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RYANAIR CHASE WAS MADE FOR THIS STAR

28 January 2021 0 comments

Graham Buddry remembers Pegwell Bay Graham Buddry The Two Mile Champion Chase and the Cheltenham Gold Cup are two of […]

THIS ROSE ONLY BLOOMED WHEN HE WANTED

24 December 2020 0 comments

YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers the career of Derring Rose Until recently the long distance staying hurdlers were a generally […]

VICIOUS, BUT MOONAX WAS A WINNER

24 September 2020 0 comments

YESTERDAY’S HEROESGraham Buddry remembers Barry Hill’s problem horse We have all witnessed racehorses with a cantankerous streak in them, a […]

HOW LINCOLN RACE SPARKED BOARD GAME

27 August 2020 0 comments

YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry explains the 12 horses immortalised by Totopoly Anyone who knows anything about racing has heard of […]

HENRY CECIL’S GREAT GREY BATTLESHIP

30 July 2020 0 comments

YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers the mighty Indian Skimmer At the astonishing height of his considerable training powers Henry Cecil […]

FAMILY PET WHO WON GOLD CUP

20 February 2020 0 comments

YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers the well-named Jodami IIf you could sum up what jump racing is all about in […]

A HORSE FOR ALMOST EVERY DISTANCE

23 January 2020 0 comments

YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry recalls the amazingly versatile Monkerhostin Graham Buddry From the earliest days when one man with a […]

THE JUMPS STAR TRAINED BY STOUTE

26 December 2019 0 comments

YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers Triple Crown champion Kribensis If you think of that master Flat trainer, Sir Michael Stoute, […]

THE TANK WAS BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE

31 October 2019 0 comments

YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers the mighty Denman In 2005 Denman ran for the first time, winning a three mile […]

HILLS’ BARGAIN BUY WAS PURE GOLD

26 September 2019 0 comments

YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers Arc hero Rheingold Few trainers have ever been so canny as Barrington Hills, more commonly […]

KRIS WAS AS GOOD AS THE BRIGDIER

29 August 2019 0 comments

YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers the chestnut superstar Asked to name the best milers of all time the incredible Frankel […]

2-YEAR-OLDS THAT STAND TEST OF TIME

25 July 2019 0 comments

YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers The Bard and others It’s around this time of year that the Classic generation has […]

PENTIRE RECORD DESERVES MORE ACCLAIM

27 June 2019 0 comments

YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers a horse that duelled with Lammtarra OK, hands up all those who remember Pentire. For […]

THE 50-1 SHOT THAT WON THE DERBY

30 May 2019 0 comments

YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry looks at Snow Knight and jockey Brian Taylor In the pantheon of great Derby winners there […]

THIS FABRE ACE FIZZED ACROSS THE FIRMAMENT

24 April 2019 0 comments

YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry remembers Zafonic There is nothing that accentuates the difference between Flat and National Hunt racing more […]

DEAD HEAT BETWEEN THE HURDLE STARS

21 March 2019 0 comments

YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry recalls Night Nurse versus Monksfield There have been many great races through the years with different […]

HURRICANE FLIES IN

24 January 2019 0 comments

YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry looks back at the career of the great Irish hurdler Graham Buddry There is no doubt […]

PURE GOLD FOR ONE SEASON

29 November 2018 0 comments

YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry looks at the short but spectacular form burst enjoyed by top class French-bred First Gold Graham […]

LIONHEARTED FLYER ALWAYS GAVE HIS BEST

25 October 2018 0 comments

YESTERDAY’S HEROES Graham Buddry looks back on the Cheltenham heroics of the front-running Dublin Flyer Graham Buddry To older National […]

TRULY, THIS WAS A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN

29 June 2017 0 comments

Graham Buddry remembers the epic race between two of the greatest horses ever, The Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur Graham Buddry […]