Ponies may not be led to the start. A hunt escort will be provided.
The East Anglian Area Finals will be held at the West Norfolk Foxhounds & North Norfolk Harriers Fixture on Sunday, 21st April. They are open to combinations who have run within the EAST ANGLIAN Area during the current season. Where a meeting is abandoned those entered will automatically qualify.
Should the Finals be oversubscribed, East Anglian qualified Combinations will take priority.
The Mark Weatherhead Challenge Trophy will be awarded to the leading rider from the East Anglian Area during the season.
The De La Sayette Challenge Trophy will be awarded to the leading Novice Rider from the East Anglian Area.
(A Novice Rider is someone who has NOT won ANY pony race before the start of the 2024 Point-to-Point Pony racing Season).
The following points will be awarded for the trophies: 1st: 10, 2nd: 6, 3rd: 4, 4th: 2.
The Races will take place BEFORE the official PtP Races.
Race 1 & 2: OPEN Races
Race 3: 138cms & under EAST ANGLIAN CONFINED HUNTS / PC OPEN CONDITIONS Race
Conditions: For Combinations who are qualified as per the PRA Regulations, and which have qualified with the following hunts in the East Anglian Area or who are member of the relevant Pony Club. Ponies can NOT have won any Pony race. Confined Hunts
/ PC’s: Cambridgeshire Harriers, Dunston Harriers, North Norfolk Harriers, Thurlow, Cambridge University Draghounds, Waveney Harriers, Cambridgeshire with Enfield Chace, Suffolk, Puckeridge, Essex & Suffolk, Essex with Farmers Union, West Norfolk and the Enfield Chace with Cambridgeshire.