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  • 71The Rocking-Horse Winner — is a short story by D. H. Lawrence. It was first published in July 1926 in Harper s Bazaar and subsequently appeared in the first volume of Lawrence s collected short stories. It was made into a film under the same title in 1950, directed by… …

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  • 72Hindoo (horse) — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Hindoo caption = sire = Virgil grandsire = Vandal dam = Florence damsire = Lexington sex = Stallion foaled = 1878 country = USA flagicon|USA colour = Bay breeder = Daniel Swigert owner = Dwyer Brothers… …

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  • 73Needles (horse) — Needles Sire Ponder Grandsire Pensive Dam Noodle Soup Damsire Jack High Sex Stallion Foaled …

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  • 74Commando (horse) — Commando Commando, c. 1901 Sire Domino Grandsire Himyar Dam Emma C. Damsire …

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  • 75Chateaugay (horse) — Chateaugay Sire Swaps Grandsire Khaled Dam Banquet Bell Damsire Polynesian Sex Stallion Foale …

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  • 76back the wrong horse —    If you back the wrong horse, you give your support to the losing side in something.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you back or bet on the wrong horse, for example the loser in a contest, match or election, you support the wrong… …

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  • 77good bet — good team or horse or person to bet on    The Leafs look like a good bet to win the series. They should win …

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  • 78mystery bet — /ˈmɪstri bɛt/ (say mistree bet) noun Horseracing a bet placed with the TAB for which a computer randomly supplies the horse numbers …

  • 79Masterman (horse) — Masterman Sire Hastings Grandsire Spendthrift Dam Lady Margaret Damsire The Ill Used Sex Stallion …

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  • 80Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines —    Clyde Fitch s three act comedy, which opened at the Garrick Theatre on 4 February 1901 for 168 performances, made a star of its leading lady, Ethel Barrymore, who played Aurelia Johnson of Trenton, New Jersey. Aurelia returns home after she… …

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