Robin Oakley

The turf | 12 April 2017

The past 60 years of the sport offer a cornucopia of jaw-dropping anecdotes

issue 15 April 2017

Every Grand National reminds me of a hero of my youth: Beltrán Alfonso Osorio y Díez de Rivera, the 18th Duke of Alburquerque, a Spanish amateur rider who became obsessed with the race but whose only entry in the record books is for breaking more bones in competing in the National than anybody else.

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