News By Graham Buddry
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Yesterday's Heroes
/ 5 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...
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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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Racing Ahead
/ 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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Racing Ahead
/ 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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Racing Ahead
/ 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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Racing Ahead
/ 6 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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Racing Ahead
/ 6 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
/ 6 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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Racing Ahead
/ 6 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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Racing Ahead
/ 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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Racing Ahead
/ 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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Racing Ahead
/ 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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Racing Ahead
/ 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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Racing Ahead
/ 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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Racing Ahead
/ 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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Racing Ahead
/ 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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Racing Ahead
/ 7 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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Racing Ahead
/ 7 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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Racing Ahead
/ 7 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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Racing Ahead
/ 7 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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Racing Ahead
/ 7 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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Racing Ahead
/ 7 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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Racing Ahead
/ 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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Racing Ahead
/ 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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Racing Ahead
/ 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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Racing Ahead
/ 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...





