Diamond Day

Those old enough to have seen it may well go to the grave thinking they will never witness another race like it. Grundy vs Bustino, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, 26 July 1975. Fifty years ago, King George day was dubbed 'Diamond Day' owing to the generous sponsorship of De Beers, and that magnificent afternoon has not lost its sparkle in the intervening decades. The names of those two warriors remain forever entwined in history, along with their jockeys Pat Eddery and Joe Mercer, and trainers...