Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
Racing Mirror 15-09-86Racing Mirror from Monday 15 September 1986 saw fixtures at Wolverhampton for the Midlands Cesarewitch, Edinburgh, and jumpers at Southwell, where the card featured plenty of old 80s faves. Can you name the five horses on show that day who either won or competed over the Grand National fences at some point in their careers?
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.