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Word: rochetta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1956-1956
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...unbeaten in his 13 previous starts, had his work cut out to put away the Queen's own High Veldt and win the $78,820 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, richest race on British turf. Once the runt of the stables of Marchese Mario Incisa della Rochetta, Ribot has now earned $195,000, and his short, ungainly frame looks so attractive to foreign horsemen that the marchese has received offers up to $1,428,000 for him, a world-record price for any race horse. But Ribot has been designated a live and kicking "national monument...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Jul. 30, 1956 | 7/30/1956 | See Source »

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