The passing of Brian Fletcher last month was yet another loss to my generation. He was a great player and a huge if sometimes hard to handle hero. You all know about his three Grand National triumphs but here is another, perhaps slightly more marginal one. And just look who comes second!
Jockeys jumping of yesteryear…!
More Posts
NUNTHORPE STAKES
THE TIMES 26th August 2023 The name fits. Live In The Dream trapped like a startled hare and the straining greyhounds never had the legs
YORKSHIRE OAKS
THE TIMES 25th August 2023 Whose horse is it anyway? On the racecard the ownership of Yorkshire Oaks heroin Warm Heart was listed as the
JUDDMONTE INTERNATIONAL
THE TIMES 24th August 2023 Masterclass is often too strong a word. Not this time, supposedly for one of the very final times, from Frankie
SUSSEX STAKES
THE TIMES 3rd August 2023 Test the mettle. That’s the point of top racing and of all championship sport. On a Goodwood afternoon that battered