Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
March started with a bang on Saturday 1st in 1980. The Greenall Whitley Chase at Haydock Park took centre stage, with the Philip Cornes sponsored card at Newbury also on BBC1. Market Rasen and Hereford were televised by ITV and all four cards featured some great names of the era. Fantastic memories!
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.