RUSSIAN ENTRIES
w Go Everv Year” * (N.ZP.A -Reuter—Copyright) LONDON. March 20. The Russians, will send a team of horses each year to compete in the British Grand National Steeplechase. A spokesman for this year’s team said today that the present trio of horses was sent over as an experiment. “We are going back to Ain tree tomorrow to go round the complete course and photograph every jump. This will assist us to make our plans for future invasions of the Liverpool course,” he said. One of the three Russian horses, Epigrsf. has been withdrawn from this year's race because c< leg trouble. The two left in, Grifel and [Relief, are reported to be I shaping well.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29469, 22 March 1961, Page 4
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