Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
On this day, 07-04-1973, the legend of Red Rum was born in the most memorable of Grand Nationals. The race will always be remembered for the gallant weight carrying performance of the great Australian chaser, Crisp, surely the best horse to have been beaten in the big race. I have attached the PDF files of the Daily Mirror Grand National pull-out for you to download and keep.
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.