The weather played havoc in the winter of 1979, but the Lanzarote Hurdle at Kempton went ahead on January 20th, and was won by a young 7lb claimer who went on to great things as a flat jockey. Haydock was the second card that Saturday.
Daily Mirror 20-01-1979
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.