Another fabulous weekend of AGA Ladies action - Lady riders raise the bar yet again as the AGA Total Control Championship reaches boiling point

Well, this AGA Total Control Championship is really getting exciting and Cheltenham is now looming large on the horizon. On Saturday at Sandon we had perfect going and a perfect course, and after plenty of rain during the week the wet stuff stayed away while we enjoyed the action. 

Chris chalks up the odds on which AGA boy will
be first to visit the doughnut stall!

The hounds make an early appearance

A large Easter crowd was good news for us and the boys were inundated with enquiries - now we just need some of them to buy a lovely new AGA! An early visitor to our stand was Philip Rowley, who is the trainer of our reigning champion Billyvoddan, and he reported that the reigning champ is bang on target to defend his title in May.

Derek - cookers or horses are his two favourite subjects

Phil Rowley (brown jumper) pays us a visit ... not
sure what Mrs AGA Pointing is doing

This exciting AGA Total Control title race is too tough to call - Bridget Andrews launches her title challenge at Horseheath

A new contender emerged from the pack as we witnessed another thrilling AGA Ladies Open race at the Puckeridge meeting at Horseheath on Saturday, where Bridget Andrews picked up 10 points to move into joint 4th place in the table.

William discussing plans for the AGA final with Bridget and Gina Andrews

After the sunshine and tropical temperatures of recent weekends we were greeted by a cool breeze and grey skies when we arrived at Horseheath, although the warm welcome more than made up for that. The local officals all described the course as "the finest in England, never mind East Anglia" and they were keen to ensure that we enjoyed our visit.

More sunshine and more AGA points for Hannah Lewis at Hackwood Park

We were up and out early for another glorious day in the English countryside, arriving at Hackwood Park in good spirits and determined to enjoy our day. When we arrived there were lots of people walking the course so we decided to join them - and I must say, what a great way to start a Sunday morning!

The view down the home straight

When the sun shines like this you need to make the most of it and it soon became apparent that a bumper crowd would be coming along to do just that! Mrs AGA Pointing wanted to do another circuit of this beautiful course, but I persuaded her to leave that to the ladies on horse back later in the day!

Mrs AGA Pointing considering whether she can get
over the third last!

Derek and Sarb bump into top jockeys Emily MacMahon and Camilla Henderson while branding the last fence