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133:National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
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1461:"Ocean Bound Beaten By A Carless Ride"
182:Champions who won the Mermaid Stakes:
131:of which four would be elected to the
145:American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly
167:Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation
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25:Discontinued stakes race
114:Thoroughbred horse race
291:Most wins by an owner:
150:On June 11, 1908, the
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102:Three-year-old fillies
1511:"Keep Up Betting Ban"
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681:John N. Follansbee
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505:Charles R. Ellison
464:Harry Payne Whitney
312:Harry Payne Whitney
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639:Newton Bennington
502:George P. Brazier
383:Lily A. Livingston
305:August Belmont Jr.
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1517:. 1908-09-01
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1492:. 1908-01-18
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1467:. 1910-07-01
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1442:. 1909-07-07
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1353:Charles Reed
1167:Harris Olney
1042:Frank McCabe
910:John Huggins
773:Willie Simms
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672:John Bullman
668:Daisy Green
594:Sydney Paget
584:Willie Davis
494:Yankee Girl
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714:Tommy Burns
635:Fred Burlew
540:Lucien Lyne
454:Eddie Dugan
176:purse money
165:passed the
154:controlled
141:Ocean Bound
94:left-handed
64:Flat racing
48:Inaugurated
1561:Categories
1546:2018-10-15
1521:2018-11-06
1496:2018-10-26
1471:2018-11-04
1446:2018-11-07
1422:References
813:Afternoon
580:Tradition
373:Matt McGee
152:Republican
16:Horse race
1383:Glidelia
1348:James Lee
1295:Hiawasse
768:Beldemere
208:Beldemere
129:Champions
56:Race type
51:1880–1910
1412:1:59.50
1375:$ 2,150
1372:1:57.00
1331:$ 2,700
1328:1:57.25
1287:$ 3,600
1284:1:58.25
1241:$ 3,150
1238:1:59.00
1207:Duchess
1199:$ 3,470
1196:1:59.50
1155:$ 3,870
1152:2:02.00
1123:Bandala
1115:$ 4,340
1112:1:56.00
1069:$ 5,280
1066:1:57.25
1033:Bella B
1025:$ 4,730
1022:1:56.00
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937:$ 4,400
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893:$ 3,810
890:2:00.60
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805:$ 5,160
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746:$ 3,315
743:1:54.80
710:Gunfire
702:$ 4,480
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660:$ 5,570
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569:1:54.00
535:Perverse
526:$ 4,870
523:1:54.80
486:$ 4,875
483:1:53.00
440:$ 3,990
437:1:52.00
405:Maskette
396:$ 1,450
393:1:39.40
248:Maskette
229:Maskette
219:Perverse
160:Governor
75:Distance
42:New York
30:Location
1415:$ 1950
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449:Stamina
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338:Trainer
319:Winners
275:trainer
236:Records
224:Stamina
213:Beldame
197:Firenze
83:Surface
1339:Thora
1163:Wanda
361:Win$
334:Jockey
330:Winner
257:jockey
250:(1909)
158:under
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1336:1881
1292:1882
1246:1883
1204:1884
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401:1909
366:1910
351:Miles
346:Dist.
342:Owner
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171:fines
91:Track
989:She
357:Time
326:Year
310:2 –
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108:The
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