News By Graham Buddry
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 2 years agoMANIFESTO WAS A TRUE CHAMPION
Graham Buddry looks back at the National record of the 1890s favourite, as well as other Aintree legends It’s that time...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 years agoIT’S NOT JUST HORSES FOR COURSES – IT’S JOCKEYS TOO!
Graham Buddry takes a look at the key riders chasing Festival glory again this year Cheltenham comes but once a year,...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 2 years agoTHE JACK OF ALL TRADES
Graham Buddry looks back on the career of a Champion Hurdler of the 1920s Brown Jack Almost lost in the passing...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 2 years agoA PERFECT FIT FOR ALL
Graham Buddry looks back at the career of top jumper Young Snugfit While the general public can build a certain affinity...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 2 years agoFLY GAVE US ALL A BUZZ
Graham Buddry looks back on the career of an unlikely hero Hurricane Fly When you consider all the great horses that...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 3 years agoFly gave us all a buzz
Graham Buddry looks back on the career of an unlikely hero When you consider all the great horses that have come...
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Racing Ahead
/ 3 years agoTITUS RULED THE JUMPS
Graham Buddry looks back at a horse whose unusual style brought him much reward Racehorses are sometimes named after great human...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 3 years agoMIESQUE WAS SIMPLY MAGIC OVER A MILE
Graham Buddry looks back at a flying filly who conquered all In the mid 1980’s, racing was blessed with some superb...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 3 years agoALLEGED WAS AN UNWANTED HERO TO BE
Graham Buddry tells how a bargain buy became a superstar When a racehorse achieves a standard that puts it into the...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 3 years agoMill reef finally doused the firechat
Graham Buddry looks back at a colt who ended a legacy At the start of each new flat season, trainers harbour...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 3 years agoKINCSEM WAS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME
Graham Buddry looks back on a record that will never be beaten Kincsem The modern thoroughbred is so carefully nurtured, pampered,...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 3 years agoESTIMATE FINALLY ENDED ROYALS’ WAIT FOR SUCCESS
Graham Buddry says the Monarchy have had to be patient at Ascot The Aristocracy is primarily responsible for the emergence of...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 3 years agoTHE TETRARCH WAS SIMPLY A JOY TO BEHOLD
Graham Buddry looks back on the career of an all-time great Asa new flat racing season gets fully under way we...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 3 years agoLAST FENCE HORROR FOR GOLD CUP HERO
Graham Buddry remembers the ill-fated Forgive ‘n’ Forget Forgive ‘n’ Forget (No.6) battles at the last before finishing third in the...
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Racing Ahead
/ 3 years agoRACHEL’S THE HURDLES SPECIALIST
Graham Buddry with his expert analysis of riders to follow – and avoid! As regular readers of Racing Ahead know, I...
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Racing Ahead
/ 3 years agoBIG BUCK’S WAS A BIG TALENT – EVENTUALLY!
Graham Buddry remembers the mighty staying hurdler If only is probably the saddest phrase in the human lexicon, normally describing a...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 years agoBREGAWN LED HOME THE DICKINSON FIVE
Graham Buddry remembers Bregawn In any other stable he would have been hailed as the flag bearer, the best in the...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 4 years agoMAD, BAD AND DANGEROUSLY TALENTED
Graham Buddry remembers the great Flyingbolt Strangely the best horses have often been neighbours in the same stable. Pendil and Bula,...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 years agoRYANAIR WAS MADE FOR FONDMORT
Graham Buddry remembers the spring-heeled chaser Graham Buddry Anyone who saw it remembers Fondmort’s incredible leap at the last fence in...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 years agoTHIS POLLY WAS A VERY CLEVER GIRL
Graham Buddry remembers the amazing Pretty Polly Since 1962 Newmarket racecourse has staged a race named after Pretty Polly, but who...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 4 years agoTHE TATLING RACED ON IN HIS 15TH YEAR
Graham Buddry remembers the remarkable horse who ran 176 times Many horses featured in these pages have been exemplary beasts who...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 4 years agoNATHANIEL GAVE FRANKEL CLOSEST RACE
Graham Buddry remembers Gosden’s Galileo colt By any standards Nathaniel was a champion although luck was never on his side.The son...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 4 years agoGENEROUS HONOURED AT EPSOM
Graham Buddry remembers the outstanding 1991 Derby winner Many racecourses and equine centres have lifesize statues of famous racehorses which have...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 4 years agoCECIL DYNASTY BEGAN WITH BUCKSKIN
Graham Buddry remembers Henry Cecil’s great stayers In the late 1970’s there were fewer horses to challenge the masters of the...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 4 years agoSUPER SCEPTRE RUN RAGGED BY TRAINER
Graham Buddry remembers a hard-working, brilliant filly TThere are five English Classics which resonate throughout the racing world. Their standing is...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 4 years agoFAIRYTALE OF ADANITI AND CHAMPION
Graham Buddry retells the amazing story of the 1981 National Despite their size and strength horses are incredibly fragile. Thin, spindly...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 4 years agoDARTMOOR AIR WAS AN ELIXIR FOR MAC VIDI
Graham Buddry remembers the ageless chaser Graham Buddry There comes a time in life when you’ve done enough, had enough and...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 years agoJOCKEYS TO BACK – AND TO AVOID!
Graham Buddry with his expert assessment of the Festival riders Graham Buddry For a number of years now I have written...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 4 years agoRYANAIR CHASE WAS MADE FOR THIS STAR
Graham Buddry remembers Pegwell Bay Graham Buddry The Two Mile Champion Chase and the Cheltenham Gold Cup are two of the...
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Racing Ahead
/ 5 years agoTHIS ROSE ONLY BLOOMED WHEN HE WANTED
YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers the career of Derring Rose Until recently the long distance staying hurdlers were a generally maligned...