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also became a racehorse trainer. Like his father and grandfather, Elliott Burch had an outstanding career that resulted in his induction in the
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1980. Another son of Preston Burch, William Preston Burch (1919–1998), was a Longtime executive with
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it resulted in the closing of every horse racetrack in the state after the end of the 1910 season. Following the state ban, the suddenly out-of-work Burch moved to
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foaled in 1942. The following year he took over as head trainer for the highly successful
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in 1963. In 1973, he was the honored guest at the annual
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Masters of the Turf: Ten
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by defeating two other Kentucky Derby winners. The 1917 winner,
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Program and Deputy Associate Director for Astrophysics,
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