Word: graditz
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...green of the track, the white Rhineland gravel on the paths, the bright flags from all of Europe. Hulking Uhlans and tall, trim Hussars marched with their ladies between training ovals, stopped now and then for champagne or a quick shot of schnapps. Great horses from the royal Graditz stables raced against some of the finest thoroughbreds in the world in those good days before World...
Horsemen could have forgiven the poverty; they would never forgive the horses. "Look at that poor pig," said one stable owner as he pointed to Lampass, a Russian two-year-old. "Doesn't he look like a great Graditz stallion with the head of a Russian plow horse?" Everywhere, observant horsemen could see signs of fine bloodlines fouled by careless breeding. As if to embarrass the Russians still further, a Czech horse romped off with the grand prize...
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