**BREAKING NEWS** The AGA man has moved his blog!

The AGA man's blog has moved AND it has a new title as David is no longer the AGA man! Please go to davidseverywhere.wordpress.com where you will find lots of old posts from the AGA Pointing days plus photos and updates from Gina and Tom Ellis Racing (where David now works). There will also be plenty of words (and pics) about point-to-point horse racing.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

AGA to launch 3 pronged attack on Sunday - lots of pointing action for the team this weekend

The AGA Pointing team will be dispatched to 3 different parts of the country this weekend as the season really starts to pick up pace. Derek and Mark will be up in the Scottish Borders with our colleagues from Lillie of Selkirk - Ron and Grant, where we are expecting a quality race and also to see some new names in the AGA Total Control Championship table by the end of the day.
Unowatimeen leads eventual winner Sea Scout at Alnwick in December
The re-arranged meeting at Sheriff Hutton is also on our agenda where you will be able to meet Michael and Sara Ashby-Arnold from Country Warmth - the authorised AGA Distributor for North Yorkshire, Ryedale and the Humberside areas. They are a family owned company with over 25 years of AGA experience, and are located in a spacious two storey building on Scarborough Road just out of Malton - their beautiful shop is well worth a visit.
Michael A-A presents Sam Drake with an AGA vase at Dalton Park -
expect a similar scene at Sheriff Hutton on Sunday

The third port of call will be the Midlands Area Club meeting at Thorpe Lodge, this is my venue of choice for a Ladies Open that we are not sponsoring, but where the girls can still earn points for the Championship ... and lovely AGA vouchers! There are 29 entries for this one and I am expecting a big field and a very competitive race, plus I think the top of the table could have a whole new look by the end of Sunday.

Who wants this? Someone MUST win it!
Who will be "In Total Control" come Sunday evening? Will Mrs Rucker have strengthened her position at the head of the table, will one of the Andrews sisters storm to the top, what about Sarah-Jayne Davies, Rachel King, Jane Williams and Claire Hart who are all are lurking with intent near the summit? Then we have Heather Kemp who will ride Gidam Gidam, 10 points will see her firmly in the mix, and we can't forget those Yorkshire girls as a win for Sam Drake will put her into double figures and in a strong position to mount a challenge.
Clocks for everyone, fancy a clock? Win an AGA qualifier and you
can have one, big 'uns for the owner, littel 'uns for the rider!
I'm really looking forward to a fascinating weekend, I'm sure it will action packed and there will be plenty for us to write about on Sunday evening, see you at Thorpe Lodge if you're going, but enjoy yourselves wherever you are and stay safe.