Hundreds of people flocked to Bedale's Point to Point Horse Race on Saturday (April 13), as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak watched on.

On the day same day as the Grand National at Aintree, the Prime Minster opted to watch the Bedale Point-to-Point Race at Hornby Castle instead.

The PM and wife Akshata Murty were seen chatting to locals at the 77th annual event at the castle.

The Point-to-Point meeting has been taking place for more than a century in various locations around the Bedale area, before settling in the parkland of Hornby Castle in 1947.

Point to Point takes place each year and sees a series of races with the first being held at 12.30pm.

There was entertainment for all with food vendors, a beer tent and a bouncy castle for kids, with coverage of the Grand National at Aintree as I Am Maximum won the coveted race.

Take a look at the photos below:

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