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"Quare Times" Winner of the Grand National 1954

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• 1955-4-2

"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

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• 1955-4-3

"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"

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• 1963-1-29

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.

"Relief" Alongside Railway Signboards

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• 1961-3-21

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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"Relief" with Jockey Anokhin

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• 1961-2-17

"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.

"Retrial" Wins Cambridgeshire

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• 1955-11-1

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.

"Russian challenger Grifel Leading Epigraff along Harwich Quay"

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• 1961-3-21

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 Britai...

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"Sicarelle" Winning the Oaks

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• 1956-6-16

"Sicarelle" owned by Mme Volterra and ridden by F. Palmer winning The Oaks at Epsom from M. Boussac's "Janiari" and the Prince Aly Khan's "Yasmin".

Sports & General Press Agency Ltd.

"Sundew" Wins the Grand National

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• 1957-4-2

The Grand National Steeplechase – the toughest horse race in the world – was won at Aintree, near Liverpool, by "Sundew" owned by Mrs. G. Kohn and ridden by F. Winter. "Wyndburgh" with M. Batchelor up was second, and "Tiberetta" with A. Oughton up...

Sports & General Press Agency Ltd.

"Surprise Packet" Crashing into the Ditch

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• 1959-3-25

"Oxo" with Scudamore up taking the dreaded Bechers Brook on the second run round, with "Surprise Packet" M. Scott up, crashing headlong into the ditch.

Sports & General Press Agency Ltd.