Dick Francis: A Life In Pictures

DICK Francis has died. He was 89. You were the Queen Mother’s jockey. She got her teeth into you and Reader’s Digest, for which your work was condensed. You wrote 40 books – one a year. You are reunited with Devon Loch, who fell when close to winning to 1956 Grand National. Your calamity coined a phrase. This was your life in pictures:

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PA Photos 24/3/56 Devon Loch's disconsolate jockey R. Francis is given a consoling pat on the course after his mount, the Queen Mother's entry, had been robbed of almost certain victory by falling only fifty yards from the finish of the Grand National at Aintree, Liverpool

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Posted: 14th, February 2010 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink