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Alastair Down

Features writer

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Alastair Down: delight for disciples as miracle worker Martin Tate lands monster punt at Cheltenham

Alastair Down: delight for disciples as miracle worker Martin Tate lands monster punt at Cheltenham

Alastair Down 1956-2024

No gloom or trace of pity to be found - Alastair Down’s moving interview with JT McNamara

No gloom or trace of pity to be found - Alastair Down’s moving interview with JT McNamara

Alastair Down 1956-2024

Alastair Down: Nicky Henderson, the visionary who is losing the power to see

Alastair Down: Nicky Henderson, the visionary who is losing the power to see

Alastair Down 1956-2024

'When the time comes I suspect my ashes will find their final resting place at the top of the hill - a place where all dreams are still alive'

'When the time comes I suspect my ashes will find their final resting place at the top of the hill - a place where all dreams are still alive'

Alastair Down 1956-2024

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

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

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

Kauto Star: the extraordinary talent who became the benchmark for sheer undiluted quality

Kauto Star: the extraordinary talent who became the benchmark for sheer undiluted quality

'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

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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