Yesterday's Heroes news, interviews, analysis and columns

Yesterday’s Heroes

This is where you will find all of Racing Ahead’s Yesterday’s Heroes news, interviews, analysis and columns.

ODDS AGAINST HAPPY ENDING

26 August 2024 0 comments

Rolf Johnson fears time has run out for the right words from racing bosses You never say quite what you […]

PROPER PRIDWELL BEAT ALL THE ODDS

17 March 2024 0 comments

Graham Buddry plots the career of a horse who defied expectations If an incredible champion loses it can sometimes be […]

THEY SAID YOU’LL NEVER WIN IT WITH NOVICES

18 February 2024 0 comments

Graham Buddry remembers the day Coneygree stunned the old timers They said it couldn’t be done. Quite simply novices couldn’t […]

HAPPY EASTER!

25 January 2024 0 comments

Graham Buddry looks back at the career of one of the sport’s first big superstars Born in 1920 in Ireland, […]

A SAD END TO THE LIFE OF ‘PERCY’

21 December 2023 0 comments

Graham Buddry reflects on the highs and lows of O’Sullivan favourite Attivo The chances are that most readers of this […]

DERBY KING – AND AN ARC CHAMP TOO

25 September 2023 0 comments

Graham Buddry looks back on the career of Sinndar, who rewrote the record books, both here and across the Channel […]

Best things come in small packages

27 July 2023 0 comments

Graham Buddry looks back at the career of Alcide, who made up for in talent what she lacked in stature […]

Mtoto magic made a mark

29 June 2023 0 comments

Graham Buddry looks back on the mercurial career of a horse who probably won’t ever get the acclaim he deserves […]

Brown was the jack of all trades

25 May 2023 0 comments

Graham Buddry is back for part two as he looks back at the career of the legendary Brown Jack We […]

Young Gun who rocked the World

27 April 2023 0 comments

Graham Buddry looks back at the career of American Steve Cauthen, who will go down in folklore both sides of […]

MANIFESTO WAS A TRUE CHAMPION

23 March 2023 0 comments

Graham Buddry looks back at the National record of the 1890s favourite, as well as other Aintree legends It’s that […]

THE JACK OF ALL TRADES

23 February 2023 0 comments

Graham Buddry looks back on the career of a Champion Hurdler of the 1920s Brown Jack Almost lost in the […]

FLY GAVE US ALL A BUZZ

26 January 2023 0 comments

Graham Buddry looks back on the career of an unlikely hero Hurricane Fly When you consider all the great horses […]

A PERFECT FIT FOR ALL

26 January 2023 0 comments

Graham Buddry looks back at the career of top jumper Young Snugfit While the general public can build a certain […]

Fly gave us all a buzz

22 December 2022 0 comments

Graham Buddry looks back on the career of an unlikely hero When you consider all the great horses that have […]

IT WASN’T ALWAYS SUCH AN EASBY RIDE

27 October 2022 0 comments

A look back to the topsy-turvy career of a top hurdler Those who have owned, or even dreamed of owning […]

MIESQUE WAS SIMPLY MAGIC OVER A MILE

29 September 2022 0 comments

Graham Buddry looks back at a flying filly who conquered all In the mid 1980’s, racing was blessed with some […]

ALLEGED WAS AN UNWANTED HERO TO BE

25 August 2022 0 comments

Graham Buddry tells how a bargain buy became a superstar When a racehorse achieves a standard that puts it into […]

Mill reef finally doused the firechat

28 July 2022 0 comments

Graham Buddry looks back at a colt who ended a legacy At the start of each new flat season, trainers […]

KINCSEM WAS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME

30 June 2022 0 comments

Graham Buddry looks back on a record that will never be beaten Kincsem The modern thoroughbred is so carefully nurtured, […]

ESTIMATE FINALLY ENDED ROYALS’ WAIT FOR SUCCESS

26 May 2022 0 comments

Graham Buddry says the Monarchy have had to be patient at Ascot The Aristocracy is primarily responsible for the emergence […]

THE TETRARCH WAS SIMPLY A JOY TO BEHOLD

21 April 2022 0 comments

Graham Buddry looks back on the career of an all-time great Asa new flat racing season gets fully under way […]

LAST FENCE HORROR FOR GOLD CUP HERO

24 March 2022 0 comments

Graham Buddry remembers the ill-fated Forgive ‘n’ Forget Forgive ‘n’ Forget (No.6) battles at the last before finishing third in […]

MAD, BAD AND DANGEROUSLY TALENTED

25 November 2021 0 comments

Graham Buddry remembers the great Flyingbolt Strangely the best horses have often been neighbours in the same stable. Pendil and […]

THE TATLING RACED ON IN HIS 15TH YEAR

26 August 2021 0 comments

Graham Buddry remembers the remarkable horse who ran 176 times Many horses featured in these pages have been exemplary beasts […]

NATHANIEL GAVE FRANKEL CLOSEST RACE

29 July 2021 0 comments

Graham Buddry remembers Gosden’s Galileo colt By any standards Nathaniel was a champion although luck was never on his side.The […]

GENEROUS HONOURED AT EPSOM

1 July 2021 0 comments

Graham Buddry remembers the outstanding 1991 Derby winner Many racecourses and equine centres have lifesize statues of famous racehorses which […]

CECIL DYNASTY BEGAN WITH BUCKSKIN

27 May 2021 0 comments

Graham Buddry remembers Henry Cecil’s great stayers In the late 1970’s there were fewer horses to challenge the masters of […]

SUPER SCEPTRE RUN RAGGED BY TRAINER

22 April 2021 0 comments

Graham Buddry remembers a hard-working, brilliant filly TThere are five English Classics which resonate throughout the racing world. Their standing […]

FAIRYTALE OF ADANITI AND CHAMPION

25 March 2021 0 comments

Graham Buddry retells the amazing story of the 1981 National Despite their size and strength horses are incredibly fragile. Thin, […]