Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
An absolute treat today as we look back at Saturday 16 October 1982. It was Champion Stakes and Cesarewitch Day at Newmarket, while the Charisma Gold Cup at Kempton reminded us that the National Hunt season was getting into top gear. Bangor jumpers were on the BBC, with Market Rasen and Kelso also hosting NH cards. Catterick completed the day with their season finale.
Steve Bradley is the man behind this project, an unashamedly nostalgic website dedicated to horse racing’s golden days of the past, featuring vintage racecards, clippings and news stories plucked from the newspapers of the day. A devotee of horse racing’s halcyon days from the 1960s to the 1990s, Steve caught the racing bug as a small boy living near Catterick racecourse, where he was lucky enough to see the great Red Rum in action in the 1970s. He has undertaken private research commissions for various figures within the racing industry. Away from racing he enjoys spending time with his retired greyhound, bar billiards, music, TV, films, reading and travel.