Daily Mirror – Saturday 25 April 1981
Whitbread Gold Cup Day at Sandown on Saturday 25 April 1981. Leicester, Beverley, Market Rasen and Bangor provided supporting cards. Download QR
Daily Mirror – Tuesday 24 April 1973
Epsom and Warwick flat cards plus Chepstow, Uttoxeter and Wetherby jumpers from Tuesday 24 April 1973. Download QR
Daily Mirror – Saturday 23 April 1977
Whitbread Gold Cup Day at Sandown, plus Midlands National at Uttoxeter, Thirsk and Hexham on Saturday 23 April 1977. Download QR
Whitbread Gold Cup & Midlands National – Saturday 22 April 1978
The Whitbread Gold Cup at Sandown took centre stage, whilst it was Midlands National Day at Uttoxeter, on Saturday April 22nd 1978. Thirsk, Leicester and Hexham were the other cards.…
Scottish National & Greenham Day – Saturday 21 April 1979
Some wonderful old names were in action on a terrific day’s sport over both codes on Saturday April 21st 1979. The highlights being the Scottish Grand National at Ayr and…
Daily Mirror – Saturday 20 April 1991
Scottish National Day at Ayr, plus Newbury and supporting cards on Saturday 20 April 1991. Download QR
Daily Mirror – Wednesday 19 April 1978
Newmarket plus Pontefract, Perth and huge fields at Ludlow on Wednesday 19 April 1978. Download QR
Daily Mirror – Saturday 18 April 1970
Lots of action to reflect upon from Saturday 18 April 1970. A low key Scottish National card at Ayr was overshadowed by excellent flat racing at Ascot and Thirsk. Hexham…
Daily Mirror – Thursday 17 April 1986
Big fields at Cheltenham. Newmarket was also televised, plus Perth jumpers on Thursday 17 April 1986. Download QR
Daily Mirror – Wednesday 16 April 1980
The Earl of Sefton Stakes took centre stage at Newmarket on Wednesday April 16th 1980. Haydock and Hamilton, plus a jumps card at Ludlow completed the day. Download QR
A Dark Day at Ayr – Daily Mirror – Saturday 15 April 1978
What should have been a glorious day on Scottish National Day at Ayr on Saturday 15 April 1978 turned into a nightmare with the loss of the brilliant Golden Cygnet.…
Daily Mirror – Saturday 14 April 1984
The Scottish National at Ayr was the highlight on Saturday 14 April 1984. The John Porter Stakes card at Newbury was also televised while Thirsk, Stratford and Bangor filled out…
Daily Mirror – Wednesday 12 April 1989
Huge fields on a terrific televised Ascot jumping card, plus flat at Ayr and Ripon on Wednesday 12 April 1989. Download QR
Scottish Grand National – Saturday 11 April 1987
A smaller than usual field gathered at Ayr for the Scottish Grand National on Saturday 11 April 1987. It was John Porter day at Newbury on the flat with other…
Daily Mirror – Wednesday 13 April 1983
Top quality action over both codes at Newmarket, Ascot and Haydock, along with Hamilton, on Wednesday 13 April 1983. Download QR
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Grand National Day – Saturday 10 April 1999
Lots to read in the Daily Mirror on Saturday 10 April 1999. A full colour pullout featuring all the Grand National build-up and all the cards from the meetings at…
Grand National Day – Saturday 9 April 1988 – Liverpool
Grand National Day, and what a great race it was on Saturday 9 April 1988. Lingfield and jumpers at Hereford were the other cards. Download QR
Daily Mirror – Saturday 8 April 1978 – Lincoln Day
The Lincoln at Doncaster came the weekend after the Grand National in 1978, and was the principal meeting on Saturday 8 April. Newbury and Hexham had televised jumping action, while…
Daily Mirror – Friday 7 April 1995
Racing was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons on Friday 7 April 1995. Aintree was centrestage for the second day of the Grand National festival. Flat cards at…
Daily Mirror – Thursday 6 April 1989
Desert Orchid attempted to follow up his gutsy victory at Cheltenham on the opening day of the 1989 Grand National meeting. Liverpool and Hamilton cards from Thursday 6 April 1989.…