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The world's most famous Steeplechase - the Grand National - was won at Aintree, Liverpool today by "Oxo" ridden by M. Scudamore, with "Wyndburgh" (T. Brookshaw) second, and "Mr. What" (T. Taaffe), third. Only four of the thirty-four runner finishe...
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.
A clear winner! An across the course shot of the finish of the race, showing Psidium a clear winner.
Daily Mirror
"Quare Times" Winner of the Grand National 1954
"Quare Times" ridden by P. Taffe taking the last fence in the Grand National which he won from "Tudor Line" and "Carey's Cottage".
Morning Times
"Quare Times" with the Mud-spattered Irish Jockey
"Quare Times" with the mud-spattered Irish jockey P. Taaffe up, being led in by his owner, Mrs. W. H. E. Welman after he had won the Grand National.
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Racing through the snow — an impressive picture created by horses with the Alps in the background during the "Big prize of Arosa" race at the Arosa race track in the north-east of Switzerland.
Sports & General Press Agency Ltd.
"Red Flower Welcome for Their Country Man"
Among the large crowds that thronged the airport yesterday evening to see Major Gagarin, were a number of little Russian boys and girls who offered the cosmonaut red flowers. The little girls wore red ribbons in their hair.
Daily Mirror
"Relief" Alongside Railway Signboards
After a 2,000 miles overland journey the three Russian horses Reljef, Epigraff II and Grifel have finally landed at Harwich, England. With them were two jockeys, Vladimar Prachov and Ivan Avdeyev. Another jockey Boris Ponomarenko, flew into Brita...
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"Russian Horses to race in Britain: Relief" Seen with jockey Anokhin; Relief, which won the USSR Championship Steeplechase in 1960, has been entered for the Grand National to be run at Aintree on March 25th, 1961.
Camera Press Ltd.
Lady Zia Werner's "Retrial" won the Cambridgeshire at Newmarket this afternoon. There was a field of 40, and "Turk's Blood" was second, with "Swept" third. The picture shows the scene at the finish with "Retrial" (No. 37 - leader of bunch of three...
Central Press Photos Ltd.