Historic Horse Racing Archive racecards focus on the same weekend of action for the third and final day, as we look at the Daily Mirror pages from Saturday 18 August 1979.
As expected, the Geoffrey Freer Stakes was the highlight of the Newbury card. Ripon, with Peter Easterby’s future smart hurdler, Starfen, in the 2.15, and Wolverhampton were the other two flat meetings. I note that a future favourite jumper of mine, Hill Of Slane, was in action as a 3-year-old at Dunstall Park. Early season jumpers at Market Rasen and Bangor completed the day.
