Wot no runners?
Today, at Leicester and Kelso respectively, there are 38 and 39 declared runners on each card. Pitiful in my opinion. Sure, there are a couple of decent runners at Kelso,…
Is it worth the weight anymore?
The Randox Health Grand National weights are published tomorrow. However there is no longer the pre-announcement excitement that there used to be when the weights were framed around previous Aintree…
There’s snow stopping Ridley
As Britain seems to be on the verge of panic over the possibility of a bit of winter weather, I am reminded of a day when the snow was simply…
The sad tale of Shergar and Swinburn
On the day when it was revealed that Walter Swinburn, who rode three Derby winners, died from head injuries sustained in a fall from his bathroom window, it is perhaps…
Remember Sleepy Steve?
Whilst going through my archive, searching for a particular race for someone, I found this little gem of a tale that made the front page of the dailies back in…
On this day in 1977
I first got into horse racing when I became transfixed with the glorious and magnificent Red Rum. My first memory of him is watching my mother kick the TV screen…
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Welcome to Going Behind, an unashamedly nostalgic blog dedicated to horse racing's golden days of the past