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1125:"Wonderful El Rio Rey; He Runs Away With The Great Eclipse Stakes"
1081:. Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1908-01-18
1060:. Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1907-06-06
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Eclipse in 1889 was won by
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149:where it would be run annually through 1907.
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1171:"A Withers For Tammany"
841:Charles Littlefield Jr.
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548:William Collins Whitney
224:three-year-old champion
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322:Most wins by an owner:
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34:Morris Park Racecourse
1100:"Keep Up Betting Ban"
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153:Historical race notes
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482:Francis R. Hitchcock
173:Charles Evans Hughes
163:New York Legislature
139:Great Eclipse Stakes
672:His Royal Highness
655:C. Fleischmann Sons
188:Winters, California
145:racing facility in
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511:James H. McCormick
478:William H. Brooks
329:August Belmont Jr.
220:Endurance by Right
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824:Connoisseur
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756:David Gideon
721:Sam Hildreth
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684:Sam Hildreth
650:Thomas Welsh
575:John Bullman
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612:Tommy Burns
474:Lucien Lyne
434:Water Pearl
291:Danny Maher
212:John Madden
103:left-handed
73:Flat racing
57:Inaugurated
37:(1889-1904)
1241:Categories
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1181:2021-03-19
1156:2021-03-18
1135:2021-03-16
1110:2018-11-06
1085:2018-10-26
1064:2020-10-29
1041:References
1010:El Rio Rey
909:Fred Taral
901:Sir Walter
868:Fred Taral
778:Don de Oro
638:Irritable
499:Glorifier
441:Joe Jones
277:Fred Taral
180:El Rio Rey
167:Republican
16:Horse race
1034:$ 23,760
1001:$ 24,135
964:$ 24,335
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892:$ 16,750
851:$ 16,750
751:Tod Sloan
726:John Daly
716:Tod Sloan
689:John Daly
604:Blue Girl
595:$ 10,100
531:Leonidas
284:Tod Sloan
208:Blue Girl
194:Tammany's
65:Race type
1204:Archived
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889:1:12.75
878:James R.
848:1:15.00
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744:Frohman
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425:$ 8,235
422:1:06.60
374:Furlongs
170:Governor
84:Distance
30:Location
938:Tammany
467:Vendor
359:Trainer
336:Winners
300:trainer
259:Tammany
244:Records
161:by the
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419:5.5 f
355:Jockey
347:Winner
268:jockey
261:(1891)
165:under
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397:Colin
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368:Dist.
363:Owner
231:Colin
218:with
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100:Track
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