Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
Newbury, Daily Mirror 14-02-1987Tote Gold Trophy day at Newbury on Saturday February 14th 1987 was supported by cards at Uttoxeter, Catterick and Ayr. The Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown featured British raiders keen to win the record prize money. It is noticeable that there was no preview of the day’s racing, or indeed hardly any reporting at all, in the Daily Mirror that day.
Steve Bradley is the man behind this project, an unashamedly nostalgic website dedicated to horse racing’s golden days of the past, featuring vintage racecards, clippings and news stories plucked from the newspapers of the day. A devotee of horse racing’s halcyon days from the 1960s to the 1990s, Steve caught the racing bug as a small boy living near Catterick racecourse, where he was lucky enough to see the great Red Rum in action in the 1970s. He has undertaken private research commissions for various figures within the racing industry. Away from racing he enjoys spending time with his retired greyhound, bar billiards, music, TV, films, reading and travel.