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24th February 1968 on Grandstand
Racing from Lingfield Park , commentary by Clive Graham and Peter Bromley
200 – Horley Novices Hurdle (Div 1) 2M
230 – Jerry M Handicap Chase 2 1/2M
300 – Manifesto Handicap Chase 3M
330 – RA Sassoon Memorial Hunters Chase 3MWorld of Sport ITV7 on February 23rd 1974
From Stratford introduced by John Oaksey and John Rickman at Teeside Park
Commentary by John Penney at Stratford and Graham Goode at Teeside Park
130 Stratford – Perseverance Novice Hurdle (Div 1) 2M
145 Teeside – Bisdale Novices Chase 2M
200 Stratford – Goya Hunters Chase 3M 2 1/2F
215 Teesdale – Vaux Breweries Great Teeside Handicap Chase 3M
230 Stratford – Ladbrokes Caesars Palace Handicap Hurdle 2M
245 Teeside – Joe Coral Handicap Hurdle 2m 1/2F
300 Stratford – Swan Handicap Hurdle 2MI remember New Halen running at Plumpton in a maiden chase with my money on it at Plumpton in April 1989 and getting beat, I’m sure there were at least 2 divisions of the maiden too.
Then it popped up at the festival a while later without me putting a penny on it !!
The ITV 7 from February 20th 1971
Introduced by John Rickman (Newcastle) & John Lawrence (Nottingham)
Commentary by John Penney (Newcastle) & Bob Haynes (Nottingham)130 Newcastle – Pike Hunters Chase 3M
145 Nottingham – Radcliffe Novices Hurdle (Div.1) 2 3/4M
200 Newcastle – Minnow Novice Hurdle 2M
215 Nottingham – Skegness Jolly Fisherman Novices Chase 3M
230 Newcastle – Trout Chase 3M
245 Nottingham – Mark Lane Handicap Hurdle 2 3/4M
300 Newcastle – Chubb Handicap Hurdle 3MWorld of Sport from 1965 on February 20th
Racing from Catterick presented by John Rickman , commentary by Tony Cooke and Ken Butler
130 Brough Novices Hurdle 2M
230 Grand National Trial Handicap Chase 3 3/4M
300 Aske Handicap Hurdle 2MGrandstand from February 17th 1990 featured 3 races from Chepstow
100 – Steel Plate and Sections Novice Chase Qualifier 2M
130 – John Hughes Grand National Trial Handicap Chase 3M 6F
200 – Weathercall Rising Stars Steeplechase 2 1/2Mand after the rugby at 400 from Leopardstown O’Brien Gold Cup 3M
Just been looking through some old TV Times mags in relation to these memories, the ITV 7 on World of Sport on 16/2/85 featured
145 Newcastle – Bloodstock and Insurance Brokers Handicap Chase 2 1/2M
200 Nottingham – Bonusprint Handicap Chase 3M
215 Newcastle – Vaux Brewerie Novice Chase Final (Limited Handicap) 3M
230 Nottingham – Holsten Pils City Trial Hurdle (Limited Handicap) 2M
245 Newcastle – Mercedes Benz Eider Handicap Chase 4M 1F
300 Nottingham – Nottinghamshire Novices Chase 2M
310 Leopardstown – Wessel Cable Champion Hurdle 2MCommentators Graham Goode, John Penney, Michael O’Hehir and Tony Sweeney
Introduced by Derek Thomson (Newcastle) & Brough Scott (Nottingham)
Was it the ground or the Altior race but a shame to see him end up knackered and on the deck
19 runner novice chases over 3M 1F, those were the days now we’re lucky to get double figures
Great read , so many names I’d forgotten about. Due to my work I used to go racing mid week as I worked weekends and it’s so true what has happened to these meetings
They need to do things differently than what happens now to make an impact such as races over different distances like a 6F hurdle race or handicaps like dog races with horses getting lengths starts on others with the best off scratch, instead of copying be innovative and try something new
They seem confident of the meeting going ahead despite the weather although will be omitting the 4th down the back and one down the home straight, hope it doesn’t end up like Exeter on Monday as you may as well abandon it
Doesn’t look like any significant rain coming in the next week so BDM won’t be getting anything like heavy ground come next Tuesday , Might Bite must be a certainty now
