Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
One of the best things about my hobby is finding cards from defunct racecourses. Yes, Wolverhampton still exists, but not as it was, but to see a racecard from a course like Wye is a real treat. I was only 4 on January 8th 1973, and the course closed in June 1975, so I missed out on any chance of adding it to my list of visited tracks.
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.