The 2014/15 season has come to a close following an action-packed six-and-a-half months of point-to-pointing action. Horse & Hound reveals some of the memorable statistics and celebrates the overall championship winners
The 2014/15 season in statistics
1 — Monsieur Jourdain became the first horse to win three classic Grimthorpe Gold Cups.
2 — John Mathias rode six winners on the same card for the second time at the Banwen Miners.
3 — Jack, Bridget and Gina Andrews became the third trio of siblings to ride winners on the same point-to-point card, at the Thurlow.
5 — owner-trainer Nigel Padfield won the Essex hunt race for the fifth consecutive season.
6 wins contributed by The Magherally Man to national novice champion Lara Mahon’s nine-winner tally.
6 runners saddled by Phillip York in the Berks & Bucks and Staff College & RMAS Draghounds hunt race.
10 times that Time Gentlemen won at Tabley.
11 wins achieved by champion trainer (seven horses or fewer) Rachael Green from her two horses — Cock Of The Rock (seven wins) and Silver Token (four).
14-point margin of victory for Harry Cobden in the Harley Racing novice riders’ table.
22 races that John Mathias won on Rosies Peacock, the season’s joint-winning horse with Cock Of The Rock.
38 point-to-points won by Welsh super-mare Chesnut Annie before her retirement in May.
51 winners saddled by the country’s leading trainer Jack Barber, emulating his grandfather, Richard Barber.
66-1 — the starting price of Dulverton West maiden race winner Highland Thistle.
68 — Will Biddick’s record-breaking number of winners, smashing Oliver and Thomas Greenall’s previous record of 56.
390 — Oliver Greenall (124), Robbie Henderson (98) and Nick Williams’ (168) combined tally of pointing winners before their retirements.
Point-to-point championship winners
Men’s championship
Will Biddick (68 wins)
Women’s championship
Gina Andrews (29 wins)
Men’s novice riders
Harry Cobden (13)
Women’s novice riders
Lara Mahon (9)
Leading horse
Cock Of The Rock and Rosies Peacock (7 each)
The Princess Royal Trophy (leading lady novice u21)
Lottie Crane
The Wilkinson Sword (leading male novice u21)
Harry Cobden
Harley Racing National novice riders’ race champion
Harry Cobden
PPORA young horse award national champion
Volcan Surprise
PPORA/Jockey Club best performing novice mare
Miss Gotaway
AGA iTotal Control champion
Hannah Lewis
Connolly’s Red Mills champion trainer
Jack Barber (8+ horses), Rachael Green (7 or fewer horses)
Area award winners
Devon & Cornwall
Riders: Darren Edwards, Leanda Tickle
Novices: David Noonan, Hannah Welch
Owner: The Bradley Partnership
Horse: Dicky Bob
East Anglia
Riders: Dicky Collinson, Gina Andrews
Novices: Jack Andrews, Kate Gowing
Horse: It Was Me/Play The Ace (joint)
Midlands
Riders: Tom Strawson (gentleman, overall), Kelly Morgan (lady)
Novice: Kelly Morgan
Horses: Gonalston Cloud (overall, novice), She’s Real (mare)
Family: Mr M and Mr H Burt (Murphy’s Promise)
Northern
Riders: Nick Orpwood, Catherine Walton
Novice: Sam Coltherd
Horse: Milano Magic (overall), Damiens Dilemma (novice)
Hunt: Percy
North Western
Riders: Paddy Gerety, Jane Williams
Novice: Peter Bryan
Veteran: David O’Brien
Horses: Fruit Fayre (overall), Lotus Pond/Radio Nowhere/Cooladerry King/Alfiethegreat (joint/novice), Numbercruncher/Lotus Pond/Radio Nowhere (joint/family)
South East
Riders: Philip Hall, Ella Darwin
Novices: Charlie Marshall, Ella Darwin
Horse: Behind The Scenes (overall), Come On You/De Clare Man/Spiritofchartwell (joint/novice), Simonsruudt (homebred)
South Midlands
Riders: Joe Hill, Claire Hart
Novice: Freddie Henderson
Horses: Dabinett Moon (overall, mare)
Trainer: Alan Hill
South Wales and Monmouthshire
Riders: John Mathias (any area, S & W Wales), Bradley Gibbs (S Wales resident), Jodie Hughes (S & W Wales)
Novices: Emma Moseley (S & W Wales), Paul Sheard (S Wales)
Horses: Rosies Peacock (S & W Wales), Bobs Law (open/hunter chase, S Wales), Watch The Birdie (mare, S & W Wales), Banned In Bhutan/Moontripper/My Coranna (joint/maiden, S Wales), Rosies Peacock (older horse, S & W Wales)
Welsh Border Counties
Riders: James Nixon, Elizabeth Reynolds
Novice: James Nixon
Veteran: John Chinn
Owner: Nick Elliot
Trainer: Alistair Ralph
Horse: Minellacelebration
Wessex
Riders: Will Biddick, Alice Mills
Novice: David Noonan
Trainer: Jack Barber (overall), Teresa Clark (small)
Owner: Harry Cobden (Cock Of The Rock)
West Midlands
Riders: Tom Weston, Jane Williams
Novices: Gus Levinson, Charlotte Treleaven
Trainer: Tom Weston
Horses: Be Definite (overall/family), Cecile De Volanges (mare), Thoonavolla (novice)
West Wales
Riders: John Mathias (overall, gentleman), Jodie Hughes (lady)
Novice: Richard Patrick
Horse: Sir Du Bearn/Harpsy Cord/Dream Bolt (joint)
Yorkshire
Riders: William Easterby, Emma Todd
Novices: Craig Hoggart, Alice Petch
Owner: Cherry Coward
Horses: Opera Og (open), Aldreth (novice), The Dark Duchess (homebred)
