Desert Orchid attempted to follow up his gutsy victory at Cheltenham on the opening day of the 1989 Grand National meeting. Liverpool and Hamilton cards from Thursday 6 April 1989.
Daily Mirror – Thursday 6 April 1989
BySteve
6 April 2026
Racing Mirror 06-04-89
BySteve
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.