Daily Express Racing – Friday 30 August 1985
Historic Horse racing cards from Sandown and Chester on the flat on Friday 30 August 1985. There was a National Hunt meeting at Perth to complete the day. Download QR
Daily Mirror Racing – Wednesday 27 August 1980
Daily Mirror Racing pages from a very busy Wednesday 27 August 1980. Flat cards from Beverley, Bath and Yarmouth were backed up by National Hunt action at Devon & Exeter…
Ebor Day – Wednesday 22 August 1973
Historic horse racing from The Daily Mirror on Ebor Day at York on Wednesday 22 August 1973. Brighton was the supporting flat meeting with jumpers at Devon & Exeter and…
Ebor Day – Wednesday 21 August 1985
40 years ago today was Ebor Wednesday at York. The other three cards that day were in the south: Yarmouth and an evening meeting at Lingfield, with jumpers at Devon…
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…
Daily Mirror Racing – Saturday 18 August 1979
Historic Horse Racing Archive racecards focus on the same weekend of action for the third and final day, as we look at the Daily Mirror pages from Saturday 18 August…
Daily Mirror Racing – Saturday 17 August 1985
Today’s Historic Horse Racing Archive cards look remarkably similar to those in yesterday’s post. However today’s memories come from the Daily Mirror five years later – Saturday 17 August 1985.…
Daily Mirror Racing – Saturday 16 August 1980
Historic Horse Racing archive cards today come from the Daily Mirror – Saturday 16 August 1980. Three televised meetings: Newbury on the Beeb, with Ripon and Wolverhampton on World of…
Daily Mirror Racing – Thursday 14 August 1975
Daily Mirror Racing on Thursday 14 August 1975, and lots of action over both codes. A competitive Salisbury card, complemented by Yarmouth and Catterick gave plenty for flat fans to…
Daily Mirror Racing – Monday 13 August 1990
Daily Mirror Racing on Monday 13 August 1990 captured a typically British summer scene: Windsor hosted the afternoon’s flat card, while firm ground at Worcester led to very small fields…
Daily Mirror – Monday 9 August 1976
Four meetings on Monday 9 August 1976. Flat action at Nottingham and Newcastle, followed by a traditional Monday evening card at Windsor. The long, dry summer led to very small…
Remembering Graham Bradley – 1960-2026
Some people leave behind a record of achievement. Others leave behind memories. The fortunate few leave behind both. I am not qualified to write an obituary to his life. I…
Daily Mirror Racing – Monday 21 June 1971
A bumper afternoon card at Windsor on Monday June 21st 1971 was followed by three evening meetings at Nottingham, Ripon and Edinburgh. Download QR
Daily Mirror – Thursday 19 May 1983
Goodwood on the BBC plus Perth jumpers in the Daily Mirror – Thursday 19 May 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…
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…