Cheltenham Festival 16-18 March 1982
Our last Cheltenham flashback this week looks at the ultra competitive 1982 festival. Big fields were the order every day, despite the heavy going. A record field of 22 lined…
Cheltenham Festival 12-14 March 1974
Today we go way back to the 1974 Cheltenham Festival. This is too far back in time for even me to remember, although some of the great horses in action…
Cheltenham Festival 13-15 March 1984
If 1983 was the best, the 1984 Cheltenham Festival comes a close second. Memorable for the triumphs of Dawn Run and Burrough Hill Lad, the meeting featured the cream of…
Cheltenham Festival 11-13 March 1986
Today we lookback at the 1986 Cheltenham Festival. The week was made famous by the great mare, Dawn Run, snatching the Gold Cup from a gallant Wayward Lad. I strongly…
Cheltenham Festival 15-17 March 1983
Today we look back at my personal favourite festival, 1983. Yes, the Famous Five – a feat of training as yet unsurpassed – and in my opinion, unlikely to be…
Cheltenham Festival 14-16 March 1978
Let’s get the Cheltenham juices flowing with a week of Festival time travel, starting with the first request, 1978. The meeting didn’t end in the way everyone wanted, but who…
Daily Mirror Racing 13-03-1982
A gold star for anyone who can tell me why the 1982 Imperial Cup wasn’t held at Sandown? A paltry field of seven went to post on Saturday March 13th.…
Daily Mirror Racing 12-03-1977
We continue our look back at historical Imperial Cup weekends by revisiting Saturday March 12th 1977. Notable in that many future star chasers were in action across the three cards…
Daily Mirror Racing 11-03-1978
Imperial Cup day again at Sandown, this time from Saturday March 11th 1978. Ayr was also on ITV whilst Chepstow was televised by the BBC. Doncaster and Bangor completed a…
Daily Mirror Racing 10-03-1979
An unusually small field gathered for the Imperial Cup at Sandown on Saturday March 10th 1979, however there was still a great days racing at the Esher course. Chepstow, Ayr…
Daily Mirror Racing 09-03-1985
Saturday March 9th 1985 was Imperial Cup day at Sandown, and was televised on ITV along with Ayr. Chepstow featured on BBC Grandstand, with Doncaster completing the line-up on the…
Daily Mirror Racing 08-03-1980
Imperial Cup day at Sandown is a sure signal that Cheltenham is approaching fast. On this day HRH The Prince of Wales made his first appearance in a steeplechase, while…
Daily Express Racing 07-03-1984
A good old fashioned midweek day’s jumping on Wednesday March 7th 1984 at Catterick and Bangor. Not a floodlit sand track in sight! Download QR Share with friends
Daily Mirror Racing 06-03-1976
Haydock’s televised Greenall Whitley Chase took centre stage on Saturday March 6th 1976, and featured both Red Rum and subsequent Gold Cup winner Royal Frolic. Market Rasen and Hereford were…
Daily Mirror Racing 05-03-1983
Can you imagine the Cheltenham Gold Cup favourite, having already had five races this season, having a final warm-up by giving away lumps of weight in a handicap at Hereford…
Daily Mirror Racing 04-03-1978
A breathtaking array of stars from the late 70s illuminated the cards at Haydock, Newbury, Hereford and Market Rasen on Saturday March 4th 1978. Red Rum was in action in…
Daily Mirror Racing 03-03-1979
Saturday March 3rd 1979 presented a feast of National Hunt action at Newbury, Haydock, Hereford and Market Rasen. Big names scattered around all four meetings on the kind of Saturday…
Daily Express Racing 02-03-1985
You couldn’t imagine a better Saturday’s National Hunt Racing than March 2nd 1985. I’ll leave it to you to pore through the big names, as many horses were having their…
Daily Mirror Racing 01-03-1980
March started with a bang on Saturday 1st in 1980. The Greenall Whitley Chase at Haydock Park took centre stage, with the Philip Cornes sponsored card at Newbury also on…
Daily Mirror Racing 29-02-1980
There’s no February 29th this year, but there was in 1980, when the rescheduled Embassy Premier Chase final was held at Haydock. That Friday there was also racing at Newbury…