Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
Saturday April 15th 1978 is remembered for the tragic death of Golden Cygnet, who was described in the 1979 Irish Racing Annual by legendary Irish trainer Vincent O’Brien as “the best hurdler I’ve ever seen”, in the Scottish Champion Hurdle. Who knows what heights this exciting horse could have scaled?
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.