Word: epinard
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...certain that Zev will enter the six-country race for an international cup arranged for Longchamps (Paris) next May 3. The purse is 1,000,000 francs; but since that is only $60,000 in American money, Pierre Wertheimer, owner of the outstanding French three-year-old, Epinard, will come to America next month to make a side bet with Owner Sinclair, so that the latter may feel it to be worth his while to send Zev over the water. Other countries in the race will be Britain, Spain, Italy, Belgium, France...
Expert equine advices took blind staggers during the week. In America, Zev and My Own were beaten by In Memoriam, a 10-to-1 shot, at Latonia; in France, Epinard, three-year-old whom the French called the "best horse in the world," lost by a head to Verdict at Newmarket; in England, Papyrus was sold by Owner Ben Irish...
France. Paris viewed the American victory with disdain. French racing men assert uncompromisingly that their three-year-old Epinard is the best horse in the world...