Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
DM 10-08-83It wasn’t the most exhilarating day’s racing on paper, but punters had plenty of puzzles to crack at both Salisbury and Catterick on Wednesday 10 August 1983. An early season appearance by the great John Francome provided a bonus for racegoers at Fontwell Park.
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.