Racing Mirror – Saturday 6 September 1980
Racing Mirror pages from Saturday 6 September 1980. Three flat cards at Haydock, Kempton and Thirsk, with the Vernon’s Sprint Cup being the highlight. A competitive Hereford NH card completed…
Daily Mirror Racing – Saturday 1 September 1984
Historic racing from 1984 in the Daily Mirror. Saturday 1 September saw flat cards at Goodwood, Chester and Ripon. The two jumps cards at Hereford and Perth suffered very small…
Bank Holiday Racing – Saturday 24 August 1974
Bank Holiday weekend began with a very busy day on the turf on Saturday 24 August 1974, with flat action at Goodwood, Newmarket and Newcastle backed up by jumping at…
Lockinge Stakes – Saturday 15 May 1976
Saturday 15 May 1976 was Lockinge Stakes day at Newbury, as well as the Irish 2000 Guineas at The Curragh. Thirsk, Hamilton, Newcastle and Hereford were the supporting meetings. Download…
1000 Guineas Day – Thursday 1 May 1980
The first classics herald the real start of the flat season. Thursday 1 May 1 1980 was 1000 Guineas Day at Newmarket. Jumpers at Sedgefield and Hereford rounded off the…
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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 – Wednesday 30 January 1985
Windsor and Hereford cards from the Mirror on Wednesday 30 January 1985. Download QR
Racing Mirror – Friday 6 January 1984
Some grand old names in action at Haydock on Friday 6 January 1984. Hereford was the second meeting of the day. Download QR
Daily Mirror Racing – Saturday 25 August 1979
Saturday 25 August 1979 saw meetings on the flat at Ascot, Newmarket, Newcastle and Windsor (eve). The rest of the day comprised of jumps cards at Market Rasen, Hereford and…
Daily Mirror – Wednesday 23 May 1990
Goodwood plus Hereford over the jumps where the novice chase had what turned out to be a couple of very good horses. Download QR
Daily Mirror – Wednesday 17 May 1995
Dante Day at York, plus jumping at Hereford, with evening cards at Huntingdon and Perth in the Daily Mirror – Wednesday 17 May 1995. Download QR
Daily Mirror – Thursday 4 May 1978
All eyes were on Newmarket for the 1000 Guineas on Thursday 4 May 1978. Devon & Exeter and Hereford jumpers completed the programme for the day. Download QR
Daily Mirror – Thursday 3 May 1979
Thursday 3 May 1979 was a pivotal day in British history as the General Election that day saw Mrs Thatcher sweep to power. In other news, it was 1000 Guineas…
Grand National Day – Saturday 3 April 1982
The 1982 Grand National was attritional, but the favourite, Grittar, survived the carnage to take the honours. Hereford, Edinburgh and Salisbury were the other meetings on Saturday 3 April. The…
Daily Mirror – Saturday 3 March 1984
Ten years on from yesterday’s post and another great Saturday of NH racing as big guns were out at four meetings. Only Newbury and Haydock were televised with Market Rasen…
Daily Mirror – Saturday 2 March 1974
Four televised meetings on a terrific Saturday featuring Red Rum and Bula among others at Newbury, Haydock, Market Rasen, Hereford and Kelso on 2 March 1974. Download QR
Daily Mirror – Wednesday 3 February 1982
Wednesday 3 February 1982 saw a decent card at Windsor and a punters nightmare at Hereford, where a card of 9 races with huge fields throughout provided a tricky day…