Alastair Down, who has died aged 68, was a multiple award-winning racing correspondent, writer and broadcaster with such an eloquent gift for bringing racing alive that Chris Cook of the Racing Post ...

Alastair Down: “When the runners for the Supreme Novices’ are roared on their way, there will be one additional voice in the sky, raised glass in hand” Credit: Edward Whitaker Reading the many ...

Lee Mottershead was crowned racing writer of the year for the fourth time after receiving the Alastair Down trophy at the United Kingdom-based Horserace Writers and Photographers Association Derby ...

Lee Mottershead was crowned racing writer of the year for the fourth time after receiving the Alastair Down trophy at the United Kingdom-based Horserace Writers and Photographers Association Derby ...

The late Alastair Down, whose career began at 'The Sporting Life' newspaper before he moved onto the 'Racing Post' and 'Channel4 Racing', was one of racing’s finest writers but Aidan O’Brien sometimes ...

Patrick McCann and Lee Mottershead were honoured at the HWPA Derby AwardsCredit: Francesca Altoft Photography Lee Mottershead was crowned racing writer of the year for the fourth time after receiving ...

One For Arthur and Derek Fox win the Grand National in 2017Credit: Edward Whitaker It's Classic Chase day on Saturday and One For Arthur was the last horse to win the Warwick feature and go on to land ...