NOTED AUTHOR, JUMP JOCK DICK FRANCIS DEAD AT 89

Noted author and former jockey Dick Francis died Sunday. He was 89.

Francis won more than 350 races but is best known for when Devon Loch, which was owned by Queen Mother Elizabeth, appeared to try to jump a phantom fence about 50 from the finish line and fell.

Francis turned to writing after he retired from racing in 1957. He penned 42 novels, many of which featured racing as a theme. His books were translated into more than 20 languages, and in 2000 Queen Elizabeth II—whose mother was among his many readers—honored Francis by making him a Commander of the British Empire.

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