Graham Buddry looks back on two-mile ace with no fear of handicapper

Badsworth Boy Inset: Silver Buck

Back in the day racing was a vastly different game. Horses ran more often, sometimes every week and the pattern was different too. Now we have Graded races but back then, outside of the championship events, everything was a handicap or a limited handicap at best.
What this really meant was that the very best horses were forced to give enormous weights to all their opponents every time they ran. Few, however, could do that better than Rathgorman.
Under the care of the top Norther...