Daily Mirror – Wednesday 30 April 1980
The Sagaro Stakes at Ascot, followed by huge fields at Cheltenham’s Hunter Chase meeting, made for an entertaining day and evening on Wednesday April 30th 1980. Download QR
Daily Mirror – Friday 19 March 1976 – Lingfield – Uttoxeter
Lingfield and Uttoxeter cards on Friday 19 March 1976, plus reports and news from the Cheltenham Festival. Download QR
Daily Mirror – Saturday 18 March 1978 – Midnight Court
Midnight Court sought consolation for the abandonment of the Gold Cup at Chepstow on Saturday 18 March 1978. Cards at Newcastle, Lingfield and Uttoxeter filled out the day. Download QR
Daily Mirror – Friday 16 March 1979 – Chepstow
Chepstow was the sole meeting on Friday 16 March 1979, the day after Alverton won the Gold Cup at the festival. Download QR
Daily Mirror – Friday 15 March 1985 – Lingfield
Lingfield was the principal meeting on Friday 15 March 1985. Wolverhampton and Fakenham were the other post-Cheltenham cards that day. Download QR
Daily Mirror – Saturday 13 March 1976 – Imperial Cup
Imperial Cup day at Sandown means one thing – it’s the Saturday before Cheltenham. 23 March 1976 featured the main event at Sandown, plus cards at Chepstow, Ayr and Sedgefield.…
Daily Mirror – Friday 24 February 1984
Kempton Park and Southwell were the two offerings on Friday 24 February 1984. Download QR
Merry Christmas – Sea Pigeon 1981 Champion Hurdle
Here’s a bonus race, simply because I couldn’t decide what the last advent calendar post should be. You can choose from this and tomorrow’s option. The 1981 Champion Hurdle confirmed…
Advent Calendar #21 – 1983 Cheltenham Gold Cup
The 1983 Cheltenham Gold Cup remains one of the most extraordinary and poignant chapters in National Hunt history, remembered forever as “Dickinson’s Famous Five.” Trained by the meticulous and visionary…
Advent Calendar #13 – 1993 Cheltenham Gold Cup
The 1993 Cheltenham Gold Cup produced a hugely popular winner in Jodami, the big, powerful chaser trained in the north by Peter Beaumont at his tiny North Yorkshire yard. A…
Advent Calendar #10 – 1994 Champion Chase
The 1994 Queen Mother Champion Chase showcased the explosive brilliance of Viking Flagship, a horse whose raw pace, aggression and iron will made him one of the outstanding chasers of…
Advent Calendar #6 – 1984 Champion Chase
Badsworth Boy stands alone in Champion Chase history. Trained by Michael Dickinson and later his mother Monica, the fiery chestnut possessed blistering speed, accuracy at his fences, and a competitive…
Advent Calendar #2 1989 Champion Hurdle
Beech Road was one of the most unlikely Champion Hurdle winners of the modern era, a tough, late-maturing hurdler who rose rapidly through the ranks for trainer Toby Balding. Initially…
Gold Cup Day – Thursday 19 March 1981
Little Owl and Jim Wilson had their day in the sun on Thursday 19 March 1981, when they won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in terrific style to complete a wonderful…
Daily Mirror – Thursday 15 March 1979
Another mudbath for Gold Cup Day at Cheltenham on Thursday 15 March 1979. The ill-fated Alverton triumphant after the unlucky departure of the brave Tied Cottage. Hexham was the second…
Cheltenham Gold Cup Day – Friday 14 March 2008
Not as far back in time as usual for this site, but I thought you may be interested in the Daily Express pages from Gold Cup Day – Friday 14…
Cheltenham Gold Cup Day – Thursday 13 March 1997
Today we look back at the Cheltenham Festival in the Daily Express for a change, with the pullout for Gold Cup Day on 13 March 1997, including the supporting cards…
Cheltenham Festival Day Two – Wednesday 12 March 1980
Another muddy Festival in 1980 saw some desperately tired horses coming up the famous Cheltenham hill. Here is the card from Wednesday 12 March, plus the meeting at Stockton. Download…
Cheltenham Festival Day One – Tuesday 11 March 1975
Back in 1975 the Champion Chase was the highlight of the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival. However it was a mudbath that year which led to the first day…
NH Legends: Badsworth Boy – Triple Champion Chaser
Today we celebrate another NH Legend as Cheltenham fast approaches. Badsworth Boy (19 March 1975 – October 2002) completed a hat-trick from 1983 to 1985 in the Queen Mother Champion…