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producing the filly Dolly Varden (who won once on the track and did not have a successful breeding career. Bred a third time to Muley Moloch her resulting filly was unimpressive, although the filly bore a few impressive offspring several generations later. Pocahontas' next three years produced her greatest legacy as a broodmare with the births of
Stockwell (The "Emperor of Stallions"), Rataplan, and King Tom.
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but finished fourth, partly due to her poor behavior. She finished fifth in the
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