Keith Melrose

Fifty pence on 25/1-shot Cool Dawn in the 1998 Gold Cup was all it cost to sell eleven-year-old Keith Melrose’s soul to horseracing. Ten years and a woefully-misguided pursuit of a career in chemistry later, Keith travelled ‘down South’ to Halifax for a two-month stint as part of the BHA graduate scheme and has been flitting around Timeform’s editorial department ever since. He is currently deputy editor of Timeform’s printed products, taking a particularly strong hand in ‘Horses To Follow’ and the ‘Horses To Follow Extra’ series. He is also a contributor to Timeform Radio, where he offers an expertise in northern jumps racing in an accent reminiscent of Frank Begbie from ‘Trainspotting’.

Although it’s specifically racing that pays his mortgage and, just occasionally, provides his beer money, Keith is a fan of sport in general first and foremost. Outside of Timeform Towers, his activities include hardening the stereotypes foisted upon Scottish footballers and kidding himself that he can still play golf to a handicap of ten.