Exploring the people, history and issues that shaped British horse racing. .
Daily Mirror 21-04-1979Some wonderful old names were in action on a terrific day’s sport over both codes on Saturday April 21st 1979. The highlights being the Scottish Grand National at Ayr and the Greenham Stakes at Newbury. thirsk and jumping at Bangor and Worcester rounded off the day.
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.