Daily Mirror Racing 30-06-1976
Wednesday the 30th saw out June of 1976, and featured three cards from Carlisle, Brighton and Yarmouth. Download QR
Daily Mirror Racing 28-06-1999
Pontefract and Southwell were the afternoon meetings on Monday June 28th 1999. The evening cards at Musselburgh and Windsor were covered by Sky in the early days of their foray…
Daily Mirror Racing 26-06-1971
A double Derby Day on Saturday June 26th 1971, with the Irish Derby at The Curragh, and the Pitman’s equivalent at Newcastle. Kempton, Newmarket, Chepstow, and an evening card at…
Oaks Day, Blue Wind 06-06-1981
Saturday June 6th 1981 saw The Oaks at Epsom go to Dermot Weld’s Blue Wind, ridden by Lester Piggott. Haydock, Catterick and a Warwick evening meeting rounded off the day.…
Derby Day, Grundy 04-06-1975
The 1975 Derby is the first that I remember from childhood. On June 4th Grundy and the late genius, Pat Eddery took the spoils before going on to the legendary…
Derby Day, Shergar 03-06-1981
Today’s classic Derby goes back exactly 40 years ago today to June 3rd 1981, when possibly the most impressive winner of my lifetime galloped his rivals into the ground. All…
Derby Day, Mill Reef 02-06-1971
Day two of our look back at classic Derby’s in the media takes us to Wednesday June 2nd 1971. It is exactly 50 years to the day since the legendary…
Derby Day, The Minstrel 01-06-1977
This week is dedicated to the Derby Stakes, and Wednesday June 1st 1977 was my favourite renewal. Here are the Daily Mirror pages of the day that saw the ‘Maestro’…