Kempton and Newcastle, alongside a very interesting jumping card at Towcester, were the televised meetings on Saturday April 14th 1979. Carlisle, Newton Abbot, Plumpton and Southwell over the sticks completed the day’s sport.
BySteve
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.
Hi Steve. I have just come across your site, it’s fantastic, exactly what I have been looking for. Thanks for your hard work and passion. My question is I have copies of the Racing Specialist newspaper from the late seventies early eighties but can’t find any info about the paper. Do you know anything. Take care
Thanks for the kind words. I’ve heard of the RS but I don’t know anything about it I’m afraid. Leave it with me…