Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
Towcester 05-11-83The November Handicap signalled the end of the flat season on Saturday 5 November 1983, but industrial action meant Doncaster and a good NH card at Chepstow weren’t televised. Meanwhile, fields at Sandown, Catterick and Towcester were affected by firm ground.
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.