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In 1940, the then nineteen-year-old Dodson was signed by
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590:. After finishing second by a neck in 1946 aboard
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888:Hickok Sports - Annual Leaders - Horse Racing
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514:where at age fifteen, he was working as a
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413:Leading jockey at Arlington Park
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563:Lexington, Kentucky
557:as a rider for his
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120:Mardi Gras Handicap
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551:Warren Wright, Sr.
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908:1982 deaths
903:1921 births
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897:Categories
870:2021-06-01
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828:2020-10-05
807:2021-06-01
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717:References
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576:Pot O'Luck
561:stable of
490:Early life
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596:Faultless
567:Ben Jones
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785:Archived
608:Citation
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