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…
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…
Ebor Day – Wednesday 23 August 1989
Ebor Day at York on Wednesday 23 August 1989. Supporting meetings were at Yarmouth (I wonder what happened to the Michael Barrymore Handicap?), and Fontwell over the sticks. Download QR
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…
Ebor Day – Wednesday 20 August 1980
The Ebor was always better on a Wednesday. Then again, most things in racing have changed in a depressing way. Yarmouth, and Devon jumpers completed the day. Download QR
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 – Saturday 15 August 1987
Saturday 15 August 1987 saw flat action at Newbury and Ripon, alongside Bangor over the sticks in the afternoon. Then Lingfield, Wolverhampton and jumpers at Market Rasen provided the evening…
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 – Saturday 12 August 1972
Eleven televised races for couch dwellers to savour on Saturday 12 August 1972. Four contests from the Summer Cup card at Newbury on the BBC, plus seven races from Ripon…
Daily Express Racing – Tuesday 11 August 1981
The Daily Express racing pages from Tuesday 11 August 1981. The fare wasn’t of the highest standard, although this didn’t mean it was uncompetitive with big fields at all three…
Daily Mirror – Wednesday 10 August 1983
It wasn’t the most exhilarating day’s racing on paper, but punters had plenty of puzzles to crack at both Salisbury and Catterick on Wednesday 10 August 1983. An early season…
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…
Daily Mirror – Tuesday 8 August 1978
Newcastle, Folkestone and Nottingham on Tuesday 8 August 1978. Apologies for the poor scan, it wasn’t me! Download QR
Daily Mirror – Wednesday 7 August 1991
Brighton and Pontefract plus jumpers at Devon in the afternoon, followed by an evening card at Kempton on Wednesday 7 August 1991. Download QR