Flagg Races

The weather in the Peak has taken a turn for the worse and today at Flagg races it was very cold and windy with the wind seeming to come from every direction.
A good turn out of spectators was rewarded with some great races but with the going being very hard the runners were less than hoped for.
(One of the few cases where the recent glorious hot weather was not to everyones benefit).
The picture I'm showing from todays meeting was from a thrilling race where Charlotte White with the winning post at her mercy was spectacularly dismounted at the final fence.
Fortunately she was OK but the air ambulance hovered above just in case.
Here's a potted history of the racing.
The first point-to-point races were held on Flagg Moor in 1892 and apart from the war years and 2001 to 2003, the point-to-point has been held here on Easter Tuesday ever since.
For many spectators, the real attraction at Flagg is the unique Hunt Members' race over natural hunting country, starting in open country between the villages of Flagg and Pomeroy and finishing on the racecourse proper. In the mid-1980's there were about 10 such 'old-fashioned' point-to-point races in existence but Flagg is now the only one in the country.
2006 saw the Members' Race won, for the second year running, by The Tallet ? a horse formerly in training with the famous Ginger McCain. Ginger still enjoys a day out at Flagg Moor spotting promising young racehorses for his son Donald the trainer of this years Grand National winner.
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