Fun and sun at Balcormo Races

Hundreds enjoyed an afternoon of fun and sun at this year's Balcormo Races.

By The Newsroom

Published 2nd May 2018, 11:40 BST

Updated 2nd May 2018, 11:45 BST

A tight contest in one of the three pony races.

Families and friends sat out eating picnics, checked out the various stalls and food vans, and placed their bets – with the sun beaming down all through the afternoon.

But the focus was on the racing, as attendees watched six steeplechase races and three pony races.

And it proved to be a historic afternoon.

Attendees lined up to stick their bets on between races.

Female jockey Amie Waugh won the first ever mixed open held at the UK’s most northerly point-to-point.

She rode Nicki’s Nipper in the £1500 Pentland Land Rover Mixed Open Race, the most valuable point-to-point contest ever staged in Scotland.

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