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750:1951 births
553:operation.
543:Shelbyville
501:stakes race
458:match races
419:Forty Niner
65:Career wins
724:Categories
680:2012-06-02
572:References
427:Pine Bluff
45:1951-02-02
29:Occupation
473:Unbridled
465:Bet Twice
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399:Bet Twice
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648:Archived
588:Archived
551:breeding
547:Kentucky
523:and the
485:Canada's
415:Peteski
411:Alydeed
268:(1996)
450:jockey
423:Rhythm
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