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|name = 1956 Grand National |horse race = Grand National |image = |caption = |location = Aintree Racecourse |date = 24 March 1956 |winning horse = E.S.B. |starting price = 100/7[1] |winning jockey = Dave Dick |winning trainer = Fred Rimell |winning owner = Mrs. Leonard Carver |conditions = Good |previous = 1955 |next = 1957 }}{{ external media | align = right | width = 275px | video1 = Highlights of the 1956 Grand National (British Pathé) }} The 1956 Grand National was the 110th renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 24 March 1956. It is probably best remembered for Devon Loch's sudden and inexplicable fall on the final straight, just 40 yards from a certain victory. The incident is almost always replayed during television build-up coverage on Grand National day. Owned by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and ridden by Dick Francis, the well-fancied Devon Loch held a five-length lead over his nearest challenger, E.S.B., on the run-in to the finishing post, when he suddenly half-jumped into the air and landed in a bellyflop on his stomach, allowing E.S.B. to overtake and win. Although Francis tried to cajole the horse, it was unable to continue. Finishing order
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Media Coverage and AftermathE.S.B.'s jockey Dave Dick said of his unexpected win: "Devon Loch had me stone cold. I was a terribly lucky winner." Devon Loch's owner Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother famously said of the incident: "Oh, that's racing!"[5][6] For jockey Dick Francis, his mount's bizarre collapse on the run-in to victory in the world's most famous steeplechase remained a "terrible memory, even after all these years."[7] Devon Loch's was not the first time a horse had seemed to jump some form of ghost fence on the run in of the National. In 1901, Arthur Nightingall's race was well won on board Grudon when his mount also made to jump a fence that wasn't there. On that occasion the pair recovered and had sufficient time to continue and win the race.[8] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.racingbetter.co.uk/races/grand_national/winners.html|title=Aintree Grand National Winners 1839 - 2014|publisher=racingbetter.co.uk|accessdate=8 August 2014}} {{Grand National}}2. ^The Grand National : the history of the Aintree spectacular, by Stewart Peters & Bernard Parkin, {{ISBN|0-7524-3547-7}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://fiftiesnationals.webs.com/1956.htm|title=1956 - The Grand National & Aintree 1946-1959|publisher=fiftiesnationals.webs.com|accessdate=8 August 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.grand-national.net/past_winners.htm|title=Past Winners of The Grand National|publisher=grand-national.net|accessdate=8 August 2014}} 5. ^{{Cite news|last=The Guardian |title=Devon Loch joins the great failures|url=http://sport.guardian.co.uk/grandnational2005/story/0,,1450575,00.html|date=24 March 1956| accessdate= 13 April 2011 |location=London}} 6. ^{{Cite news|last=Armytage |first=Marcus |publisher=Telegraph |title=Francis was victim of a great sporting calamity |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2006/04/06/sharmy06.xml |date=2004-04-06 |accessdate=13 April 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503151642/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fsport%2F2006%2F04%2F06%2Fsharmy06.xml |archivedate=3 May 2008 |deadurl=no |location=London |df=dmy }} 7. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/feb/14/dick-francis-devon-loch | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Will | last=Hayler | title=Scars of Devon Loch's Grand National never healed for Dick Francis | date=14 February 2010}} 8. ^My racing Adventures, by Arthur Nightingall, published early 1900s, undated 4 : Grand National|1956 in horse racing|1956 in English sport|20th century in Lancashire |
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