Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
Daily Mirror Racing 19-08-75Historic Horse Racing archive cards from the opening day of the Ebor meeting at York on Tuesday August 1975. Although the fields weren’t large, quality over quantity was clearly the case with some superstars in action on Knavesmire. The dual Derby and Oaks winners, Grundy and Juliette Marny were the headline attractions. High class animals Dahlia – and subsequent Arc winner – the German trained Star Appeal – ensured a wonderful day’s racing.
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.