Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
What a tragedy that Chepstow was abandoned on Saturday February 15th 1975. The Welsh Grand National field was an absolute belter, and I’d have loved to see who prevailed in the testing conditions. Interestingly, Pattered (1974 winner), didn’t have a declaration in the big one, and instead ran in the staying chase at Nottingham, which was the only card to survive. He was unplaced.
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.