A POPULAR racing event will take place this weekend.
The Tynedale Point to Point will take place at Downhills, Corbridge, on Saturday, April 20.
Organisers say it is a "great family day out with good entries for all the races".
Racing in the Tynedale Point to Point (Image: Verity Johnson Photography)
Two pony races will start at 12.30pm, sponsored by Mowden Hall School, Stocksfield.
Seven horse races will start from 1.30pm, sponsored by:
- Brewin Dolphin
- Womble Bond Dickinson
- Errington Coffee House
- The Fires in Stone
- Cavu Corporate
- Jan Mitchell Properties
- Izabella Welch
There will be refreshments, bar bookies, stalls, a bouncy castle, face painting and hook-a-duck.
Clerk of the course and chairman of the Tynedale Point to Point, Peter Foster, said: "We are expecting a good turnout of spectators, the weather forecast is looking good and we have good entries in all the races and plenty of fun for children, including a bouncy castle, face painting and hook-a-duck."
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