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The brilliant Wayward Lad
Undoubtedly my favourite chaser of all time wins the Lambert and Butler Premier Chase Final on Wednesday February 24th 1982. Part of a great card as you can see below……
Racing on TV through the years
We all love to go racing but the next best thing is watching it on TV. Here’s a look back at some old theme tunes and intros from across the…
Wot no runners?
Today, at Leicester and Kelso respectively, there are 38 and 39 declared runners on each card. Pitiful in my opinion. Sure, there are a couple of decent runners at Kelso,…
Is it worth the weight anymore?
The Randox Health Grand National weights are published tomorrow. However there is no longer the pre-announcement excitement that there used to be when the weights were framed around previous Aintree…
There’s snow stopping Ridley
As Britain seems to be on the verge of panic over the possibility of a bit of winter weather, I am reminded of a day when the snow was simply…
Remember Sleepy Steve?
Whilst going through my archive, searching for a particular race for someone, I found this little gem of a tale that made the front page of the dailies back in…
On this day in 1977
I first got into horse racing when I became transfixed with the glorious and magnificent Red Rum. My first memory of him is watching my mother kick the TV screen…