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  "textContent": "The Queen and Princess Elizabeth watch Devon Loch parade in the paddock.One can imagine that a huge win would be the defining moment of any sportsperson’s life… it’s an unfortunate athlete for whom a high-profile failure becomes that moment. But, according to his son, so it was for jockey Dick Francis, who was champion jockey in 1953-1954 before becoming the best-selling author of equestrian novels, such […]",
  "title": "‘I’ve watched it 1000 times; I just wish he’d win it once’ – Dick Francis’s son Felix on the collapse of Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National"
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