New Posts For Thread: Teal wins the Grand National 1952 Photo.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31863069/teal-wins-the-grand-national-1952-photoThe Grand National. Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, Merseyside. Cavalcade at the first fence, where so many horses came to grief last year. Early Mist takes an early lead. The eventual winner was Teal, ridden by Republic of Ireland jockey Arthur P. ThAlso, this is from the wiki page for the 1951 race, the year before.... 'The BBC had requested to screen the race live on Television but Aintree refused, leaving the BBC light radio programme to issue a thirty-minute broadcast at 3pm.'I think the 'bahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31863069/teal-wins-the-grand-national-1952-photo?post_id=564480105#564480105Also, this is from the wiki page for the 1951 race, the year before.... 'The BBC had requested to screen the race live on Television but Aintree refused, leaving the BBC light radio programme to issue a thirty-minute broadcast at 3pm.'I think the 'baWed, 08 Jan 2025 10:27:30 -0600The Epsom Derby was screened on TV in 1938 and 1939 but after the war Epsom took the same view as the Tophams and television coverage, I think, didn't resume until ITV won the coverage contract in 1960.I saw a book, in a charity shop for 20p, calledhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31863069/teal-wins-the-grand-national-1952-photo?post_id=564480101#564480101The Epsom Derby was screened on TV in 1938 and 1939 but after the war Epsom took the same view as the Tophams and television coverage, I think, didn't resume until ITV won the coverage contract in 1960.I saw a book, in a charity shop for 20p, calledWed, 08 Jan 2025 10:25:51 -0600thanks gedhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31863069/teal-wins-the-grand-national-1952-photo?post_id=564479927#564479927thanks gedWed, 08 Jan 2025 08:56:46 -0600https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ri6Ot256IAhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31863069/teal-wins-the-grand-national-1952-photo?post_id=564479909#564479909https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ri6Ot256IAWed, 08 Jan 2025 08:51:47 -0600A printed statement (by Tophams) on the dispute was included with racecards sold for the 1952 Grand National meeting, saying that 'television was being demanded, yet it was an obvious threat to the survival of the Grand National. They wanted to allowhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31863069/teal-wins-the-grand-national-1952-photo?post_id=564479885#564479885A printed statement (by Tophams) on the dispute was included with racecards sold for the 1952 Grand National meeting, saying that 'television was being demanded, yet it was an obvious threat to the survival of the Grand National. They wanted to allowWed, 08 Jan 2025 08:40:18 -0600Surely it was never going to be on TV in'52. You must mean radio. First TV national was '60.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31863069/teal-wins-the-grand-national-1952-photo?post_id=564479849#564479849Surely it was never going to be on TV in'52. You must mean radio. First TV national was '60.Wed, 08 Jan 2025 08:25:03 -0600I doubt that's Early Mist in the lead. He fell at the first, but won it the following year, the first of 3 consecutive for Vincent O'Brien. In all, 10 horses failed to get past the first fence, which was 2 fewer than the year before. One of them washttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31863069/teal-wins-the-grand-national-1952-photo?post_id=564479835#564479835I doubt that's Early Mist in the lead. He fell at the first, but won it the following year, the first of 3 consecutive for Vincent O'Brien. In all, 10 horses failed to get past the first fence, which was 2 fewer than the year before. One of them wasWed, 08 Jan 2025 08:18:46 -0600The Grand National. Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, Merseyside. Cavalcade at the first fence, where so many horses came to grief last year. Early Mist takes an early lead. The eventual winner was Teal, ridden by Republic of Ireland jockey Arthur P. Thhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31863069/teal-wins-the-grand-national-1952-photo?post_id=564479577#564479577The Grand National. Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, Merseyside. Cavalcade at the first fence, where so many horses came to grief last year. Early Mist takes an early lead. The eventual winner was Teal, ridden by Republic of Ireland jockey Arthur P. ThWed, 08 Jan 2025 06:10:30 -0600