BBC covering one of the springtime bank holiday fixtures at Chepstow that had at least one hunter chase.
Ah, those were the days of the men’s and ladies’ champion hunter chases both being run at all (the men’s currently isn’t), and on the same end-of-season card.
The renewals of Whit Monday (May 27th) 1985 were definitely televised by the Beeb. I had the "pleasure" of watching a goodly chunk of pocket money go west in the Diners Club men’s race when Olive Press (David MacTaggart) was knocked over four out – not, I think, that she’d quite have got to eventual winner Urser in time.
The ladies’ race, meanwhile, was sponsored by RMC Group and went to the legendary Flying Ace, as did many other races that term (including the Horse & Hound only four days later). But for a lost weight cloth and consequent disqualification at Kelso, Doreen Calder’s charge would have registered a perfect 11 wins out of 11 during 1984-5.
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Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.