Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
Today’s historic racecards alluded to the sad demise of Nottingham as a jumping track. A decision as puzzling to me today as it was then. Look at how many runners were declared at the final meeting on February 29th 1996! The last race was won by Dominie, for Kim Bailey, ridden by a young 3lb claimer called Timmy Murphy!
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.