Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
Today I give you the corresponding Saturday to the 1983 one I shared yesterday, but this time from Saturday January 23rd 1982. Once again the quality, and quantity, of the racing is outstanding. Back then betting provided far more value than we get today, and it was – in my opinion – a far more enjoyable sport. Golden days indeed…
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.