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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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  • ‘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’
    Commentary

    ‘The 2008 Kentucky Derby would shake racing’s complacency about its bad old habits until it cracked’

    Steve Dennis  |  Mar 29, 2024  | 
  • Kentucky Derby 150th anniversary: Remembering Jet Pilot, who got the full beauty treatment by a cosmetics queen
    Commentary

    Kentucky Derby 150th anniversary: Remembering Jet Pilot, who got the full beauty treatment by a cosmetics queen

    Steve Dennis  |  Mar 17, 2024  | 
  • A life after racing: ‘Thoroughbreds can do anything’ – spotlight on global aftercare efforts
    Welfare

    A life after racing: ‘Thoroughbreds can do anything’ – spotlight on global aftercare efforts

    Steve Dennis  |  Mar 11, 2024  | 
  • ‘Mine That Bird has won the Kentucky Derby … an impossible result here!’ Reliving the tale of one man and his stetson
    Commentary

    ‘Mine That Bird has won the Kentucky Derby … an impossible result here!’ Reliving the tale of one man and his stetson

    Steve Dennis  |  Mar 6, 2024  | 
  • ‘A little white-faced Canadian-bred used America’s greatest race as springboard to becoming the world’s greatest stallion’
    Commentary

    ‘A little white-faced Canadian-bred used America’s greatest race as springboard to becoming the world’s greatest stallion’

    Steve Dennis  |  Feb 21, 2024  | 
  • Kentucky Derby anniversary: ‘Uncle Sam’s most famous race began life as British as warm beer and indifferent dental hygiene’
    Commentary

    Kentucky Derby anniversary: ‘Uncle Sam’s most famous race began life as British as warm beer and indifferent dental hygiene’

    Steve Dennis  |  Jan 31, 2024  | 
  • ‘The race had ceased to showcase G1 quality, and paid the price’ – Steve Dennis sees the mighty Man o’ War on the downgrade
    View From The Rail

    ‘The race had ceased to showcase G1 quality, and paid the price’ – Steve Dennis sees the mighty Man o’ War on the downgrade

    Steve Dennis  |  Jan 5, 2024  | 
  • ‘I had as great an edge as any horseplayer ever had’ – welcome to the degenerate world of ‘Andy the Abacus’
    Racing

    ‘I had as great an edge as any horseplayer ever had’ – welcome to the degenerate world of ‘Andy the Abacus’

    Steve Dennis  |  Dec 28, 2023  | 
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