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Steve Dennis

Steve Dennis has been writing about horse racing since he left school, having traded the prospect of academic qualifications for afternoons spent in the local betting shop. He has worked for and contributed to a wide variety of publications, including spending 16 years as a writer at the Racing Post, where he covered big racedays in Europe, Australia, the US, Hong Kong and Inner Mongolia. His byline has also been recently seen at The Irish Field and the websites Past The Wire and Horse Racing Nation, and he has written two racing books: Sergeant Cecil – The Official Story (2007) and The History of Horse Racing in 100 Objects (2021).

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  • ‘Epsom is not where the Jockey Club would like it to be – this place will look completely different in five years’ time’
    Commentary

    ‘Epsom is not where the Jockey Club would like it to be – this place will look completely different in five years’ time’

    Steve Dennis  |  May 14, 2024  | 
  • ‘This is the story of the Derby, the original Derby …’ – tracing the influence of the world’s premier Classic, 244 years old and counting
    Commentary

    ‘This is the story of the Derby, the original Derby …’ – tracing the influence of the world’s premier Classic, 244 years old and counting

    Steve Dennis  |  May 11, 2024  | 
  • The Fighting Finish: ‘If he’d just ridden his horse, he’d have won by two or three lengths’ – reliving a notorious Kentucky Derby episode
    Commentary

    The Fighting Finish: ‘If he’d just ridden his horse, he’d have won by two or three lengths’ – reliving a notorious Kentucky Derby episode

    Steve Dennis  |  May 1, 2024  | 
  • Kentucky Derby: ‘I’ve got the vision, I have to trust the process’ – local boy Whit Beckman seeks to make good with Honor Marie
    Racing

    Kentucky Derby: ‘I’ve got the vision, I have to trust the process’ – local boy Whit Beckman seeks to make good with Honor Marie

    Steve Dennis  |  Apr 29, 2024  | 
  • ‘If you’re going to make a mistake, they say, make a big one’ – when the Shoe misjudged the winning post at Churchill Downs
    Commentary

    ‘If you’re going to make a mistake, they say, make a big one’ – when the Shoe misjudged the winning post at Churchill Downs

    Steve Dennis  |  Apr 26, 2024  | 
  • Citation: ‘He can catch and beat any horse he can see’ – when Calumet conquered all
    Commentary

    Citation: ‘He can catch and beat any horse he can see’ – when Calumet conquered all

    Steve Dennis  |  Apr 17, 2024  | 
  • Ladies first – or how Regret galloped gloriously through the glass ceiling in the 1915 Kentucky Derby
    Commentary

    Ladies first – or how Regret galloped gloriously through the glass ceiling in the 1915 Kentucky Derby

    Steve Dennis  |  Apr 12, 2024  | 
  • ‘He had materialised as if from nowhere, which summed up his entire Derby adventure’ – reliving the unlikely tale of Canonero II
    Commentary

    ‘He had materialised as if from nowhere, which summed up his entire Derby adventure’ – reliving the unlikely tale of Canonero II

    Steve Dennis  |  Apr 4, 2024  | 
  • A life after racing: from the racecourse to the dressage arena with the Aga Khan’s former star stayer Vazirabad
    Welfare

    A life after racing: from the racecourse to the dressage arena with the Aga Khan’s former star stayer Vazirabad

    Steve Dennis  |  Apr 3, 2024  | 
  • ‘The 2008 Kentucky Derby would shake racing’s complacency about its bad old habits until it cracked’
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    ‘The 2008 Kentucky Derby would shake racing’s complacency about its bad old habits until it cracked’

    Steve Dennis  |  Mar 29, 2024  | 
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