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An outstanding three-year-old he developed into one of
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328:Trainer Ted Hush originally was a strapper for
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453:. Sydney: Tralca. pp. 98–101.
380:Front cover 1953 VRC Derby racebook
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360:. Ted Hush died in February 1957.
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