Results

Racing results (1980)

Genre

News bulletin

Sports bulletin for 15/05/80 with a round-up of the latest horse and greyhound racing results. Male reporter not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Racing report on West Tip winning the Grand National - nd [1975-1990]

Racing report on horse West Tip winning the Grand National - nd [1975-1990]. [Box 5]

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Sun investigation into horse race fixing (1983)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on a horse racing fraud in which wins are decided before the start of the race, following an investigation by the Sun newspaper. Horse racing pundit John McCririck comments. Male reporter not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Prince Charles horse racing (1981)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Lord Oaksey (John Oaksey) about the new horse racing career of Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and the injury risks he faces as a rider. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Horse racing in Port Stanley (1983)

Genre

Interview

Reporter Brent Sadler interviews a Falkland Islands spokesman (Rex Hunt?) about the horse racing there for the 150th celebrations of British rule.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Horse racing syndicates (1977)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Adrian Clegg of Lambourn Bloodstock Services, which arranges racehorse syndicates. On the shareholder owners being both companies and individuals from every walk of life, the costs involved...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Peter Scudamore on his decision to retire (1993)

Genre

Interview

34 year-old Peter Scudamore, the most successful jump jockey in British horse racing, on his decision to retire. Interviewer not heard.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Horse breeding implications of Shergar disappearance (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Chairman of the British Bloodstock Agency, Colonel Robin Hastings, on the horse breeding implications following the kidnap and disappearance of 10 million pound racehorse and Epsom Derby...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

British Horseracing Authority (1978)

Genre

Interview

Desmond Plummer of the Levy Board (currently collects and distributes money) on Royal Commission on Gambling’s recommendation for a new organisation for the horse racing industry to distribute money, the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Claim kidnapped racehorse Shergar dead (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Lord Oaksey (John Oaksey) of the Sunday Telegraph, one of three London racing journalists called to Belfast for a ransom negotiation meeting following the kidnap of racehorse Shergar. On his...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio