Graham Bradley

What a shock....

I liked him....Kildimo one of my favourites..

A test for the obituary writers! A great horseman with unwholesome connections and a sad decline.

Morley Street was one of the rides of the century at Aintree.

Nobody doubted his riding ability

Sad News he was one of the most stylish Jockeys i have ever seen.

Very sad, 65 no age to go these days. The "Dickinson Days" in the early 80s were a great time to be following NH racing.
Brad leading home the Famous Five on Bregawn is an everlasting memory.

I will have to dig out his autobiography to read again, The Wayward Lad - fav horse of mine as well as being a very apt title to describe Brad's colourful life.

At the hypocrisy.

Great jockey,RIP,I'd say he wasn't the only Wayward Lad back then or even the present day.

Hung drawn and quartered during his career……

Just imagine being as bitter and twisted as Aceform and be glad you are not that person

Indeed,Dixie

Sorry for not being a hypocrite…..

Do i think he was a good jockey,yes,a good person ? No…..so why would i do a RIP…..

Nobody has asked you to "do a RIP" you old coot, just say nowt if that's how you feel.

I remember a local person passing…..” he will be missed a decent man “ no he wasn’t he was a creep….

Truth hurts…..

Thread  on here not too long ago that he had dementia.

I don’t do hypocrisy Dixie….no time for it tbh…..say what you think….imv

Seemed like the sort of character you'd like to have had a drink with and listened to some of his racing memories
RIP

Why join a RIP Thread to spout your shyte,Aceform?
It is better to say nothing.
Obviously too difficult for a motormouth like you

Wonder what you really thought watching him ride man mood…..

And his best buddy the milkman……

Ten faced Ironhead

Countless times i reply with the word Respect.

Depending on the individual….

If i know them personally it would be RIP.

We all are aware of his faults you cretin but only you had to mention them on the thread

Spare a thought for those who suffered financially you Liberal…..

F/O you sanctimonious moron

Was still riding when I started taking an interest in NH in the 90's. Always thought he was a pretty decent jockey. Not unusual for a fella to die in their mid to late 60s' unfortunately even in this day and age.

Coneygree - he had Semantic Dementia, diagnosed at 62 , dreadful disease

I have a heart Ironhead,I’ll be back on Monday morning giving you my condolences…..

I have my thoughts about many things, at this time it seems appropriate to say RIP and sorry for those left behind. Enough has been written in time, leave it there.

Mr Spock 02 Jul 26 15:23 
Morley Street was one of the rides of the century at Aintree.

That's young for dementia Pen ,spec if that's what caused His death

A fabulous rider, I had some decent wins thanks his rides. The ride on Morley Street at Aintree was spectacular. The SunAlliance Kildimo won had many many decent horses in it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vifAPL1rAB0

So young for dementia to get him and my thoughts are with his family.

Great jockey,Great biography.Rest in peace Brad.

Yes SA, the Morley Street ride was one the best ever. He was an excellent jockey, a real horseman and a genuine, kind,funny guy. The form of dementia he had was fast moving - sadly when came over from France last year to say hello/goodbye it was a bit too late. In my view he was treated very harshly over passing information to The Milkman. If passing info is the crime, then it doesn't really matter whether the recipient was a drug dealer or a bloke down the pub. The authorities never gave him a chance to build up his business. A sad story and a sad loss.

Francome was done for something similar but he seemed to be forgiven for it.

It was hardly something similar,Spocko

How was it different? By the way Fred Winters wife never forgave Francome.

Fabulously talented rider, bit reckless lifestyle early doors and a tad too easily led. Jolting shock dementia continues to claim relatively young sporting giants

Look at Karl Burke...hailed as a genius now with all the ITV crew taking turns to lick his arse

A fine horseman as most would agree…..

But…..

Francome and an endless list of others still carry the stigma…..

Francome passed on inside info on Winter's runners and was blessed to get such a minor ban.
Bradley was the paymaster and organiser to jockeys from Brian Wight (the milkman) for corrupt rides,DrGordons

Would be interesting to read comments if Miles Rodgers met the man above……

All tarred imo.

When it was made known that he was suffering with an aggressive form of dementia things did look bleak - nonetheless it still comes as a bit of a shock. Wonderfully talented rider with a distinctive gait. Tarnished his reputation when becoming involved with Wright but there is an abundance of positives to remember him by. Think the performance of Sunny Bay when runner up in the GN for the second time was rated by Timeform as the best performance in the race since WW2. Jonathan Powell’s interview with him after Bregawn’s GC was a cracker and testimony as to why we should wait for the jocks to weigh in before interviewing them instead of this mike in the face nonsense straight after the race.

Very sad news to read as he is of my generation which brings it close. He was a wonderful jockey and gave many horses a wonderful ride but I will always remember Bregawn when winning the Gold Cup.He had his indiscretions in life but lets remember some of his many big race triumphs

RIP fella

RIP Brad...

Morley Street 1993, Saturday afternoon. 9/1 in the morning went off 6s

Lovely, lovely ride

Well well, I’ve always said one of the very bad apples, from the 3 horse odds on ride, to jumping off one at Newbury to his antics on the all weather jumps plus the Brian wright stuff, he was talented but driven by money to bend the game, he will be remembered but not for good riding,I only have 2 more jocks that fall into his ilk and how bad he was, rip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtmiM1tzbKU

I wonder if Brad might have gotten Harchibald home in his day

RIP.

know all ........?  No, you don't.

Glad to see most on here do indeed have great memories of Brad's riding and haven't resorted to slagging him off followed by a disingenuous "rip".

what was going on with him and Willie Carson ? I vaguely remember some association ,willie seemed to Disappear from standing on a Box on tv  ,not long after

or am i getting confused ?

RIP.

for all his flaws, and we are all flawed, he was my favourite jump jockey of all time...

the list of trainers who used him tells you all you need to know about his talent.

I remember with great fondness a big gamble (that i joined early) on a horse called Starjestic.

what a career he had, what a life he had.

Very sad to hear this news, dementia is a very cruel disease which can affect anyone. Great jockey which is what he should be best remembered for, wonder if the falls he had contributed to his dementia as so many footballers did. Rip.

More ups than downs. Rest in peace Brad.

i can only remember him on non triers, of which there were plenty, and some pretty blatant

great jocket but a rebel..arnt we all.

rebel with a cause, topping up the brown envelope payments

RIP Graham. He rode Collier Bay to a great victory in the Champion Hurdle. I had horses with Jim Old at the time and Brad rode some of them, notably Meister. Brad rode him to his first hurdle win at Exeter but as Meister was never a good jumper of fences, he lost the ride to firstly Peter Scudamore who won on him at Worcester and then Simon Sherwood who won 3 more chases on him. Fortunately all of the connections to Jim Old's yard were on Collier Bay when he beat Alderbrook and a good field very easily so he will always be a hero to us. If you care to watch the video you will see one of the best rounds of jumping ever.

What will old Barney say if he meets him upstairs ?

Think Francome was different class to brad, anyway francome was recorded by a telephone recording of his conversation with winter,alleged, and that would have finished the game but because the recording was done from the bottom of the telegraph pole  and illegal recording by the daily mirror , francome got high court injunction to stop publication and it was glossed over, but it’s alleged that they were bending races and if it had come out would have blown the game up, be interesting if that recording ever sees light of day one day when it’s time

I heard of similar at Hamilton (allegedly)……conversation at the start (allegedly)…..

Lovely people lovely hands……

I’ll rephrase…….” yahoo they’re all honest and loyal “……..

so are equally loving,respecful of culhane,gary carter,fran ferris, dermott brown ,etc or just the good one like bradley,fallon who have their less reasons to be a cheating,thieving ,fraud, on the bright side he wont be feeling the cold,where he,s going

fair play to chamberlain and the weaver  shark 2 min eulogy without mentioning he was a thieving ,cheating ,lying scumbag,elsworth said he had a heart the size of a bucket,he should have seen the size of his bank account

All vomit 1st TP……..fawning like cowards…..gravy.

Did anyone mention his best mate the milkman ? No doubt another lovely fella…..

People who cheet knowing fine well people are paying good money from the hard earned wages have no conscience and cold as ice,overtaken with greed…..

Can you imagine the conversation between them ? Probably on par with the scum who organise the undocumented invading the uk….

No apology for not being a hypocrite.

30 years of bitterness from the mean spirited,Sweatie

At least they speak with respect of the dead. Pretty sure we've all had faults and frailties and done some things we regret, don't need a TV presenter to say what people are happy to say on here, or on anti social media.
   Racing has always had a side to it which can be unsavoury from owners/trainers/jockeys/stablehands all the way to the top, which adds to its intrigue possibly.

yep fred west never gets the credit his beautiful laid patio,s deserve

Good jockey. Too young to go. I'd not wish the disease on anyone. Mr Bruce Willis has another variant of the same disease.

RIP Mr Bradley!

Think we all agree he was a fine horseman……but..

Stigma……it follows you everywhere…..

Line all the guilty undesirables over the years and what goes through the mind….

Aceform confusing "not being a hypocrite" with actually being downright disrespectful.

Same applies to 1tp - thought you were better than that .

Fancy continually posting such bile about someone who has just passed away after suffering a really horrible illness for years, why not just keep it zipped, at least for a while ? What a sad way to spend your time.

Last line of Brad's autobiography (you guys should try reading it) - "Live for today, because tomorrow is promised to no one" .

when the pig left us who was a 1000 times the jockey bradley ever was,his tax affairs/jail time were mentioned by everyone in every tribute, if bradley was a flawed individual rather than just  a common  thief,fraud,cheat then mention it when paying tributes to him, if its ok to excuse a gold cup,ch hurdle,stable jock to strongest yard in the country, its ok to excuse everyone thats at it ,to quote another film/book instead of the thieving,cheating scumbags autobiography,were all innocent in here

I wasn't aware that Lester won champion hurdles and gold cups , must brush up on my racing knowledge .

Lester was actually found guilty of tax FRAUD and spent time in jail as a result, nothing wrong with stating that after he died as long as you are not being vitriolic like you and Aceform are being on this thread. When was Brad convicted and banged up please ?

It's fine to mention the fact that Brad was hardly whiter than white, but there is a way to do so without spitting venom.