A fascinating day as Kempton hosted the USA jockeys team for their challenge against a GB side. Meanwhile, there was a superb NH card at Cheltenham, plus Hexham on Wednesday 21 October 1981.
Mirror Racing – Wednesday 21 October 1981
BySteve
21 October 2025
BySteve
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.