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At age two, Concern developed late in the year. He raced a total of four times winning both a maiden special weight race in his second attempt and an allowance race. He placed third in the $ 60,000 Rollicking Stakes for 2-year-old
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Concern established himself as one of his crop's top three-year-olds by winning two big races and finishing in the money in each of his twelve starts as a sophomore. He started the season with three stakes placings in the spring at
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643:"Fort Erie: Villeneuve enters next stage as trainer"
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468:Pedigree of Concern, bay colt, February 14, 1991
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670:26 March
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