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runners, Star Hawk had the best result when he ran second in 1916. Other
Macomber horses won a number of important American races including the
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Thoroughbreds owned by Macomber won major races in France and England. Notably, in 1923, his colt
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horse breeding farm. A few years later he acquired two properties owned by a fellow American,
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until being rescued by the British military. Macomber soon left Africa and traveled to
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A. Kingsley Macomber died on October 6, 1955, in Paris, France. He is buried in
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railway line, making for easy shipping of horses to the
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856:Owners of Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winners
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587:"Macomber Buys French Stud Farm"
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614:2019-12-26
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572:2008-11-03
532:References
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287:Tres Pinos
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