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Article: OFF TRACK
- Article from:
- The Press
- Article date:
- October 30, 2009
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* THE QUIZ: Of the first 10 winners of the Ashburton Flying
Stakes (from 1955), four won New Zealand Cups; one - trained by Jack
Litten - won the Flying Stakes twice, but never the cup; one died on
a plane going to North America; and one driver won it twice
(different horses). How many can you name without looking it up?
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* THE QUOTE: "If we thought we'd seen the last of Sea The Stars
raiding our satchels, we may have been too hasty." A bookmaker with
the British Paddy Power operation after it was announced 2008 Prix
de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Zarkava would be mated with this year's
winner, Sea The Stars. Sea The Stars will stand at the Aga Khan's
Giltown Stud in Ireland. Paddy Power ...