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filly was consigned to the Fasig-Tipton sale where she was sold for $ 150,000 to John A. Bell III of the
Kentucky-based Jonabell Farm. The ownership of the filly stayed in the family as John Bell was the father of Epitome's breeders'. She was sent into training with Philip M. Hauswald.
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Belmont in September and Keeneland in October. After finishing second in another allowance at Keeneland she was moved back up in class for the fifth running of the
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Epitome was a bay mare bred in
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302:at Churchill Downs on November 5. Ridden by
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310:complete an unbeaten career by beating the
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451:Pedigree of Epitome (USA), bay mare, 1985
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360:Danjur, dark bay or brown colt, 1992, by
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336:American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly
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16:American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
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768:"Faltaat - Record By Race Type"
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423:Albaaz, bay gelding, 2000, by
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922:"Graham Cracker - Statistics"
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285:winner Dream Team in third.
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834:"Home Invader - Statistics"
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184:. She was voted the
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620:References
605:Filatonga
600:Blackball
491:Well Kept
475:Speak John
226:Pine Bluff
200:Background
133:Major wins
702:"Epitome"
521:Register
441:, unraced
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589:The Axe
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459:Summing
330:In the
314:winner
304:Pat Day
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206:Summing
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166:Epitome
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