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Article: A DELIGHTFUL DASHER TAKES ALL AMERICAN GELDING WINS FUTURITY BY A HEAD IN FINAL STRIDES.(Sports)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- September 7, 1999
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The outlaw horse with an attitude stole the biggest sprint in quarter horse racing.
A Delightful Dasher, who reminds his owner of ``a teenage boy with a black leather jacket,'' prevailed in a stirring three-horse match race yesterday to win the 41st running of the $2 million All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs.
The 2-year-old gelding with a penchant for kicking and biting anyone within range ran down the filly Significant Speed and the previously undefeated Chicks Call Me.
A Delightful Dasher took the lead in the final strides and finished a head in front of Chicks Calls Me, who also caught Significant Speed just before the wire.
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