Daily Mirror – Tuesday 19 August 1975
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…
Advent Calendar #15 – 1977 Derby
The 1977 Derby Stakes at Epsom delivered a gripping, almost chaotic renewal that crowned The Minstrel as a colt of outstanding courage. Trained by Vincent O’Brien and ridden by Lester…
Advent Calendar #8 – 1985 Derby
Slip Anchor produced one of the most devastating Epsom Derby performances of the modern era when he stormed to victory in 1985. Trained by Sir Henry Cecil for Lord Howard…
Derby Day, Grundy 04-06-1975
The 1975 Derby is the first that I remember from childhood. On June 4th Grundy and the late genius, Pat Eddery took the spoils before going on to the legendary…
Derby Day, Shergar 03-06-1981
Today’s classic Derby goes back exactly 40 years ago today to June 3rd 1981, when possibly the most impressive winner of my lifetime galloped his rivals into the ground. All…
Derby Day, Mill Reef 02-06-1971
Day two of our look back at classic Derby’s in the media takes us to Wednesday June 2nd 1971. It is exactly 50 years to the day since the legendary…
Derby Day, The Minstrel 01-06-1977
This week is dedicated to the Derby Stakes, and Wednesday June 1st 1977 was my favourite renewal. Here are the Daily Mirror pages of the day that saw the ‘Maestro’…