Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
DM 09-08-76Four 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 fields over jumps, as demonstrated by the Worcester card. Grand National three time winner Brian Fletcher’s retirement from the saddle was also in the news that day.
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.