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Word: buckleigh (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1938-1938
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...famed Gallant Fox (1930 Kentucky Derby winner), owned by U. S. Banker William Woodward: the Ascot Gold Cup, No. i race of the world's richest and most fashionable meeting of thoroughbreds; coming from behind at the two-mile mark and defeating Lord Glanely's Buckleigh by a nose after a breathless zigzag spurt in the stretch; at Ascot Heath, an hour from London. A 100-to-7 shot, Flares avenged the defeat of his full brother Omaha, who lost by a nose two years ago. Only one other U. S.-bred horse had ever succeeded in winning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won, Jun. 27, 1938 | 6/27/1938 | See Source »

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