News By Graham Buddry
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Racing Ahead
/ 5 years agoMAVERICK WHO STOPPED WHEN HE HIT FRONT
Graham Buddry remembers the ‘colourful’ career of Little Bay Gordon Richards was named by his father after the champion Flat jockey...
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/ 5 years agoNICHOLLS KNEW HIS STAR WAS STILL SHINING
YESTERDAY'S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers the indomitable Kauto Star Very occasionally racing comes across a truly exceptional talent who ignites admiration,...
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 5 years agoVICIOUS, BUT MOONAX WAS A WINNER
YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers Barry Hill’s problem horse We have all witnessed racehorses with a cantankerous streak in them, a...
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/ 5 years agoHOW LINCOLN RACE SPARKED BOARD GAME
YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry explains the 12 horses immortalised by Totopoly Anyone who knows anything about racing has heard of Ribot,...
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/ 5 years agoHENRY CECIL’S GREAT GREY BATTLESHIP
YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers the mighty Indian Skimmer At the astonishing height of his considerable training powers Henry Cecil had...
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/ 5 years agogrand old duke lived his dream
Graham Buddry on Aintree’s glorious amateurs In the days when the Grand National was a real test of courage of both...
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/ 5 years agoFAMILY PET WHO WON GOLD CUP
YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers the well-named Jodami IIf you could sum up what jump racing is all about in just...
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Featured
/ 5 years agoDEFI DU SEUIL CAN MAINTAIN MY RECORD
GRAHAM BUDDRY Graham Buddry looks back on last year’s Cheltenham to make his predictions for this one To say the 2019...
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/ 5 years agoA HORSE FOR ALMOST EVERY DISTANCE
YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry recalls the amazingly versatile Monkerhostin Graham Buddry From the earliest days when one man with a horse...
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/ 6 years agoTHE JUMPS STAR TRAINED BY STOUTE
YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers Triple Crown champion Kribensis If you think of that master Flat trainer, Sir Michael Stoute, and...
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/ 6 years agoHERO OF THE CHELTENHAM DOUBLE
Graham Buddry remembers Fifty Dollars More One of history’s forgotten horses, although he won his own place in racing folklore, is...
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/ 6 years agoTHE TANK WAS BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE
YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers the mighty Denman In 2005 Denman ran for the first time, winning a three mile maiden...
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/ 6 years agoHILLS’ BARGAIN BUY WAS PURE GOLD
YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers Arc hero Rheingold Few trainers have ever been so canny as Barrington Hills, more commonly known...
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News
/ 6 years agoSO JUST WHO DID WRITE THESE BOOKS?
DICK FRANCIS BOOKS Graham Buddry on the mystery behind the great thrillers Mention the name “Dick Francis” and some people will...
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/ 6 years agoKRIS WAS AS GOOD AS THE BRIGDIER
YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers the chestnut superstar Asked to name the best milers of all time the incredible Frankel would...
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/ 6 years ago2-YEAR-OLDS THAT STAND TEST OF TIME
YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers The Bard and others It’s around this time of year that the Classic generation has normally...
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/ 6 years agoPENTIRE RECORD DESERVES MORE ACCLAIM
YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers a horse that duelled with Lammtarra OK, hands up all those who remember Pentire. For the...
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/ 6 years agoTHE 50-1 SHOT THAT WON THE DERBY
YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry looks at Snow Knight and jockey Brian Taylor In the pantheon of great Derby winners there can...
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/ 6 years agoTHIS FABRE ACE FIZZED ACROSS THE FIRMAMENT
YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers Zafonic There is nothing that accentuates the difference between Flat and National Hunt racing more than...
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/ 6 years agoDEAD HEAT BETWEEN THE HURDLE STARS
YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry recalls Night Nurse versus Monksfield There have been many great races through the years with different elements...
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/ 6 years agoIMPOSSIBLE DREAMER
Graham Buddry looks at the amazing finale to the wonderful career of the great Sprinter Sacre YESTERDAY’S HEROES Film and television...
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/ 6 years agoNATIVE RIVER FOR DOUBLE
Graham Buddry analyses the jockey and trainer form at the Cheltenham Festival JOCKEY FORM Mark Walsh Last year an acquaintance asked...
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/ 6 years agoHURRICANE FLIES IN
YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry looks back at the career of the great Irish hurdler Graham Buddry There is no doubt that...
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/ 7 years agotragedy of winter’s gentle giant
YESTERDAY'S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers the great Killiney Sometimes the mark of a great horse is to have a race named...
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News
/ 7 years agoRENAME THE ‘WHIP’ THE PERSUADER’
OPINION Graham Buddry says a change of terms would save the sport Ive been involved in horse racing for most of...
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/ 7 years agoPURE GOLD FOR ONE SEASON
YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry looks at the short but spectacular form burst enjoyed by top class French-bred First Gold Graham Buddry...
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/ 7 years agoLIONHEARTED FLYER ALWAYS GAVE HIS BEST
YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry looks back on the Cheltenham heroics of the front-running Dublin Flyer Graham Buddry To older National Hunt...
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/ 7 years agoFRANCIS DOES IT AGAIN
Graham Buddry hails another winner in the racing thriller series BOOK REVIEW Graham Buddry When it comes to crime thrillers with...
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/ 7 years agoZENYATTA WAS TRULY A GIANT IN ALL WAYS
Graham Buddry remembers the American racehorse which landed a record 19 victories in a row YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry America have...
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/ 7 years agoOH, FOR ONE MORE YEAR OF SEA THE STARS!
Graham Buddry laments the fact that the great champion was retired at three YESTERDAY’S HEROES Shakespeare may have been thinking of...