Will Biddick keeping cool on point-to-point title chances this season

Will Biddick, Britain’s most successful point-to-point rider, has said he will not be chasing this season’s men’s championship.

His rivals will raise an eyebrow at that suggestion, not least because Somerset-based Biddick heads this season’s table with six winners, but he said: "I rode 51 winners last season, my third best total, and still didn’t win it, and I missed out on doing other things.

"This season I’m just going to ride in my local area, I won’t be chasing around the country and if I’m in with a chance of the title in May I’ll take a view then.