Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
We conclude our week of looking back at Schweppes Gold Trophy meetings by revisiting Saturday February 14th 1987. Newbury headlined with the now Tote sponsored Gold Trophy, plus a fascinating Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown on BBC1. Racing also took place at Ayr, Uttoxeter and Catterick.
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.