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1081:30 April
969:30 April
937:23 April
845:July Cup
838:Coronach
793:(1918),
737:Coronach
735:(1925),
726:– (4) –
717:Coronach
715:(1918),
711:(1916),
706:– (3) –
693:– (4) –
682:(1918),
677:– (2) –
668:– (2) –
581:and one
544:Coronach
524:George V
504:July Cup
492:Lemonora
486:and the
439:for the
342:and the
260:George V
204:Coronach
151:July Cup
141:Gold Cup
67:, France
825:Solario
795:Solario
733:Solario
498:(later
394:Classic
363:Channel
312:trainer
240:Solario
236:Scuttle
173:Honours
1268:
1249:
1230:
871:France
840:(1926)
827:(1926)
752:France
739:(1926)
719:(1926)
686:(1931)
293:Career
224:Mirska
192:Bayuda
181:(1918)
168:(1933)
128:(1926)
54:Jockey
45:, 1921
892:Notes
629:Essex
571:Derby
540:Derby
464:Derby
340:Epsom
1266:ISBN
1247:ISBN
1228:ISBN
1181:2013
1083:2013
971:2013
939:2013
466:and
72:Died
59:Born
554:on
542:on
490:on
454:in
338:at
322:at
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1103:^
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947:^
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847:–
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822:–
813:–
804:–
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585:.
462:,
238:,
234:,
230:,
226:,
222:,
218:,
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206:,
202:,
198:,
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