Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
Daily Mirror 13-02-1982A superb array of names in action on Schweppes Gold Trophy day at Newbury on Saturday February 13th 1982. Ayr and Catterick were equally competitive on a fantastic day of National Hunt action, which also featured championship races in Ireland at Leopardstown, and flat from South Africa.
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.