EASTER is a busy time for point-to-point enthusiasts with a number of meetings available to attend.

Saturday sees a clash between the Ludlow Hunt meeting at Bitterley and the Monmouthshire Hunt meeting at Llanvapley.

A seven-race card with a 1pm start for the Ludlow Hunt could see the highlight of a battle between multiple winner Ballylusky and recent Maisemore runner-up Lough Ennel in the Men's Open race.

Titus Bramble will be well-fancied in the Ladies' Open race, for which there are 24 entries, while others that may run are Mister Falcon and Captain Rawlings, who will have benefited from his recent run at Brampton Bryan.

The Monmouthshire Hunt meeting is a six-race card and Cannon Bridge, now in the care of Herefordshire trainer Paul Davies, could reappear in the Men's Open race.

Bank Holiday Monday sees the North Cotswold meeting at Paxford, with a 2pm start for it's seven-race card.

Upton-upon-Severn is the location for the popular Croome and West Warwickshire Hunt meeting on Tuesday.

The Croome meeting is a sevenrace card with a planned 2pm start including a Mixed Open race, for which 21 entries have been received.

These include course winner Martin Ossie, Twenty Degrees, Razer Blade and Carthago, a surprise winner at Brampton Bryan last time out.

Owners and trainers may be interested to hear that gallop schooling sessions will be taking place after Tuesday's meeting at Upton.

The sessions will be open to horses of four years and upward and are designed to give them experience of racecourse conditions. They will comprise a mile-and-a-half gallop on the Upton course, but by-pass all of the fences.

It is not a race and there will be no more than around five horses going together.

It is intended that the first schooling session will take place 30 minutes after the completion of the seventh race, which is scheduled for 5.30pm. If any race is divided, the schooling session will be delayed. For more information, call Richard Evans on 01789-205277.