Didmarton Point-to-Point course located just off the A46 on the A433 in the village of Didmarton is home to the Duke of Beaufort’s Hunt Point-to-Point Fixture run every year on the first Saturday in March. It is an undulating course on a hillside so makes for excellent viewing. It has been noted as a well organized and popular meeting with plenty of tradestands and good parking. With good refreshment facilities and if you dress for warmth, it makes a great day out for the family and the seasoned racegoer. It celebrated its 50th Anniversary as the venue for the hunts point-to-point meeting in 2006 and up until 1956 was also used as the steeplechase course for the world famous Badminton Horse Trials.

The course has produced some big race winners such as COOL DAWN (winner of the 1998 Cheltenham Gold Cup), RUSHING WILD (winner of the Cheltenham Foxhunters and 2nd in the Gold Cup), EARTHMOVER (a winner of the Cheltenham Foxhunters twice) and KATARINO (winner of the Triumph hurdle and the Aintree Foxhunter twice).

Beaufort Hunt gives £2,000 to Salvation Army

At a meet at Ivy Leaze, Acton Turville last Saturday a cheque was presented to the Salvation Army for £2,000. This donation was raised from the proceeds of a raffle run by the Bishop family from Wick at the Beaufort Hunt Point to Point last year. Because of the severe winter of 2011, Kitty Bishop decided to donate the funds to the Salvation Army to go towards the great work they do with the needy and homeless in Bath and Bristol.
Photo shows from left to right (members of the Beaufort Hunt Point to Point committee) John Richards,Kitty Bishop, Andrew Hibbard, James Smith, Major Andrew Diaper-Clausen of the Salvation Army and Laura Bishop sister of Kitty.
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