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"textContent": "British jockey Grand National on his horse 'Highland Wedding' passing through the crowd at Aintree Racecourse after winning the Grand National, Liverpool, UK, 29th March 1969. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Eddie Harty, the Olympic eventer and Grand National-winning jockey died on 11 February, aged 88. Eddie was born in Dublin in 1937, to a distinguished equestrian and racing family. His father Captain Cyril Hardy was a founding member of the Irish showjumping team, and a successful jockey and racehorse trainer, and his grandfather, great-grandfather and […]",
"title": "Farewell to former Olympic eventer and Grand National winner, aged 88"
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