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in Sydney, one of the premier sprint races in
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He won both races again in the 1989–90 season, and completed his unprecedented
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Zealand sprinter, Westminster, in the Railway. Three weeks later, he won his first Telegraph, completing a rare Railway-Telegraph double. Incredibly, in winning the
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326:"Mr Tiz"
297:See also
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169:Honours
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57:Damsire
52:Yir Tiz
332:4 June
189:Mr Tiz
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103:Owner
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78:1984
29:Sire
97:Bay
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