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114:Col. Maxwell Howard
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372:References
261:Earl Sande
224:Background
145:Major wins
123:Earl Sande
50:Stagecraft
214:racehorse
203:Stagehand
140:$ 200,110
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59:Fair Play
37:Grandsire
22:Stagehand
352:and the
265:Aqueduct
242:Phalaris
207:Kentucky
137:Earnings
69:Stallion
41:Phalaris
318:the Spa
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285:furlong
238:English
119:Trainer
101:Breeder
83:Country
55:Damsire
234:Sickle
196:(1938)
188:Awards
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129:Record
91:Colour
75:Foaled
31:Sickle
303:Chaps
240:sire
111:Owner
253:Ohio
78:1935
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