Huntingdon 23-10-82

In my opinion, this was the golden age of British racing, and close inspection of the cards on offer on Saturday 23 October 1982 offer compelling evidence to support my view. The Futurity Stakes at Doncaster was the feature race of the day, but the jumping cards at Newbury and Stratford were an absolute gallery of superstars of the past, present and future. Huntingdon and Newton Abbot offered lower grade, but equally interesting sport too, on what was an absolute feast of a Saturday.

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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.

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