Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
Daily Express - Tuesday 11 August 1981The 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 meetings. Newcastle was the principal afternoon card with the now defunct Folkestone in support. Racegoers who went to the evening meet at Nottingham were treated to plenty of runners to punt on.
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.