Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
December 1976 was a bad one for British racing weatherwise, as the long hot summer gave way to a harsh winter with many cards lost to the elements. What a shame that this outstanding Ascot card was abandoned. The standard of declarations was superb. Here are the racing cuttings from that day in the Daily Mirror of 18-12-1976.
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.