Racing Mirror – Monday 30 September 1974
Monday 30 September 1974 saw a bumper nine-race Nottingham card, more flat at Hamilton, plus early season jumpers at Fontwell and Carlisle. Download QR
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Monday 30 September 1974 saw a bumper nine-race Nottingham card, more flat at Hamilton, plus early season jumpers at Fontwell and Carlisle. Download QR
We follow up on yesterday’s post by looking at the following day’s action on Saturday 29 September 1979. Ascot and Redcar were the feature flat meetings, but the jumping cards…
A BBC televised Ascot card, plus Redcar and jumpers at Fakenham, from Friday 28 September 1979. Download QR
Ascot was televised on Saturday 25 September 1971, featuring the great Brigadier Gerard, as were the meetings at Catterick and Stratford. A curious Hamilton morning card and Market Rasen completed…
Ascot and Redcar demonstrated a real geographical North/South divide, with Market Rasen jumpers somewhere in between, on Friday 24 September 1976. Download QR
Back in 1979 the Ayr Gold Cup was still run on a Friday – and wasn’t televised! However, Newbury was on BBC2. Here’s the cards from Friday September 21st 1979.…
No shortage of runners on Wednesday 17 September 1975, as Ayr, Windsor and Yarmouth boasted huge fields. Worcester over the jumps was the fourth meeting – and featured Tingle Creek…
Eight televised races from Doncaster and Goodwood on Friday 12 September 1975. Newton Abbot jumpers finished the day off. Download QR
Historic Racing Mirror pages from Saturday 7 September 1974. Sandown, Nottingham, Lanark and Thirsk were supported by a jumps card at Bangor. Download QR
Old newspaper horseracing pages from The Daily Mirror of Friday 4 September 1970. The afternoon meeting at Sandown was covered by ITV. The Chester teatime card was the other option…
Historic horse racing from Saturday 31 August 1974. Televised flat cards from Kempton, Chester and Ripon. Jumps fans at Stratford were treated to an appearance by the great chaser Tingle…
Daily Mirror Racing from Thursday 29 August 1975. The card at Sandown was televised by ITV while Chester was the other meeting on the day. Download QR
Racing pages from Tuesday 26 August 1975, and a televised meeting at Epsom. Chepstow, Lingfield and Warwick cards completed the day. Racing geeks will no doubt enjoy browsing through the…
Saturday 25 August 1979 saw meetings on the flat at Ascot, Newmarket, Newcastle and Windsor (eve). Jumping at Market Rasen, Hereford and Cartmel were the other cards. Download QR
Bank Holiday weekend began with a very busy day on the turf on Saturday 24 August 1974, with flat action at Goodwood, Newmarket and Newcastle backed up by jumping at…
Historic horse racing from The Daily Mirror on Ebor Day at York on Wednesday 22 August 1973. Brighton was the supporting flat meeting with jumpers at Devon & Exeter and…
The Ebor was always better on a Wednesday. Then again, most things in racing have changed in a depressing way. Yarmouth, and Devon jumpers completed the day. Download QR
Historic Horse Racing archive cards from the opening day of the Ebor meeting at York on Tuesday August 1975. Although the fields weren’t large, quality over quantity was clearly the…
Historic Horse Racing Archive racecards focus on the same weekend of action for the third and final day, as we look at the Daily Mirror pages from Saturday 18 August…
Daily Mirror Racing on Thursday 14 August 1975, and lots of action over both codes. A competitive Salisbury card, complemented by Yarmouth and Catterick gave plenty for flat fans to…