John Burke

Good morning all,

Glorious weather and glorious racing. However, it was still a surreal experience given the lack of racegoers at Goodwood last week.  Watching the Galway Festival unfold was even stranger.  That’s one racing festival that is as much about the craic and the social as the horse racing.

In today’s main piece.  I will be looking back at my highlight performances from ‘Glorious’ Goodwood, spectators returning to British racecourses and I have a selection from Naas.

Good morning all,

Whilst I have been missing the racing. It’s been a good opportunity to recharge the batteries and also get plenty of research in for when the sport does return. I have also enjoyed taking a look back at some of the great horses of my youth.

For the last two weeks I have revisited the 1980’s and the careers of two great colts from the flat. This week my attention turns to the fairer sex and one of my all-time favourite flat fillies Pebbles. You can read all about her inside.

Over the last few weeks, I have been looking back at some of the racehorses that I enjoyed watching back in the 70s and 80s. Last week it was El Gran Senor. Well I’m staying with the flat and the 80s for this week’s trip down memory lane.

Good morning all,

Over the last two weeks I have taken a trip down memory lane with two of my all-time favourite National Hunt horses Sea Pigeon & Dawn Run.

This week I am turning my attention to the flat. Inside this week’s piece you can find my thoughts on one of my favourite horses of the 1980’s.