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1163:. Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 2021-03-18
1136:"Wonderful El Rio Rey; He Runs Away With The Great Eclipse Stakes"
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1071:. Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1907-06-06
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1231:"Commando's Great Race - Blue Girl Captured Eclipse Stakes"
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1182:"A Withers For Tammany"
852:Charles Littlefield Jr.
847:Charles Littlefield Jr.
559:William Collins Whitney
235:three-year-old champion
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333:Most wins by an owner:
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493:Francis R. Hitchcock
184:Charles Evans Hughes
174:New York Legislature
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18:Great Eclipse Stakes
683:His Royal Highness
666:C. Fleischmann Sons
199:Winters, California
156:racing facility in
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485:Lucien Lyne
445:Water Pearl
302:Danny Maher
223:John Madden
114:left-handed
84:Flat racing
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1252:Categories
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1192:2021-03-19
1167:2021-03-18
1146:2021-03-16
1121:2018-11-06
1096:2018-10-26
1075:2020-10-29
1052:References
1021:El Rio Rey
920:Fred Taral
912:Sir Walter
879:Fred Taral
789:Don de Oro
649:Irritable
510:Glorifier
452:Joe Jones
288:Fred Taral
191:El Rio Rey
178:Republican
27:Horse race
1045:$ 23,760
1012:$ 24,135
975:$ 24,335
940:$ 16,740
903:$ 16,750
862:$ 16,750
762:Tod Sloan
737:John Daly
727:Tod Sloan
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615:Blue Girl
606:$ 10,100
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219:Blue Girl
205:Tammany's
76:Race type
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385:Furlongs
181:Governor
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478:Vendor
370:Trainer
347:Winners
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270:Tammany
255:Records
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