Hopes new four-year-old series will be success despite meagre entry for opener

Larkhill: scene of the first in the series of four-year-old racesCredit: John Beasley

It must be hoped a tree will grow from the sapling that is a new British series of races restricted to four-year-old point-to-pointers.

The first of five such contests, sponsored by the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association (TBA) and due to be held between now and early May, begins on Sunday at Larkhill, yet has drawn a mere five entries.

Talk of supporting the series by owners and trainers who take a commercial view seems, in this instance at least, to have been just that – talk and no action.

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Carl EvansPoint-to-point expert

Published on 24 February 2022inFeatures

Last updated 14:19, 3 March 2022

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