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Alastair Down

Features writer

Alastair’s articles

You can wash the mud off the silks, but not the stain off the race - Alastair Down on a 'rancid' 2001 Grand National
You can wash the mud off the silks, but not the stain off the race - Alastair Down on a 'rancid' 2001 Grand National
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Alastair Down 1956-2024
Alastair Down: Kauto v Denman v Long Run was one of those rare and treasured days when everything you hoped for unfolds before scarce-believing eyes
Alastair Down: Kauto v Denman v Long Run was one of those rare and treasured days when everything you hoped for unfolds before scarce-believing eyes
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Alastair Down 1956-2024
Alastair Down's archives: the great writer recalls Coneygree's glorious victory in the 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup
Alastair Down's archives: the great writer recalls Coneygree's glorious victory in the 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup
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Features
'This was a day about one horse and one horse alone' - Alastair Down on Istabraq's unprecedented third Champion Hurdle win
'This was a day about one horse and one horse alone' - Alastair Down on Istabraq's unprecedented third Champion Hurdle win
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Features
Kauto v Denman v Long Run: one of those rare and treasured days when everything you hoped for unfolds before scarce-believing eyes
Kauto v Denman v Long Run: one of those rare and treasured days when everything you hoped for unfolds before scarce-believing eyes
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Alastair Down
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Alastair Down: delight for disciples as miracle worker Martin Tate lands monster punt
Alastair Down: delight for disciples as miracle worker Martin Tate lands monster punt
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Britain
Sir Henry Cecil remembered: 'The public have always been fantastic to me and I really don't know why'
Sir Henry Cecil remembered: 'The public have always been fantastic to me and I really don't know why'
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Stradivarius and Dettori deliver one of the greatest Flat spectacles I've seen
Stradivarius and Dettori deliver one of the greatest Flat spectacles I've seen
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Reports
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'The public have always been fantastic to me and I really don't know why'
'The public have always been fantastic to me and I really don't know why'
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Interviews
How escaping from a furious Fred Winter set me up for 40 wonderful years
How escaping from a furious Fred Winter set me up for 40 wonderful years
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