Fakenham racecourse are staging a charity race at their popular Countryside Raceday on Friday 19th February. This year the race is featuring 12 ex East Anglian Point-to-point riders. The race is run over a distance two miles and it will start at 12 noon. The National Hunt card starts at 1-25. All the riders have to raise a minimum of a £1000 in sponsorship and this money is split between The Countryside Alliance and Help For heroes. The riders taking part are:
Annie Bowles Caroline Fryer Gi Dangibau Hannah Barnard Mike Skinner Malcolm Kemp Neil King Nibby Bloom Penny Stearn Guy Disney Chris Lawson Jenny Knights
It should be an interesting race on what is usually a very competitive days racing at Fakenham.
-- Edited by Ray Newby on Thursday 11th of February 2010 08:42:55 AM
All should be congratulated - excellent choice of Charities. What weight are they riding at ? I know 1 jockey who is having to buy a complete new wardrobe as he is a shadow of his former self - apparently he will be back on solid food on 20th. Looking forward to an excellent race.
The charity race at Fakenham today was a great success and raised a total of £28,000 for Help For Heroes and the Countryside Alliance. The race was won by Annie Bowles riding Wikaala with Guy Disney second on Oshkosh, Jenny Knight third on Cathedral Rock and Nibby Bloom fourth on Massapoag. Malcolm Kemp raised the most money individually for the charities.
thats fantastic Ray, thank you, i didnt hear anything till afterwards! i was phoning everyone to see if it was on without realising that it had happened.. so your photos are great. Jenny had the time of her life which is just BRILLIANT. and by the looks of your photos everyone was smiling, which really, if you think about it is what its all about..
