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Article : 455 wordsThree weeks have worked a remarkable Improvement in Lord Seremond, who won the second division of the Q.T.C: Trial like a ...
Article : 352 wordsAlthough she had been working well on the tracks, Hal Alai performed most disappointly in yesterday's Flying Handicap. After ...
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Article : 133 wordsCentral figure in a spectacular facing drama which netted well-known lightweight Jockey Walter Shipton 12 months' disqualification ...
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Article : 286 wordsIF they can make no other claim to fame, some of the apprentice riders in the Novice Handicap yesterday ...
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 31 Jul 1938, Page 2
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