Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
The Schweppes Gold Trophy was the big race at Newbury on Saturday February 11th 1984, but the support races provided some great fields with many big names. Ayr and Catterick made up the rest of the racing with some competitive fields, and the odd superstar thrown in for good measure.
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.