Article: Horse Racing: Hoofprints; GALLOPING BACK IN TIME.(Sport)

Byline: IAN TAYLOR

30 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

KEEN paddock watchers with an eye to the NH may have spotted a handsome chestnut parading before the Scarborough Maiden Stakes at Redcar. Peter Easterby's two-year-old Alverton looking backward, finishes unplaced, but goes on to win the 1979 Cheltenham Gold Cup under Jonjo O'Neill before being tragically killed in a fall at Aintree in the Grand National.

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