Introducing into the class of 2021
RACING POST, 11 September 2021 ‘Three “horses of the century” in just two years – we couldn’t believe our luck’ Racing Post Full Article
RACING POST, 11 September 2021 ‘Three “horses of the century” in just two years – we couldn’t believe our luck’ Racing Post Full Article
One of racing most heroic supporters was cremated at Bierton, near Aylesbury, yesterday. Ivan Newton Edwards was 66 when he died last month, after 45… Read More »IVAN NEWTON EDWARDS RIP
6 July 2019 Nobody has ever delivered a broadcasting brief as completely as John McCririck. He was brought in to liven up the racing scene –… Read More »Something between a messiah and wrecking ball
Sometimes there can be a happy ending. The light was fading as they swept down the hill, but a beacon of hope shone from the… Read More »Cheltenham 2019: Brough Scott reflects on a memorable week at the festival
By 7.45 on Tuesday morning an independent-looking grey gelding with four RRs (refused to race) to his name had been among the 30-strong Gordon Elliott team already… Read More »Magical Moments from Four Outstanding Days – Brough Scott
August 7th 1961 – December 12th 2016 Cleeve Hill was the place to ponder the bad news yesterday morning. For of all the old sweats… Read More »Walter Swinburn obituary
The fame of winning the last two Grand Nationals and being tipped to become the first rider to land three in a row has brought… Read More »Leighton Aspell – Three in a row?
Just when you think you could never pick up another book on the First World War, along comes a new one that you can’t put… Read More »Horses of the Great War by John Fairley
The 1966 Cheltenham Gold Cup was unique. It was not so much a horserace as a public Mass to worship Arkle, complete with a collective… Read More »ARKLE AT CHELTENHAM 1966
It was hard to believe how fast they were going. After all those squelching months of winter the runners for that first race at Cheltenham… Read More »CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL REVIEW