Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
We continue our build up to the Randox Health Grand National by looking back at the Daily Express of Saturday April 6th 1991. The Grand National was a thriller where Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Garrison Savannah looked like pulling off a famous double until the 494 yard run-in ensured that Mark Pitman suffered the same heartbreak as his father did 18 years prior, being caught close home by Seagram and Nigel Hawke, giving West Country trainer David Barons a famous victory.
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.