End of the Century – 31-12-1999
The final day of racing before the new millennium. Cards at Cheltenham, Catterick, Warwick and Fontwell bade farewell to the 20th Century. Download QR
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The final day of racing before the new millennium. Cards at Cheltenham, Catterick, Warwick and Fontwell bade farewell to the 20th Century. Download QR
1983 drew to a close with Newbury, Leicester and Taunton on Friday 30th December. Download QR
Newbury, Newcastle, Folkestone, Warwick and Southwell(AW) cards from Saturday 29th December 1990. Download QR
Chepstow’s big day, plus Kempton, Wetherby, Taunton and Wolverhampton from Tuesday 28th December 1982. News included Michael Dickinson’s 12 winners in one day! Download QR
Kempton, Wetherby, Taunton and Wolverhampton cards from Wednesday 27th December 1978. Download QR
Even websites deserve a few days off, so let me wish you all a very Merry Christmas filled with joy and winners. I’ll be back on December 27th with more…
The Lingfield sand looked set to save the day on Wednesday 22nd December 1999, as both Ludlow and Newcastle faced morning inspections in the hope of a thaw. Download QR
Welsh National Day at Chepstow, plus Lingfield and Nottingham, on Saturday 21st December 1985. Download QR
Chepstow, Sedgefield and Fakenham were all on the TV schedules on Saturday 20th December 1975. Download QR
Some decent size fields, if not of particularly high quality, at Kelso and Leicester on Monday 19th December 1983. Download QR
An iconic day in racing history as Stan Mellor rode his 1000th winner on Ouzo at Nottingham. Ascot’s SGB card and Catterick were also televised on Saturday 18th December 1971.…
Some magnificent names in action at Ascot on SGB Chase day in 1977. Saturday 17th December also saw an ITV7 from Nottingham and Catterick. Download QR
Leicester and Kelso jumpers from Monday 16th December 1985. Download QR
Brown Chamberlin was declared at Leicester on Monday 15th December 1980. Kelso also raced on the day. Download QR
Sedgefield had no plans to inspect, but they did at Devon & Exeter, on Friday 14th December 1979. Download QR
Ascot’s SGB Chase card featured some great old names on Saturday 13th December 1986. Doncaster on C4 and Towcester were the other meetings. Download QR
National Hunt cards at Teesside and Plumpton on Tuesday 12th December 1978. Download QR
A high class renewal of the Kennedy Construction Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday December 11th 1982. Nottingham and Catterick were the other meetings. Download QR
Hexham, Leicester and Lingfield(AW) cards from Wednesday 10th December 1997. Download QR
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