. Please advise our gate staff on arrival and they will be able to help you. Note that the going underfoot can be muddy and the terrain may be uneven.
The bar, in the heated tent, serves real ales from Donnington Brewery, cold lager from Hawkstone, quality wines and plenty of non-alcoholic cocktails. If you don’t bring your own picnic, you can order a ready-made one from foxyladies.co.uk which you can collect on the day. The Shopping Village has all the food you could possibly want, and there will be at least two or three vans serving coffee and hot chocolate and five or six selling hot food.
There is a 33m x 18m shopping hall adjoining the family picnic tent, which will be jam-packed with fantastic goodies, many of which will be substantially discounted following Christmas.
In addition to the seven races over fences – which are preceded by three pony races starting at 10.30 – there is a plethora of other activities to enjoy, from family fun and face painting in the kids zone and heated family picnic tent, a parade of hounds and the inimitable Tough Farmer Challenge. This year will also see a mechanical rodeo bull, a bungee run and a bouncy castle. There will also be total wipeout, bungee trampolines and a pyramid smash games trailer.
For visitors wanting to stay overnight locally, we recommend the Kings Head at Bledington.