70s Focus – Saturday 6 August 1977
Saturday 6 August 1977 featured flat cards at Haydock, Newmarket, Redcar and Lingfield accompanied by NH action at Worcester and Southwell. Download QR
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Saturday 6 August 1977 featured flat cards at Haydock, Newmarket, Redcar and Lingfield accompanied by NH action at Worcester and Southwell. Download QR
Saturday 5 August 1972 saw flat action at Redcar, Newmarket and Lingfield alongside jumping at Southwell. Download QR
Saturday 4 August 1979 saw flat cards at Goodwood, Newmarket, Thirsk and Windsor alongside the start of the jumps season at Market Rasen and Newton Abbot. Download QR
The new NH season kicked-off at Market Rasen and Newton Abbot on Saturday 3 August 1974. The main action was on the flat at Goodwood, Newmarket, Thirsk and Windsor. Download…
Saturday 2 August 1975 saw flat action at Goodwood, Newmarket, Thirsk and Windsor, plus Market Rasen and Newton Abbot to herald the new NH season. Download QR
This month is all about the 70s, and we start with cards from Goodwood, Newmarket, Thirsk and Windsor on the flat, plus new season jumping at Market Rasen and Newton…
Saturday June 26th 1976 was double Derby Day at The Curragh and Gosforth Park. Newmarket, Chepstow, Lingfield and Doncaster completed the day. Download QR
A bumper ten-race card at Salisbury, followed by evening racing at Ripon, provided the sport on Wednesday June 23rd 1976. Download QR
The Gold Cup was the highlight of the final day of Royal Ascot on Saturday June 20th 1970. Redcar’s Andy Capp Handicap card, plus Ayr and an evening card at…
Thursday June 17th 1976 was Ascot Gold Cup day. Beverley, and an evening card at Hamilton Park completed the day. Download QR
It was Royal Hunt Cup day at Royal Ascot on Wednesday June 16th 1971. Catterick in the north was the second meeting on the day. Download QR
The Jubilee Royal Ascot festival kicked off on Tuesday June 14th 1977. Hamilton Park was the day’s other meeting. Download QR
The principal meeting at Newbury was supported by Yarmouth and Beverley on Thursday May 10th 1976. Download QR
Tuesday June 8th 1971 saw pretty mundane fayre at Yarmouth and Hamilton, but there was still plenty to read in the Daily Mirror racing pages. Download QR
Edinburgh, Lingfield and Leicester were the three Monday cards on June 7th 1976. Also, look how cheap holidays were back then! Download QR
Some grand old names in action over flat and NH on a good old fashioned Bank Holiday Monday in the Daily Mirror – 06 June 1977. Redcar and Chepstow were…
Flat action at Lingfield and Hamilton as well as NH at Taunton in the Daily Mirror – Tuesday 31 May 1977. Download QR
Flat cards at Brighton and Yarmouth with a NH meeting at Sedgefield in the Daily Mirror – Thursday 29 May 1975. . Download QR
Haydock and Kempton flat cards with jumpers at Sedgefield and Towcester in the Daily Mirror – Friday 26 May 1978. Download QR
Four meetings under both codes in the Daily Mirror – Wednesday 23 May 1979. Goodwood and Ripon flat cards, plus jumpers at Newton Abbot and Ludlow. Download QR